# Saurabh Sharma

> Saurabh Sharma is the Bengaluru-based Chief Marketing Officer of OneReach.ai, where he leads global marketing and demand generation for enterprise AI orchestration. His career has crossed an unusual sequence of vantage points: software development at Aricent, consulting, more than eight years of market analysis at Ovum, product marketing for Automation Anywhere and Datamatics, leadership roles at Zycus and Disprz, and advisory work through Affinare AI. Across those roles, the recurring subject has been how enterprises connect, automate, and explain complex systems.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at OneReach.ai
- **Organizations:** OneReach.ai, Affinare AI, Disprz, Zycus, Datamatics Robotics Software Limited, Automation Anywhere, Ovum, Gartner, Aricent
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology with Honours in Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Marketing Strategy Certificate, IE Business School
- **Known for:** Authored Ovum decision matrices and research on middleware-as-a-service, hybrid integration, API management and robotic process automation., Advised technology start-ups, large software vendors and investors on products, go-to-market strategy and emerging technology markets., Built the marketing function for the GenAI-powered learning platform Disprz as Vice President of Global Marketing.

## Career timeline

- **After 2006** — Began his career in software development at Aricent, following his mechanical engineering degree.
- **Before Ovum** — Worked as a consultant at Gartner.
- **2013-2019** — Published enterprise-technology research at Ovum, ultimately as Principal Analyst, covering integration middleware, PaaS, APIs, BPM, RPA, blockchain and cloud platforms.
- **2019** — Led product marketing for Automation Anywhere across India, the Middle East and Africa.
- **2020-2021** — Led product marketing for intelligent automation at Datamatics and appeared in webinars on RPA, IDP, analytics automation and end-to-end process automation.
- **Later roles** — Held marketing leadership roles at Zycus and Disprz, then served as Managing Director of Affinare AI, advising B2B SaaS companies on go-to-market strategy.
- **2025-present** — Serves as Chief Marketing Officer at OneReach.ai, focused on global marketing and demand generation for enterprise agentic AI automation and orchestration.
- **2026-08** — Joined a Bengaluru CMO roundtable on AI in marketing, brand discovery and AI-ready go-to-market strategy.

## Achievements

- Authored Ovum decision matrices and research on middleware-as-a-service, hybrid integration, API management and robotic process automation.
- Advised technology start-ups, large software vendors and investors on products, go-to-market strategy and emerging technology markets.
- Built the marketing function for the GenAI-powered learning platform Disprz as Vice President of Global Marketing.
- Led product marketing for intelligent automation products at Datamatics, including public education on RPA, IDP and AI/ML.
- Built an eight-person OneReach.ai marketing and growth team in India in under six months, spanning SEO, digital, business development, product marketing, content marketing and GTM.
- Progressed from software development and industry research into executive ownership of global marketing and demand generation at OneReach.ai.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Participated in an invite-only Bengaluru CMO roundtable focused on AI in marketing, brand discovery, content, SEO and go-to-market strategy.
- **2025-10** — OneReach.ai published a recap of a scaling-agentic-AI webinar featuring Sharma alongside Ben Houghton and Mark Melvin, with an emphasis on people, process, technology, governance and business-IT alignment.
- **2025** — Joined OneReach.ai as Chief Marketing Officer, leading global marketing and demand generation.

## Links

- Website: https://onereach.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurabh-sharma-170b5123

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