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Shyam Sankar is chief technology officer and executive vice president at Palantir, where he pioneered the forward-deployed engineering model after joining in 2006. He chairs Ginkgo Bioworks and coauthored Mobilize with Madeline Hart, arguing for closer ties between software builders and American manufacturing.
Shyam Sankar is chief technology officer and executive vice president at Palantir, where he pioneered the forward-deployed engineering model after joining in 2006. He chairs Ginkgo Bioworks and coauthored Mobilize with Madeline Hart, arguing for closer ties between software builders and American manufacturing.
Career
Shyam Sankar holds a BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and an MS, Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
USLieutenant Colonel, Executive Innovation Corps at United States Army Reserve from 2025-06 to PresentPart-time senior adviser in Detachment 201.
GBChair of the Board at Ginkgo Bioworks from 2023-08 to PresentMember of the board since 2015; latest chair role shown.
Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President at Palantir from 2023-01 to PresentJoined Palantir in 2006; previously COO and EVP. Pioneered the forward-deployed engineering model.FFCo-founder and Chairman at Founders Films until Present
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Cosigns Received
These Cosigners say Shyam shaped their career
Trae StephensPartner at Founders Fund
He is single-handedly responsible for exfiltrating me from the government and helping me realize how I could better leverage my strengths
John WaltersPresident and CEO of Hudson Institute
He’s helped make us more organized, more focused.