JAI SINGH ARUN
IBM

Mr. Arun he is a senior technology business executive with over 23 years of experience working with IBM for 17 years, and 6 years with Unisys, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and a start-up organization Diablo Technologies. He has a vital mix of business and technology leadership experience with varied functional skills in product management, corporate business strategy, marketing, sales enablement, software engineering and development, customer support for enterprise-class business solutions and services. He has led many multi-million dollars new businesses to penetrate into new markets, industries and segments. Mr. Arun has spearheaded IBM’s Blockchain strategy, business development, and defined business strategy for the foundational technology platform known as Hyperledger Fabric along with Blockchain based Supply Chain and Trusted Digital Identity solutions. Currently, he is driving IBM’s business strategy, development, offering management and go-to[1]market execution for Cybersecurity Consulting, Systems Integration, Managed Security Services and Integrated Solutions (Software and Services) across Cloud Security, Zero Trust, Identity and Access Management, Data and Application Security, Threat Intelligence & Management. In his previous role at IBM Research, he led strategy and business development for the next generation technologies and innovations including Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and Quantum Computing. Mr. Arun holds several USPTO granted patents and inventions published on ip.com. He earned an MBA degree in Strategy, Marketing and Finance from Kenan-Flagler Business School at University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA and Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering from VJTI, University of Mumbai, India and Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from National Institute of Technology, Bhopal India. He also attended Harvard University for executive leadership and management program. Jai is also a certified information security manager (CISM from ISACA) and project management professional (PMP from PMI). Mr. Arun is an invited and featured speaker at many business and technology innovation conferences and events and academic institutes across the globe. He has written several emerging technologies blogs, articles. He is also a co-author of a book “Blockchain for Business” published in April 2019 and Amazon’s best-selling books in banking category and appreciated by many business leaders from Samsung, IBM, Digital Chambers of Commerce and mentioned in Wall Street CIO Journal.