Nikhil Varma, PhD

CEO

New York City, New York, United States26 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years of industry and academic experience.
  • Expert in blockchain and decentralized business models.
  • Leader in promoting Web 3.0 and sustainable practices.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Blockchain expert with a strong focus on sustainable business practices.

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Skills

Core Skills

FintechProduct AnalyticsStrategy ImplementationBlockchainTechnology LeadershipMergers & Acquisitions (m&a)Technology IncubationBusiness AnalysisProject ManagementProduct Road Mapping

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business AnalyticsCommunicationComputer ScienceConsultantsConsultingContent CreationCryptocurrencyDeal StructuringDecentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO)Distributed SystemsEnglishEntrepreneurship DevelopmentExecutive Management

About

I am an Associate Professor of Management at Ramapo College of New Jersey, specializing in Operations and Supply Chain, Blockchain, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability. With over 20 years of industry experience and academic background spanning Computer Science, Business Administration, and Service Design,, I have uniquely positioned my expertise at the intersection of technology and business. I have extensive expertise in decentralized business models, and have worked with several blockchain startups in their early phases to design sustainable platforms and ecosystems. My research focuses on leveraging emerging technologies like machine learning, blockchain, and IoT to facilitate more equitable models of value creation aligned with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. At the forefront of blockchain's application in creating an inclusive economy, my leadership as Technical Lead at Algorand Foundation has been instrumental in driving organic adoption across India. My commitment to fostering a deep understanding of Web 3.0 is evident from my strategic role in developing decentralized applications (dApps) that address critical challenges. As a Senior Fellow at The Digital Economist, my expertise in strategic fintech innovation shapes transformative digital policies. With a solid foundation in product analytics and road mapping, the workgroup I chair is focused on leveraging blockchain technology for sustainable, equitable value creation. With guest professorships at reputed institutions like IIT Delhi in the past and currently with Molde University, Norway, I actively promote scholarly exchange on emerging technologies across global academic networks. I am working an a book titled "Blockchain Capitalism", that explores both the successes and pitfalls of pure capitalism and socialism. The book will demonstrate how blockchain technology can be leveraged to address issues like inequality, instability, and concentration of power by implementing a model of "Blockchain Capitalism". This vision serves to reinvent capitalism for the 21st century in a way that is more inclusive, accountable, and empowering by retaining its positive dynamism while checking its excesses.

Experience

The digital economist

Senior Fellow and Chair Blockchain workgroup

May 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

Go-to-Market StrategyStrategy ImplementationRevenue & Profit GrowthFinTechSocial MediaProduct Analytics+12

Prodecipher

Chief Technology Officer

Aug 2022Jan 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Switzerland

  • deciphering product supply chains to validate sustainability claims
Organizational EffectivenessBlockchainProduct AnalyticsTechnology IncubationComputer Scienceweb3.js+5

Algorand foundation

Technical Lead (India)

Jun 2022Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · India

  • We are a team of professionals passionate to see a bright future for all our fellow Indians. Each of us believes in the role blockchain technology can play in building a more inclusive economy globally, and especially in India.
  • We are firm believers in the significant advantages of the Algorand blockchain technology and have partnered with the Algorand Foundation to drive the organic diffusion of Algorand in India. We believe India has the best developers in the world, and we are committed to broadening the understanding of Web 3.0 and its role in the development of dApps to tackle some of the most challenging problems we face. We are Algo Bharat. Power the new world with us.
Technology LeadershipProduct StrategyGo-to-Market StrategyStrategy ImplementationRevenue & Profit Growthcrypto-economic models+35

Ramapo college of new jersey

2 roles

Associate Professor

Promoted

Aug 2021Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · United States · On-site

FinTechSocial MediaProduct AnalyticsBusiness AnalysisContent CreationSpoken English+3

Assistant Professor

Aug 2016Jun 2021 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Courses Taught
  • Operations Management
  • Management Science
  • Business and Sustainability
  • Data Visualization
  • Business Analytics
  • Research Focus
  • Data Science
  • In Education
  • Sustainability
  • Trends and future research directions
  • Incorporating Data science for sustainability
  • Blockchain based business models
  • Behavioral Analytics
Business AnalysisSpoken EnglishEnglishPassionate about Work

Sprul pa limited

Product visionary and chief data officer

Feb 2021Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos · United Kingdom

  • Sprul uses the power of community to develop affordable content for education. As a co-founder I work on designing the smart platform roadmap and also building communities for content development. Subject matter experts can build double blind peer reviewed content and monetize it. Educators can dynamically build their course content. Machine learning will be used to create magic in form of recommendations and opportunity analysis
BlockchainTechnology IncubationComputer Scienceweb3.jsSpoken EnglishEnglish+1

Molde university college

Guest Professor

Aug 2020Jan 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · Norway

  • I teach a week long seminar in the Masters Program in the area of Blockchain for Supply Chain
BlockchainProduct Analyticsweb3.jsSpoken EnglishEnglishPassionate about Work

Aten ventures llc

Strategic Advisor

Jan 2020May 2024 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Aten Ventures focuses on building products. We help VCs and entrepreneurs to look at the world of possibilities, in new ways. In short we dream and we build.
Go-to-Market StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Investor RelationsFinTechOrganizational EffectivenessBlockchain+13

Indian institute of technology, delhi

Guest Professor

Jul 2019Aug 2019 · 1 mo · New Delhi, Delhi, India

  • Taught Supply Chain Analytics, Project Management and presented a research seminar on Blockchain
BlockchainProduct AnalyticsComputer Scienceweb3.jsDistributed SystemsArtificial Intelligence (AI)+2

Qbrics, inc

Advisor

May 2018Apr 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Qbrics is an enterprise blockchain company that has a patent pending technology for quantum computing resistant secure Blockchain.
  • As an advisor I help Qbrics analyze different opportunities and help in roadmap discussions with potential use cases.
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Product AnalyticsComputer ScienceSpoken EnglishEnglish

Hec montreal

PhD and Lecturer

Jan 2013Oct 2016 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

  • My research is in the area of Service Management from the operations perspective. The research focuses on increasing value of service delivery by focusing on critical aspects like Service Quality.
  • Published Work
  • “An integrated framework for service quality: SQBOK perspective” Quality Management Journal.,2013,Volume 20, Issue 2 pg 34-47
  • Teaching Experience
  • Operations Management (at undergraduate and graduate levels)
Business AnalysisDistributed SystemsSpoken EnglishEnglish

Supply your demand management services inc.

