Hult DBA Online Q&A With Alumni

Join us for a live online session with Hult DBA alumni as they share their personal journeys—the challenges they faced, the milestones they achieved, and how the program transformed their careers.
Discover how the Hult DBA can empower you to turn research into real-world business impact while advancing your professional and academic goals.

Steph Sharma is an executive consultant, educator, and researcher whose work bridges strategic decision-making, human capital, and sustainability. With over 30 years of experience advising Fortune 500 firms, healthcare organizations, and NGOs, Steph brings systems thinking and a deep practice orientation to her academic work. Her research explores how organizations navigate complexity through strategic calibration, effectual logic, and AI-enabled decision support.

As a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at Hult, she advances conceptual and empirical research on the circular economy, sustainable business strategy, and the psychological dimensions of empowerment in hybrid work environments. Drawing on global consulting experience and academic studies at Thunderbird and Hult, she designs and facilitates MBA and executive-level learning that fosters critical thinking, applied insight, and systems leadership.

Steph is the founder of Symbio Strategies, a boutique consultancy built on a foundation of workplace engagement, inclusion, and structural strategy. Today, it supports leaders in developing insights and making strategic decisions under uncertainty—with responsible AI as a critical enabler.

Grounded in a lifelong commitment to animals, nature, and sustainability, Steph finds balance through activity-based travel with her partner, Keerat, and the joy of sharing life with dogs, horses, and the high desert landscape she calls home.

Uzor is a visionary meta-leader with over twenty years of cross-sector experience solving complex problems across healthcare, insurance, technology, and supply chain. She currently serves as the CEO of Famacare Centre, a network of efficient, digitally enabled clinics addressing Africa’s primary healthcare delivery gap. Notably, during her tenure at Interswitch (Africa’s first indigenous unicorn), she led the design of Smarthealth—Nigeria’s first fully integrated health information management solution.

With deep expertise in business development, strategic partnerships, and growth advisory, Uzor collaborates with government agencies on innovative policies and finance-driven healthcare solutions, particularly in primary and specialized care. She is pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration at Hult International Business School and holds a Master’s in Health Economics and Management from the University of Sheffield, UK. She also earned a certificate in Leading in Healthcare Systems from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Uzor is a CPHIMS-certified product manager and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, combining technical proficiency with strategic foresight. With a passion for visionary leadership, systems thinking, and capacity building, she excels at mobilizing people and resources to create sustainable impact. Outside of work, she enjoys travel, music, and mentoring emerging leaders.