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Nitin Gaur

Round Rock

Summary

Accomplished senior technology executive with a distinguished career leading digital asset strategy, market infrastructure modernization, and enterprise transformation at global financial institutions. A recognized leader in tokenization, digital asset custody, and institutional DeFi, with a proven track record of designing and implementing scalable, compliant solutions that bridge traditional finance and decentralized ecosystems. Expert in financial innovation, regulatory engagement, and AI-driven digital asset infrastructure. Visionary leader with proven track record in steering organizations toward success through strategic planning and effective management. Skilled in building cohesive teams, driving innovation, and enhancing operational efficiency to achieve business objectives. Demonstrated ability to transform challenges into opportunities, resulting in significant impact on company growth and profitability. Seasoned professional in executive management known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in strategic planning, financial oversight, and team leadership. Excel in communication, problem-solving, and adaptability to drive organizational success.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder and CEO

LedgerLink.ai
Austin
01.2024 - 03.2025
  • Company Overview: LedgerLink.ai is an enterprise-grade AI-powered Web2.5 platform designed to integrate digital assets seamlessly into traditional financial systems. It ensures compliance, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency for financial institutions by enabling ledger interoperability, harmonized operations, and automated workflows. By bridging on-chain and off-chain financial transactions, LedgerLink.ai reduces technology debt and accelerates institutional adoption of digital assets.
  • LedgerLink.ai is an enterprise-grade AI-powered Web2.5 platform designed to integrate digital assets seamlessly into traditional financial systems. It ensures compliance, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency for financial institutions by enabling ledger interoperability, harmonized operations, and automated workflows. By bridging on-chain and off-chain financial transactions, LedgerLink.ai reduces technology debt and accelerates institutional adoption of digital assets.

Global Head Digital Assets and Technology Design

STATE STREET DIGITAL
Boston
01.2022 - 01.2024
  • Led enterprise-wide adoption of digital asset custody, tokenization, and institutional DeFi within State Street’s financial infrastructure.
  • Developed a regulatory-compliant, scalable digital asset framework that positioned State Street as a leader in financial market modernization.
  • Designed and implemented models that integrate traditional finance with emerging blockchain-based financial instruments, enhancing risk management and liquidity optimization for institutional clients.
  • Devised an enterprise digital asset technology design and technology framework, including State Street-wide digital asset reference architecture.
  • Developed a strategic focus on transformation and disruptive finance employing digital asset technologies, as a vehicle to modernize market infrastructure and aging financial market infrastructure to digital era.
  • Infrastructure, instruments, and insights approach to digital assets, which focused on real time processing nature of digital asset, preserved regulatory integrity of digital assets and used data and AI for velocity and veracity of data due to real time and high-volume transaction processing.

Founder and Director, IBM Digital Asset Labs, IBM Industry Platform Group

IBM
Austin
09.2018 - 01.2022
  • Pioneered IBM’s enterprise blockchain and digital asset strategy, leading the creation of tokenized asset frameworks, stablecoin infrastructure, and regulatory-compliant digital financial solutions.
  • Developed IBM’s go-to-market approach for blockchain-based financial services, driving $60M+ in revenue impact.
  • Established IBM Digital Asset Labs as a global thought leader in institutional-grade tokenization, working with financial institutions and regulators to shape industry standards.
  • Pioneer in creating a stable coin, digital fiat, and tokenized fiat technology infrastructure, business models, and regulatory posture.
  • Produced $60M-$70M in direct impact to global revenue.
  • Produced $22M-$30M in direct impact to global revenue every year from 2005 to 2014.
  • Devised an enterprise digital asset strategy and advised IBM senior leadership on IBM involvement in the ever changing and heavily regulated space, while crafting IBMs go-to-market strategy, services delivery, product approach, and regulatory posturing.
  • Created a practice around digital asset in the financial services industry while navigating complex technology infrastructure, business models of blockchain networks, and regulatory and compliance landscape around tokenized assets such as a precious metals, commodities, private equity, and fiat or stable coins.
  • Served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), IBM World Wire, cross border payment network. Built world class payment competencies across various geographies addressing a complex global regulatory and compliance landscape, industry standards as ISO20022, and open banking. Built a payment network differentiation for stable coin and payment messages on same network with sustainable business value.

Founder and Director, IBM Blockchain Labs, IBM Industry Platform Group

IBM
Austin
10.2015 - 09.2018
  • Assigned to institute a body of knowledge and organizational understanding around blockchain technology and industry specific applications.
  • Selected to serve the mission of building a “blockchain for enterprise” practice with client facing responsibilities and tasked with building a new business built around industry disruption and disintermediation.
  • Pioneered a enterprise blockchain strategy and advised IBM decision makers, business partners, and clients, on industry disruption, emerging application, and services landscape around blockchain technology.
  • Devised business engagement models around blockchain technology stack, services, and regulation.
  • Leveraged in-depth knowledge of payment technology landscape by reaching out to peers and past payment industry connections to device use cases and business models around payments and remittances that could employ blockchain technology.
  • Designed blockchain for enterprise solution for large customers in regulated industries by working with various entities such as IBM research, large financial services industry clients, regulators, and startup community.

Chief Technology Officer, IBM Mobile Payments and IBM Cloud, IBM Software Group (SWG)

IBM
Austin
01.2014 - 10.2015
  • Selected to explore opportunities, risks, and potential long-range value for IBM in the mobile payments space.
  • Defined the research agenda and executed rigorous analyses to understand the market, evaluate the changing technology environment, and develop a strategy to benefit all stakeholders (IBM, retailers, banks, point-of-sale (POS) system developers, Visa, and MasterCard) while navigating evolving technology standards and complying with industry regulations.
  • Devised enterprise mobile payment strategy and advised IBM decision makers, business partners, and clients, on data-driven and validated insights that would position IBM as an influential player in the rapidly changing market.
  • Leveraged in-depth knowledge of the global business and technology landscape by reaching out to peers in Silicon Valley and overseas to describe IBM's competitive edge and differentiating factors in mobile payments, and by using statistical analysis anticipating the impact of new technology releases on a worldwide scale.
  • Led the design and development of IBM Mobile payment solutions based on real-world business knowledge and collective intelligence to scale ideas for global execution and fast-paced growth.

