Ketan Vanjara

Ketan Vanjara has extensive experience in various leadership roles in the technology industry. Ketan is currently serving as the Head of Platform Engineering at Bakkt since 2022. Prior to that, Ketan worked at Berkadia as the CTO & Enterprise Coach from 2019 to 2022. From 2015 to 2019, they were the Global CIO at HSBC, specializing in Core Banking, APIs, and Microservices. Ketan also worked at Microsoft, where they served as the Principal Program Manager from 2012 to 2015, focusing on Go-To-Market strategy and software product development on mobile platforms. In addition, they held positions as the Senior Vice President at SunGard Financial Systems and the Lead Program Manager at Microsoft. Ketan also has experience in startups, having co-founded and served as the Chief Operating Officer at both Shemushi Software and SoftGenie.

Ketan Vanjara has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a focus on Finance and Systems from Sardar Patel University. Ketan also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Finance and Information Systems from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. In addition to their formal education, Ketan has obtained several certifications, including an Advanced Management Diploma from Mewes System in Germany, a Certificate of Competence in Applications Programming from the National Computing Centre in the UK, and a Lead Assessor certification for ISO 9000 from PE Batalas.