Ashok Balakrishnan is a seasoned technology leader with a wide range of expertise in building high-performance teams, delivering advanced technology products to the market, and creating mission-critical capabilities for organizations. He has successfully led various innovative digital products and transformative initiatives through vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution.

Before becoming the CTO of Skillshare, Ashok held various critical positions at Sportradar US and Nike, leading cutting-edge initiatives in digital product creation, next-gen platforms, cloud strategy, and engineering. His specialties include product management, product engineering, machine learning, internet-scale platforms, cloud-native architecture, social, mobile and gaming, real-time and event-driven systems, cloud infrastructure, Agile Software Development Methodologies, program management, engineering management, emerging technologies, analytics & BI, strategic and technical architecture.

Ashok has a Bachelor's in Corporate Law from the University of Madras and an extensive background in Software Engineering. With his broad leadership and innovative technological background, Ashok has positioned himself as a respected leader in the industry.