Promod Sharma is the President and CEO of Criterion Systems. Promod is responsible for setting the strategic direction, creating and modelling the company culture, building and leading the senior executive team, and allocating capital to the company’s priorities.
He co-founded the company in 2005 as a Federal government contractor with a focus on providing cybersecurity services to three Federal agencies. In recent years, Criterion has been recognized multiple times as one of the fastest growing businesses in the DC region, delivering on the promise of his vision. In 2019, Mr. Sharma won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Mid-Atlantic region in the category of cybersecurity.
A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Sharma has enjoyed a successful career in the information technology industry. He has managed numerous mergers and acquisitions and led high growth IT services companies. Mr. Sharma is skilled at building strong, motivated teams and corporate cultures that achieve exceptional results.
Prior to founding Criterion Systems, Mr. Sharma served as President and CEO of CNSI, a government technology services and solutions company. He also co-founded ID DataWeb. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sharma held senior level positions at INET, EDS, and Genesys Corporation. He is also the founder and CEO of Abolish Child Trafficking (ACT) Now Inc., a humanitarian initiative that focuses on combating child trafficking in the Washington metropolitan area.
Mr. Sharma obtained a B.S. in Physics with Honors from Delhi University (India) and a M.S. in Finance from the London School of Economics. He is a Certified Chartered Accountant from England.
CEO Promod Sharma will be speaking at CyberMaryland 2022 on April 20.
Interview with Promod Sharma. President and CEO of Criterion.
Criterion has been recognized on the annual Financial Times list of The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2022.
We are excited to announce that our CEO, Promod Sharma, is a finalist for the WashingtonExec 2022 Chief Officer Awards.
Today is Employee Appreciation Day, and Criterion CEO Promod Sharma thanked all employees in a company-wide message.
Criterion has been awarded a $40 Million TDMS Task Order by the U.S. Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management – Information Technology (FIT) Branch to support FAM Information Management (FAM-IM).
Promod has many interests and hobbies. One of them is photography, a passion that he takes very seriously. For Promod, photography is an outlet to help him decompress and cope with the ever-increasing demands of his job.
Pre-pandemic, when Promod traveled to visit Criterion’s employees at sites across the US or for leisure, he’d set off, camera in hand, to capture his surroundings. Sometimes it was as easy as looking out his window. We’d like to share with you these photos of the world through his lens. Once Promod is able to start travelling again, we’ll get another look at the ever-changing landscapes he visits.