About

Nitin Gaur is a senior leader with over 24 years of experience in designing and developing enterprise infrastructures and applications for Fortune 500 companies globally. He is a leader, strategist, innovator, and investor with a proven track record of developing and delivering business strategies and forward-thinking initiatives for multimillion-dollar revenue growth. Nitin has acquired tremendous knowledge and experience within digital currency, central banks, digital finance, financial technology (fintech), regulatory technology (RegTech), and decentralized finance (DeFi). He has recently crafted and devised digital assets regulatory and compliance frameworks. Nitin has repeatedly built and led successful multi-disciplinary global teams and employs honed communication style by distilling complex ideas into easy-to-understand presentations. He has expertise in AI, ML, Cloud, Blockchain, cryptoeconomics, and payment technologies. Nitin has executive competencies in corporate vision & strategy, global projects & operations, data analysis, reporting & forecasting, operational infrastructure, enterprise blockchain solutions, leadership & team development, system optimization, P&L management, and environmental, social & governance (ESG). Currently, Nitin is the Global Head of Digital Asset & Technology Design at State Street, where he is focused on digital assets and technology design. His aim is to transition part of the company’s financial market infrastructure and its clients to the new digital economy. Nitin has an extensive journey with blockchain and digital assets and aspires to learn and play a pivotal role in reshaping the future of the financial services industry with intelligence, advanced technology, and superior design. In his past roles, Nitin has served as Technical Advisor to Portal Asset Management and Director of IBM Financial Sciences and Digital Assets at IBM Research. He also served as Founder and Director of IBM Digital Asset Labs and CTO of IBM World Wire. Nitin has authored several publications and holds 100+ patents. He is an accomplished global speaker and presenter. Nitin holds a Master of Science degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Maryland University College, College. He has expertise in Blockchain, Decentralized, Infra, AI, DeFi, Research Scientist, ML, Tokenization, and Senior Software Engineer.