Gagan Jain
Global Partnerships Director at R3- Claim this Profile
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Mandar Kulkarni
I had the privilege of working with Gagan over the past five years. Gagan has many strong points but the ones, which I admire the most are - his proactiveness, clarity of thought and overall pleasant personality. He is always there when you need help and he is adept at offering fresh perspectives to look at your problems through. Demonstrating credibility through continuously and consistently delivering good results is his forte and this is the single most reason why he has been highly rated by client stakeholders across business and IT. His knowledge and experience spans across many consulting offerings however his most recent accomplishment is within Fintech, digital transformation and blockchain domain. He is and will be an extraordinarily brilliant asset to any team he will be part of! I am happy to recommend him for any roles that require highly tuned commercial sense, excellent interpersonal skills, and the right mindset.
Joe Cartwright
Gagan is a fantastic Business Analyst who contributed greatly to the Branch Tablets programme at Lloyds, a complex and high profile initiative. His intelligence, thoroughness and dedication would make him an asset to any team. He is also a pleasure to work with - positive, patient and always willing to help out his colleagues. I would not hesitate in recommending Gagan for any role.
Mandar Kulkarni
I had the privilege of working with Gagan over the past five years. Gagan has many strong points but the ones, which I admire the most are - his proactiveness, clarity of thought and overall pleasant personality. He is always there when you need help and he is adept at offering fresh perspectives to look at your problems through. Demonstrating credibility through continuously and consistently delivering good results is his forte and this is the single most reason why he has been highly rated by client stakeholders across business and IT. His knowledge and experience spans across many consulting offerings however his most recent accomplishment is within Fintech, digital transformation and blockchain domain. He is and will be an extraordinarily brilliant asset to any team he will be part of! I am happy to recommend him for any roles that require highly tuned commercial sense, excellent interpersonal skills, and the right mindset.
Joe Cartwright
Gagan is a fantastic Business Analyst who contributed greatly to the Branch Tablets programme at Lloyds, a complex and high profile initiative. His intelligence, thoroughness and dedication would make him an asset to any team. He is also a pleasure to work with - positive, patient and always willing to help out his colleagues. I would not hesitate in recommending Gagan for any role.
Mandar Kulkarni
I had the privilege of working with Gagan over the past five years. Gagan has many strong points but the ones, which I admire the most are - his proactiveness, clarity of thought and overall pleasant personality. He is always there when you need help and he is adept at offering fresh perspectives to look at your problems through. Demonstrating credibility through continuously and consistently delivering good results is his forte and this is the single most reason why he has been highly rated by client stakeholders across business and IT. His knowledge and experience spans across many consulting offerings however his most recent accomplishment is within Fintech, digital transformation and blockchain domain. He is and will be an extraordinarily brilliant asset to any team he will be part of! I am happy to recommend him for any roles that require highly tuned commercial sense, excellent interpersonal skills, and the right mindset.
Joe Cartwright
Gagan is a fantastic Business Analyst who contributed greatly to the Branch Tablets programme at Lloyds, a complex and high profile initiative. His intelligence, thoroughness and dedication would make him an asset to any team. He is also a pleasure to work with - positive, patient and always willing to help out his colleagues. I would not hesitate in recommending Gagan for any role.
Mandar Kulkarni
I had the privilege of working with Gagan over the past five years. Gagan has many strong points but the ones, which I admire the most are - his proactiveness, clarity of thought and overall pleasant personality. He is always there when you need help and he is adept at offering fresh perspectives to look at your problems through. Demonstrating credibility through continuously and consistently delivering good results is his forte and this is the single most reason why he has been highly rated by client stakeholders across business and IT. His knowledge and experience spans across many consulting offerings however his most recent accomplishment is within Fintech, digital transformation and blockchain domain. He is and will be an extraordinarily brilliant asset to any team he will be part of! I am happy to recommend him for any roles that require highly tuned commercial sense, excellent interpersonal skills, and the right mindset.
Joe Cartwright
Gagan is a fantastic Business Analyst who contributed greatly to the Branch Tablets programme at Lloyds, a complex and high profile initiative. His intelligence, thoroughness and dedication would make him an asset to any team. He is also a pleasure to work with - positive, patient and always willing to help out his colleagues. I would not hesitate in recommending Gagan for any role.