IBM Sales and Distribution (S&D) Technology Executive IBM MobileFirst and IBM Cloud, IBM Software Group (SWG)

IBM
Austin
05.2011 - 01.2014
  • Promoted to serve as technology innovator and lead member of the Technical Leadership Council responsible for creating customer-focused solutions for Fortune 500 corporations in all industries.
  • Devised technology strategies (with proof-of-concept, technical workshops, and specialized engagements) that enabled international clients to understand and adapt to changes in business and technology while penetrating new markets, expanding revenue streams, and driving profit growth.
  • Provided vision and direction in developing IBM's middleware product strategy and partnered with cross-functional, matrix teams in defining the competitive landscape for IBM's MobileFirst middleware solutions.
  • Married new and emerging technologies with incumbent systems of engagement and systems of record which enabled customers to keep up with the pace of technology, take advantage of current trends, meet business demands, and achieve optimal return on investment (ROI).
  • Defined digital strategy and digital maturity models for global clients. Provided thought leadership and served as a trusted liaison and conduit between client decision makers, product owners, and international development teams (over 450 resources on four continents).

IBM Sales and Distribution (S&D) Senior Technology Strategist, IBM Middleware Infrastructure, IBM Software Group (SWG)

IBM
Austin
06.2005 - 05.2011
  • Influenced OEM clients by driving innovation, shaping technology strategy, and overseeing architecture, functionality, and performance enhancements of WebSphere application infrastructure capabilities and product offerings.
  • Implemented industry best practices.
  • Aligned IT processes and architectures with business goals and priorities.
  • Propelled businesses to new levels of performance by advising on customized cloud strategies.
  • Partnered with R&D in designing and developing new technologies in application virtualization, grid computing, batch processing, and data-intensive processing.

Staff Software Engineer, IBM WebSphere OEM Team

IBM
Austin
07.2003 - 06.2005

Software Engineer, IBM Global Services

IBM
Austin
06.1999 - 07.2003

Education

Master of Business Administration -

University of Maryland, University College
College Park, MD

Master of Science - Management Information Systems

University of Maryland, University College
College Park, MD

Skills

  • Digital assets and enterprise solutions
  • Digital asset management
  • Blockchain integration
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Risk assessment
  • Strategic planning
  • Market analysis
  • Team leadership
  • Effective communication
  • Innovation strategy
  • Ethics and integrity
  • Leadership and people development
  • Management team leadership
  • Business strategy
  • Attention to detail
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Organizational development
  • Visionary leadership
  • Executive leadership
  • Employee coaching
  • Brand management
  • Excellent communication
  • Growth mindset
  • Effective communicator and public speaker
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Professionalism
  • Organizational skills
  • Active listening
  • Policies and procedures
  • Decision-making
  • Analytical and critical thinker
  • Customer focus
  • Global projects and operations
  • Devising enterprise blockchain solutions
  • Corporate vision and priorities
  • Design and architecture leadership
  • AI & Data-driven Digital Asset Solutions
  • Research, planning and forecasting
  • Regulatory & Compliance Leadership
  • Payments & Stablecoin Infrastructure
  • Capital Market Infrastructure Modernization

Core Competencies

  • Digital assets and enterprise solutions
  • Global projects and operations
  • Devising enterprise blockchain solutions
  • Corporate vision and priorities
  • Design and architecture leadership
  • AI & Data-driven Digital Asset Solutions
  • Research, planning and forecasting
  • Regulatory & Compliance Leadership
  • Payments & Stablecoin Infrastructure
  • Capital Market Infrastructure Modernization

Honors And Awards

  • IBM Smarter Cities Challenge – Traveled to Ballarat, Australia, to assist in solving a waste management problem.
  • IBM Corporate Service - Served City of Concepcion, Chile, to assist NGO (CODEFF) in preserving natural habitat.
  • IBM Master Inventor – Prolific patents and disclosures filings.
  • Best of IBM – Corporate Technical Recognition Event (CTRE) Award.
  • Corporate Service Core Recognition - Accomplished global speaker; Extensive list of publications.

Timeline

Founder and CEO

LedgerLink.ai
01.2024 - 03.2025

Global Head Digital Assets and Technology Design

STATE STREET DIGITAL
01.2022 - 01.2024

Founder and Director, IBM Digital Asset Labs, IBM Industry Platform Group

IBM
09.2018 - 01.2022

Founder and Director, IBM Blockchain Labs, IBM Industry Platform Group

IBM
10.2015 - 09.2018

Chief Technology Officer, IBM Mobile Payments and IBM Cloud, IBM Software Group (SWG)

IBM
01.2014 - 10.2015

IBM Sales and Distribution (S&D) Technology Executive IBM MobileFirst and IBM Cloud, IBM Software Group (SWG)

IBM
05.2011 - 01.2014

IBM Sales and Distribution (S&D) Senior Technology Strategist, IBM Middleware Infrastructure, IBM Software Group (SWG)

IBM
06.2005 - 05.2011

Staff Software Engineer, IBM WebSphere OEM Team

IBM
07.2003 - 06.2005

Software Engineer, IBM Global Services

IBM
06.1999 - 07.2003

Master of Business Administration -

University of Maryland, University College

Master of Science - Management Information Systems

University of Maryland, University College

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