Kalyan Kulkarni — CEO
• Tech Start-up with serious focus on developing Self-Sovereign Identity or Decentralised Identity based solutions for global enterprises leveraging Hyperledger Indy/Aries Blockchain stack. • Products and Custom solutions using Hyperledger Aries, Indy based on W3C Standards of DID, VC. Privacy Preserving or Privacy by Design solutions. • Aggressive and active contributors to open standards in Decentralised Identity - Contributors to TOIP, DIF, Sovrin foundations and Hyperledger forums. • Building Distributed Enterprise Blockchain Solutions using Hyperledger Fabric/Composer and Public Blockchain Solutions using ERC721 / ERC20 Ethereum Specs. • Determinant, motivator, detail oriented, highly influential when it comes to driving teams towards specific goals, critical decision making based on not just facts but with System Thinking. • Technology and People enthusiast having 19+ years of experience in multiple technologies. • Technology–Delivery–Results–People oriented leader with proven “best of both the worlds” success in Services–Products–Captives, Onsite–Offshore and Technology–Functional roles. Hands on experience in delivery with cross-cultural experience, multi location teams across the globe. • Consistent in having successfully built, transitioned and led teams from scratch to operational in products, services and captive models. • Working directly with SVPs and comfortable to communicate across all levels of the organisation. • Have been a part of Sr. Leadership working towards organisation transformation to optimise cost and productivity. • Learnt and researching Blockchain and its underlying architecture with Hyperledger and Ethereum variants. • Has been hands on in managing larger programs. Running small to mid-size P&L; range of $10MN to $20MN annually over the last few years. • Seasoned in handling larger teams – managed deliveries with teams of around 125 professionals across global locations with experience level from entry level developers to project managers and architects. • Playing pivotal role to transform the entire offshore team from typical development approach to Product and Micro-Service based solutions. • Owning to establish standardized approach with Micro-services (Spring Boot) and Dev Ops (Docker/Vagrant, Kubernetes etc.) • Niche in managing customer and Stakeholder expectations, own multi location delivery teams and track record of successful deliveries. More than 9 years into hands on Program, Delivery, Account Mgmt
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Blockchain and Software Development expert with extensive experience in Finance and Retail sectors.
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 18 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Blockchain
- Micro-services
- Decentralized Identity
- Training
- Project Management
- Delivery Management
- Program Management
- Account Management
- Product Management
- Team Management
- Software Development
- Requirements Analysis
Career Highlights
- 19+ years of experience in diverse technologies.
- Expert in Blockchain and Decentralized Identity solutions.
- Proven track record in managing large teams and projects.
Work Experience
Trust Over IP Foundation
Co-Chair, Governance Stack Working Group (2 yrs 5 mos)
Blockster Labs
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer (6 yrs 11 mos)
Hyperledger India Chapter
Member (7 yrs 2 mos)
AyanWorks Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Co-Founder & CEO (7 yrs 11 mos)
Edureka
Blockchain SME (1 yr 2 mos)
Sears Holdings India
Product Manager | Senior Delivery Manager (1 yr 5 mos)
Delivery Manager (1 yr 11 mos)
Group Manager (1 yr 7 mos)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant Program Manager | Associate Director (3 yrs 6 mos)
Senior Manager (5 yrs 2 mos)
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd
Product Manager (1 yr 9 mos)
ITCube LLC. Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Systems Analyst (8 mos)
Project Leader (2 yrs 4 mos)
IBM
IT Specialist (4 mos)
Codec Communications
Team Leader (1 yr)
Rajco Infotech
Software Engineer (0 mo)
Winsoft Technologies India Pvt Ltd
Software Developer (2 yrs 11 mos)
Education
Master’s Degree at Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University (SRTMU), Nanded
Diploma in Advanced Computing at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
Bachelor’s Degree at Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University