Credentials
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Decentralized Finance (DeFi): The Future of Finance Specialization
CourseraMar, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
IoT Foundations: Standards and Ecosystems
LinkedInMar, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Corda Certified Developer
R3Jul, 2019- Sep, 2024
Experience
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R3
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France
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Global Partnerships Director
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May 2021 - Present
▪ Global head of partnerships for leading enterprise DLT product firm with open-source and enterprise strategy, responsible for accelerating joint customer business globally with partners throughout the value chain, including Global System Integrators (GSI), advisory firms, leading payment networks, etc. ▪ Leading team of regional partner leads to manage joint sales pipelines with partners, including owning and driving joint GTM motions for meeting revenue targets, incld. sell-to/with… Show more ▪ Global head of partnerships for leading enterprise DLT product firm with open-source and enterprise strategy, responsible for accelerating joint customer business globally with partners throughout the value chain, including Global System Integrators (GSI), advisory firms, leading payment networks, etc. ▪ Leading team of regional partner leads to manage joint sales pipelines with partners, including owning and driving joint GTM motions for meeting revenue targets, incld. sell-to/with motions ▪ Responsible for end-to-end management of all aspects of R3’s alliances, from defining and driving R3’s partnership strategy, identifying and onboarding partners (working with cross-functional teams), driving joint sales motions and sales pipeline, and managing QBRs ▪ Major wins include, - led ground-up revamp of partnership strategy to classify and segment GTM ecosystem, to ensure custom strategy, ownership and execution for different kinds of partnerships - establishment of Digital Currency CoE with leading consulting firms - multiple multi-million $ CBDC initiatives with partners and central banks Show less ▪ Global head of partnerships for leading enterprise DLT product firm with open-source and enterprise strategy, responsible for accelerating joint customer business globally with partners throughout the value chain, including Global System Integrators (GSI), advisory firms, leading payment networks, etc. ▪ Leading team of regional partner leads to manage joint sales pipelines with partners, including owning and driving joint GTM motions for meeting revenue targets, incld. sell-to/with… Show more ▪ Global head of partnerships for leading enterprise DLT product firm with open-source and enterprise strategy, responsible for accelerating joint customer business globally with partners throughout the value chain, including Global System Integrators (GSI), advisory firms, leading payment networks, etc. ▪ Leading team of regional partner leads to manage joint sales pipelines with partners, including owning and driving joint GTM motions for meeting revenue targets, incld. sell-to/with motions ▪ Responsible for end-to-end management of all aspects of R3’s alliances, from defining and driving R3’s partnership strategy, identifying and onboarding partners (working with cross-functional teams), driving joint sales motions and sales pipeline, and managing QBRs ▪ Major wins include, - led ground-up revamp of partnership strategy to classify and segment GTM ecosystem, to ensure custom strategy, ownership and execution for different kinds of partnerships - establishment of Digital Currency CoE with leading consulting firms - multiple multi-million $ CBDC initiatives with partners and central banks Show less
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Cognizant
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Uzbekistan
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Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consulting and Partnerships Lead - Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
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Jul 2018 - Jun 2021
▪ Global Partnerships Lead for Cognizant’s Blockchain practice leading alliances Microsoft, AWS, R3, EEA, Linux/Hyperledger Alliance, among others – generating over $4m in revenues. - Defining the strategic vision for practice including internal business cases, and roadmaps for Cognizant’s blockchain partnerships. - Driving revenues by leading joint sales motions with partners and leading negotiations with end-clients and partners - Leading delivery and product teams building joint… Show more ▪ Global Partnerships Lead for Cognizant’s Blockchain practice leading alliances Microsoft, AWS, R3, EEA, Linux/Hyperledger Alliance, among others – generating over $4m in revenues. - Defining the strategic vision for practice including internal business cases, and roadmaps for Cognizant’s blockchain partnerships. - Driving revenues by leading joint sales motions with partners and leading negotiations with end-clients and partners - Leading delivery and product teams building joint offerings with partners to enhance Cognizant’s blockchain capabilities, solution accelerators, etc. ▪ Global Blockchain and DLT Consulting lead for Banking & Fin. Services, incld. Capital Markets, Payments, and Insurance driving over $5mm+ pa direct Blockchain revenues ▪ Founding member of practice, led global consulting teams responsible for Digital Assets advisory projects incld. feasibility analysis, ideation, defining product roadmaps, biz case, etc. ▪ Won and led Blockchain projects end-to-end, from presales to implementation, incld. - Multinational Insurance for leading global insurer n/w with leading global retailer (leading team of 15) - Auto Floor-planning n/w for biggest global bank leveraging DLT + IOT (leading team of 10) - Reference Data Management platform for leading US Issuer (leading team of 4) ▪ Product Lead for accelerators – Collateral Management (presented at Consensus 2017), Auto Finance (combining DLT & Telematics), etc. ▪ Thought leadership (Blockchain in Cap. Markets, Blockchain for Loyalty Rewards, etc.)
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Associate Director - IOT Strategy and Advisory
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Jun 2020 - May 2021
Advisory Team lead for multiple strategic advisory projects, for leading Engineering firm, largest AgTech Startup among others.
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Associate Director, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
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Aug 2016 - Jun 2018
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Senior Manager, Cognizant Business Consulting – Banking & Financial Services (BFS)
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Apr 2008 - Oct 2016
Digital Banking Product Lead for multiple, award-winning projects for leading UK-based Banking Group, including, ✓ Digital Transformation of bank’s retail branches ✓ Mobile Sales Journeys for Bank’s entire product line - 1st such implementation in UK; Multiple awards @ FStech Awards ‘17 - Financial World Innovation Awards for innovation and excellence in CX and Delivery) ✓ Native Mobile Apps for Bank’s 3 brands in UK - Forrester Best Mobile Banking Apps in UK for… Show more Digital Banking Product Lead for multiple, award-winning projects for leading UK-based Banking Group, including, ✓ Digital Transformation of bank’s retail branches ✓ Mobile Sales Journeys for Bank’s entire product line - 1st such implementation in UK; Multiple awards @ FStech Awards ‘17 - Financial World Innovation Awards for innovation and excellence in CX and Delivery) ✓ Native Mobile Apps for Bank’s 3 brands in UK - Forrester Best Mobile Banking Apps in UK for ‘15, ’16, ’17) Online Payment Channels Lead Business Analyst for Online Payments Channels for leading NL Bank, incld. for new Bulk Payments channel
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Cognizant Technology Solutions
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India
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Consumer Services
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Summer Intern
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Apr 2007 - Jun 2007
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Tata Consultancy Services
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer
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Sep 2004 - Jun 2006
Capital Market Application for Major Wall Street Bank • Development, enhancement and maintenance of Capital Markets Application • Technology – Mainframes(Cobol, JCL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, CICS) • Client interaction, metrics generation & reporting. Capital Market Application for Major Wall Street Bank • Development, enhancement and maintenance of Capital Markets Application • Technology – Mainframes(Cobol, JCL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, CICS) • Client interaction, metrics generation & reporting.
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Education
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Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
PGPM, MBA -
Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology
B. Tech, Electronics Engineering
