Abhishek Sharma
About

Abhishek Sharma

AGSM MBA · PMP · BEng · US Patent Holder

Founder & CEO, LegiQ · Published Author · Mentor · Speaker · Sydney, Australia

The story

I began my career as an engineer — curious, detail‑driven, and fascinated by the space where technology meets human behaviour. That curiosity took me from semiconductor R&D at STMicroelectronics, where I earned a US patent, to a decade of building products and expanding markets at Aristocrat, one of the world’s leading gaming technology companies.

At Lockton Pacific, I led digital transformation at the executive level — reducing manual claims processing, deploying Microsoft Copilot across the business, and establishing governance frameworks that cut delivery risk through. These were capability‑building programs that reshaped how teams delivered outcomes.

Across every chapter, one pattern kept repeating: technical skills open the door, but soft skills determine how far you go. That belief became a newsletter, then a book — Next‑Level Skills — and a growing community of thousands of professionals committed to mastering the human side of modern work.

Today, I'm the Founder & CEO of LegiQ, where we design intelligent hardware for the edge — systems that don’t just sense the physical world, but understand it and act within it. LegiQ is the culmination of two decades across silicon, product, and enterprise transformation — environments where precision matters and failure is expensive.

Across that journey, I’ve consistently built capabilities that didn’t exist before:

70%
Acceleration in delivery velocity
40%
Reduction in manual processing
15%
Workforce productivity uplift via AI
30%
Reduction in transformation risk
Silicon → Product → Enterprise → Founder.

Now I’m back where it matters most — at the edge.

Alongside LegiQ, I continue to write, mentor, and speak, helping professionals navigate complexity, influence, and growth in a world where technology is rewriting the rules of work.

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Career

Where I've been

Now
LegiQ
Founder & CEO

Building intelligent hardware for the edge.

2025
Next-Level Skills
Published Author

Author of Next-Level Skills. Thousands of subscribers across monthly newsletter editions on leadership and professional growth.

2 yrs
Lockton Pacific
Digital Transformation Executive

PMO Set-Up. Digital Portfolio Management. Infrastructure Rollout. 40% reduction in manual claims processing. Led Microsoft Copilot rollout delivering 15% productivity uplift. 30% reduction in transformation risk exposure.

10 yrs
Aristocrat
Product & Program Leader

PMO Set-up. Market Expansion. Go-to-market strategy. Delivered 5x Growth, extending player experience from Casinos through to digital world. 25% delivery velocity improvement. Built and scaled products.

2 yrs
Start-Ups
Product Leader

Market Assessment. Market Expansion. Go-to-market strategy. Start-Up Operations.

6 yrs
STMicroelectronics
Engineer & Researcher

US patent holder. Foundational work in semiconductor R&D. Project Management

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