Shom

Shyam Sankar is the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Palantir Technologies, a software and AI company serving government and private sector clients. He joined Palantir in 2006 as its 13th employee and pioneered the company's forward deployed engineer model, in which engineers are embedded directly with clients. He is the author of the book Mobilize, which addresses America's industrial base and competitiveness, and he frequently writes and speaks on defense technology and national security topics.