Shyam Sankar is the chief technology officer and executive vice president of Palantir Technologies. He received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Stanford University. Sankar is also the cofounder and chairman of Founders Films, a production company dedicated to telling stories that make you proud to be an American. He serves as the chairman of Ginkgo Bioworks and a trustee at the Hudson Institute.