Shrikant Sharma is the founder and CEO of SmartViz, with 25 years of expertise in smart building innovations, including computational modelling, simulation, analytics, IoT, and digital twins.

As a passionate advocate for data-driven and human-centric buildings, Shrikant’s work empowers building owners and executives with actionable insights to optimise real estate, enhance occupant wellbeing and productivity, and accelerate net-zero goals. SmartViz, an AI and IoT-powered digital twin platform, delivers occupancy and air quality monitoring, space and energy management, predictive modelling and scenario planning to save costs and improve building performance.

Notable achievements include saving Vodafone $40m annually and Cardiff Metropolitan University over £5m through space optimisation. Shrikant’s mission with SmartViz is to harness data and technology to transform buildings of today, while also delivering insight for creating healthier, more energy-efficient, and productive environments for the future.