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Prashant Sharma is the Global Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Accelerator, a global initiative built to empower entrepreneurs around the world on their journey to build great companies. Accelerator works with later-stage startups to provide the tools, resources, connections, knowledge and expertise they need to become successful companies. Prashant champions the technology charter of Startups , which leads to deeper technology relationship and interesting partnerships between growth-stage Startups and key Microsoft assets across Engineering, Research and Business Development. With a decade at Microsoft Corporation, Prashant has played diverse roles spanning enterprise services, consulting and strategic business development. Prior to Microsoft, he worked at Siebel Systems and Hewlett-Packard in functional roles focused on Healthcare, Financial Services and Automotive. Originally from India, Prashant now lives in Bellevue, Washington. He is married to Surabhi and has a daughter, Ashwika. Beyond startups and family time, he loves to read (non-fiction – World history, Biographies, Military history, Religion), drive and listen to music. He enjoys traveling and collecting unique souvenirs and looks forward to scaling base-camps of the 7 highest mountains in the world (he has covered Dhaulagiri so far).