Ross Barrows
General Introduction
Background
Ross’ approach to research was one of both breadth and depth; keeping a broad enough lens to stay abreast of the ongoing evolution of the technology sector while ‘diving-deep’ into specific topics to analyse the granularity when and where needed. He was best known for his insights into the data centre and digital infrastructure sectors, where he published the Feb-26 report titled “GenAI to Drive ‘Gen-Sational’ Growth, and 2026 Could be the Year of Agentic AI?”.
Dec 2025 – Present
May 2020– Sep 2025
Head of Technology Research at Wilsons
Feb 2014 – Sep 2019
Head of Small Caps Research at Citi
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
Jan 2009– Jan 2012
Analyst – Equity Research – Small Caps at Citi
Mar 2006 – Jan 2009
Aug 2004 – Feb 2006
Financial Analyst at BBY Ltd
Aug 2000 – Dec 2002
Senior Associate at Thomas Weisel Partners
July 1999 – Aug 2000
Associate at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Jan 1996 – Jan 1997
Business Analyst at ANZ
Other Team Members
- Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
James is the CEO of Sharon AI.
His career has spanned over 22 years across technology, finance, property development and funds management.
James has built and monetized over 300MW of energy infrastructure across Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas and Australia.
James has completed a Master of Business (Finance) and a Master’s in Property Development from the University of Technology Sydney, as well as a Bachelor of Accounting from ACU.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors (FAICD), and a Fellow of Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).
- Co-founder and Head of Strategic Partnerships
Andrew began his career with Macquarie Bank (ASX:MQG) in 2007 where he served for 8 years in the Corporate and Asset Finance division.
He then embarked on several entrepreneurial endeavors developing aviation leasing technology whilst serving on the board of ISI Australia, a provider of mainframe and cloud platform solutions.
Andrew co-founded Sharon AI and served as Chief Operating Officer, playing a central role in building the company’s operating capability and advancing its AI Factory deployments. He now leads Strategic Partnerships, providing founder-level sponsorship across Sharon AI’s most important customer, data centre and strategic relationships.
- Co-founder & Head of Corporate Development
Nick has over 18 years’ experience across financial markets, technology and energy infrastructure.
Starting his career at multi-billion-dollar asset manager Bell Financial Group (ASX:BFG) where he served for 12 years before building and managing 100 modular data centres across 200MW of energy infrastructure in the USA and Australia while working in a senior leadership role at a NASDAQ-listed digital infrastructure company.
- Chief Operating Officer
David Burns is Chief Operating Officer of Sharon AI, bringing more than 35 years of experience leading and transforming technology, telecommunications and services businesses across Australia, the United States, Europe and Asia. Throughout his career, he has built and scaled businesses, led complex operational transformations and delivered sustained financial and customer outcomes across rapidly evolving technology markets.
As COO, David leads Sharon AI’s operational strategy and execution, drawing on decades of experience across technology services, managed services, infrastructure, customer delivery and large-scale transformation. His combination of commercial discipline, operational leadership and customer focus helps ensure Sharon AI can execute at pace and scale as a global AI infrastructure platform.
- Chief Financial Officer
Anuj Goel brings more than 20 years of experience across technology investment banking, capital markets and corporate finance. Throughout his career, he has advised companies, founders and investors on growth, capital raisings and strategic transformation, with deep expertise spanning technology, telecommunications, media and digital infrastructure.
Before joining Sharon AI as CFO, Anuj was Head of Technology, APAC at Macquarie Capital, where he advised on many of Australia’s most significant technology and digital infrastructure transactions.
- Chief Technology Officer
Dan Mons brings over two decades of leadership experience in the technology sector across 10 countries.
He has led the technical design, security planning, and training teams for government, AI/ML, media, HPC, research, finance, and software development in Australia, the US, the UK, Asia, and Europe. Dan is committed to driving effective change while maintaining security objectives and ensuring team members deliver business success and meet customer needs.
- Country Manager - USA
Wolf Schubert is the Country Manager – USA of Sharon AI. His career has spanned over 25 years across technology, capital markets and risk management (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch).
Most recently he ran part of the institutional business at BlockFi, a fintech startup. Before that he held senior roles at Vista Equity Partners and Strategic Value Partners, where he was Chief Risk Officer.
- Head of Human Resources
Kathleen Manning brings more than a decade of management and people-leadership experience across hospitality, health, and professional services. With formal qualifications in Business and Psychology, she blends commercial strength with a deep understanding of human behaviour to create engaged, high-performing teams and sustainable organisational culture.
Kathleen has held senior leadership roles including Director at Defender Asset Management and Head of HR for the Defender Tourism Fund, where she oversaw large, multi-site teams, modernised HR systems, strengthened compliance frameworks, and supported rapid business expansion. She has also completed the AICD Company Secretary Course, enhancing her governance and executive-level capability.
Kathleen now leads the HR function at Sharon AI, bringing her strategic mindset, operational excellence, and people-first approach to support the organisation’s growth and culture as it scales.
- Chief Revenue Officer
Linton is a recognized growth leader in the Australian and APAC tech landscape with over 25 years of leadership at global technology icons including IBM, Microsoft, and Rackspace. Most recently serving as CRO at Vault Cloud, he brings specialized expertise in scaling high-security, critical infrastructure. At Sharon AI, Linton spearheads global commercial operations and revenue strategy, ensuring sovereign AI infrastructure scales to meet the mission-critical needs of enterprise and government partners.
- Head of Sales
Kieran Habojan is an empathetic thought leader at Sharon AI who puts people first while delivering cutting-edge AI and HPC solutions. With a distinguished career at Equinix powering digital infrastructure for some of the world’s largest enterprise clients, Kieran brings unparalleled expertise to his role.
As a relationship-focused sales leader, he drives exceptional business outcomes for clients by truly understanding their unique challenges. Kieran’s rare combination of technical insight and genuine human connection enables organisations to confidently navigate complex digital ecosystems with precisely tailored solutions.
- Chief Legal Officer
Melissa Anastasiou is Chief Legal Officer of Sharon AI, bringing nearly 30 years of legal and executive leadership experience across telecommunications, technology and digital infrastructure.
Throughout her career, she has experience advising boards and executive teams on corporate governance, complex commercial transactions, regulatory engagement, mergers and acquisitions, privacy, cyber matters and AI governance.