Deepak

Professional Summary

• A pragmatic visionary and results-oriented, process driven leader with 17+ years of experience in Program & Project Management developing and executing technology solutions and strategies, delivering business values.

• A technology lover and an avid learner. Currently heads the digital transformation practice at his organization and leads a team exploring technologies like Blockchain, BPM, Conversational AI.

• Is also co-founder of a meetup group on Blockchain. Has explored Solidity framework, node.js and has written smart contracts on Ethereum blockchain for the agriculture industry and Life Sciences Supply Chain for specific use cases.

• A community builder and understands the nuances of how to build and keep the community engaged. Have been working with various Blockchain initiatives like Baseline Project, Aeternity Project in helping them identify ways of building community in India

. • Highly skilled at relationship – building with clients and across organizations and teams; exceptional writing, presenting and interpersonal communication skills.

• Adept at assessing needs, generating options, and implementing solutions in collaboration with clients and stakeholders. A problem solver with creativity and forethought in solving complex project issues and willing to try new ideas

. • Fosters a culture of innovation and believes in a culture of rewards and recognition. An emphatic team player and a professional who strongly believes in the KISS (Keep It Simple & Straight) principle and believes in the Continuous Improvement and Learning philosophy.

• Has also worked as a team manager and represented the Indian arm of a particular global team for a Financial Asset Management Company.

• Kick started his entrepreneurial journey as a freelancer in the field of Information Security. During this tenure worked with an Information Security startup company and offered his services under various roles.

Work Experience Co-Founder of DCentrum: March 2018 – Till Date

DCentrum is a decentralized community of professionals interested in Blockchain technologies. DCentrum, initially created as a small co-learning group of self motivated individuals eventually resulted in a community of about 400+ blockchain enthusiasts. As a part of this community have explored projects like Hyperledger, IOTA and Ethereum. Led meetup sessions on weekends explaining the underlying technologies to the community members along with other co-founders. Have also led cohorts creating PoC on these protocols with real life business cases. One of the PoC was to build a De-Centralised Autonomous Online Marketplace for farmers helping them to get the right price for their produce. The solution was built on Ethereum Network with smart contracts in Solidity while the UI was built on Angular.JS framework

Also worked with the core group to design, build and develop a solution on IOTA project to address the Supply Chain needs for vaccines. This solution was to prove how Block chain could be used in Supply chain to track the temperature of vaccines all through the distribution channel and provide the end user with a detailed track record. This idea was formulated way back in 2018. DCentrum is recognized by the Govt. of Telangana as their community partners and is also well supported by the few global organziations. DCentrum has been a great platform to understand and learn various blockchain projects while also dabble with these projects.