About the Authors
Jai Singh Arun is a senior technology business executive driving IBM’s artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, and cybersecurity-related innovations and solutions business strategy, development, and go-to-market execution.
Jai brings over 20 years of technology experience, working with IBM, Unisys, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, and a start-up, 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 enterpriseclass business solutions, and services. He has led many multimillion-dollar new businesses to penetrate into new markets, industries, and segments.
He holds several USPTO-granted patents and inventions published on ip.com. He is also a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) from ISACA, and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI.
Jai earned his Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in strategy, marketing, and finance from the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill; his Master of Engineering degree in computer engineering from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), University of Mumbai, India; and his Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science and engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Bhopal, India. He also attended Harvard University executive leadership and management programs.
Jerry Cuomo is recognized as one of the most prolific contributors to IBM’s software business, producing products and technologies that have profoundly impacted how the industry conducts commerce over the World Wide Web, while dramatically improving the consumer’s experience. Jerry has exhibited a repeating pattern of breakthrough innovations in software design, engineering, and business strategy, across IBM’s most financially successful and industry-recognizable software product offerings.
Jerry holds the prestigious title of IBM Fellow, which is the highest technical position at IBM, with only 300 Fellows having been named in the 106 years of IBM’s existence. He has pioneered emerging technology projects in the areas of blockchain, API economy, mobile computing, cloud computing, web application servers, integration software, Java, instant messaging software, filing over 60 US patents across these areas.
He is most recognized as one of the founding fathers of WebSphere Software, whose innovations defined WebSphere as the industry-leading application server currently serving over 80,000 customers. WebSphere re-imagines how business, governments, and citizens get work done using the Internet. Jerry’s inventions in web server security, performance, scalability, and availability are the reasons why many of the world’s most visible institutions are able to securely conduct commerce over the World Wide Web.
Today, as a Vice President of Blockchain Technologies at IBM, Jerry is leading the definition of IBM’s blockchain strategy and offerings. Jerry and team have illustrated how blockchain can revolutionize business and redefine companies and economies.
In March 2016 and February 2018, Jerry was called upon by the US House of Representatives to provide expert testimony to US Energy and Commerce Committee on Digital Currency and Blockchain. During his testimony Jerry urged the Obama administration to adopt blockchain as a primary means to protect citizen identity and to enhance national security. His testimony can be seen on YouTube and is often referred to in social media.
Nitin Gaur is an IBM distinguished engineer and worldwide director and leads IBM’s global blockchain labs and services. He is responsible for strategy and for developing IBM’s digital currency technologies and offerings, such as stable coins and digital fiat. He pioneered IBM’s enterprise blockchain strategy and advised IBM decision makers, business partners, and clients on the use of the technology.