Independent Service Consultant

Jan 2013Jul 2016 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Mobile

  • As an independent consultant, I work with companies to mobilize their service operations in North America. The services that I offer include
  • 1) Servitization of products (service offering definition for their products)
  • 2) Strategic presentations to clients
  • 3) Profit maximization by good service design
  • 4) Strategic partnership
  • 5) Solution Consulting
  • 6) Product-Service (Value) Management
  • 7) Continuos Improvement
  • 8) Customer Relationship Management
  • Industry Sector:
  • 1) Television and Movie production (entertainment industry)
  • 2) High Tech industry
  • Current Customers (list not complete because of confidentiality reasons)
  • 1) Baryons Software Solutions ( http://www.baryonssoftsolutions.com/ )
Project ManagementComputer ScienceBusiness AnalysisDistributed SystemsSpoken EnglishEnglish

Teksystems

Project Manager

Feb 2012Jan 2013 · 11 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

  • Worked as a project manager, managing client projects
  • Pure agilist, believer and practitioner
Project ManagementBusiness AnalysisDistributed SystemsSpoken EnglishEnglish

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Consultant (Program Management)

Nov 2011Feb 2012 · 3 mos · montreal

  • Worked with a local company to help their strategic direction map with their IT roll out. Designed programs and KPI for the management and project management team to be able to monitor and control progress.
Project ManagementComputer ScienceBusiness AnalysisDistributed SystemsSpoken EnglishEnglish+1

Ryma technology solutions

Product Investment Management Consultant

Sep 2010Nov 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Worked with product managers to help them make better products by having better strategies to align management focus with development direction.
  • Worked with one of Canada’s largest organization to help streamline their product management process
  • Worked as a mentor and process champion to help the company comply to certain international standards such as ISO
  • Developed strategies as to support development in the agile environment.
Computer ScienceSpoken EnglishEnglish

Hec montreal

MBA student

Aug 2009Aug 2010 · 1 yr

  • IT management, Strategy and Operations
Computer ScienceSpoken EnglishEnglish

Inteligan technologies inc

Chief IT Manager

Jan 2007Aug 2010 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Worked with several local companies in Montreal as their development partner (IT dependent companies with no development teams)
  • Managed several product developments strategically by providing them price advantage (local-offshore service delivery model)
  • Managed service operations to have a high employee utilization factor
  • Consulted in process improvement and best practices implementation in a product development company
  • Also worked for Talkio Inc. as a CTO during this period
  • http://www.inteligan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=58&lang=en
Computer ScienceSpoken EnglishEnglish

Talkio inc

Director Of Technology

Jun 2006Dec 2011 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

  • Managed the development of the product. Worked with the key stakeholders on strategic positioning and intellectual property definition.
Product Road MappingComputer ScienceSpoken EnglishEnglishPassionate about Work

Net integration technologies, inc.

Evil Death Ray

Jan 2005Jan 2006 · 1 yr

  • Worked on the QA process improvement and management
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Revenue & Profit GrowthProject ManagementComputer ScienceSpoken EnglishEnglish+1

Volansa technologies,

Co-Founder and Program Manager

Mar 2004Jan 2007 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Montreal, Canada

  • Successfully developed a product with focus on several niches
  • The intellectual property generated from one of the programs resulted in a sale of this company to a public company
  • Managed investment management/allocation to the different programs
  • Prime presenter to the different VCs
  • Volansa was acquired by a public company Jati Technologies Inc.
  • https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2006/09/28/348813/4179/en/Jati-Technologies-Inc-Announces-the-Acquisition-of-Volansa-Technologies-Inc.html
Revenue & Profit GrowthProject ManagementComputer ScienceSpoken EnglishEnglishPassionate about Work

Concordia university

Research Associate

Sep 2002Jun 2004 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Worked in the Area of Real Time, Embedded Software design. Specifically contributed by publishing works in the area of Verification and Validation of Fault Tolerant real time system. Designed a testing strategy called CAGILY which can be use to automatically generate test cases. Also worked on the PVS tool from Stanford Research Labs for modeling and verification of real time protocols
Computer ScienceSpoken EnglishEnglishPassionate about Work

Mphasis

Associate Systems Engineer

Jan 2000Aug 2002 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore, India

  • - Worked in cutting edge R&D in embedded technologies for clients like Samsung and NEC
Computer ScienceSpoken EnglishEnglishPassionate about Work

Education

HEC Montreal

PhD in Administration — Service Operations (Operations and Logistics Department)

Jan 2013Jan 2016

HEC Montréal

MBA

Jan 2009Jan 2010

Concordia University

Masters — Computer Engineering

Sep 2002Jun 2004

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

B.E — Computer Science and Engineering

Dec 1995Jan 1999

Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram

High School

Jan 1992Jan 1994

Carmel School , Digboi

Jan 1982Jan 1992

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