Gopal Bhat

Gopal Bhat has an extensive work experience spanning several decades. Their most recent role was as the CTO of PWCC Marketplace, LLC starting in 2022. Prior to that, they served as the Chief Technology Officer at Spring, where they focused on building a services ecosystem powered by Web3.0.

From 2020 to 2022, Gopal held the position of SVP, Product and Technology at Taos, which was later acquired by IBM. Gopal played a crucial role in packaging, selling, and merging Taos with IBM, achieving double-digit growth in cloud transformation and application modernization offerings. Gopal successfully closed the acquisition deal.

Before joining Taos, Gopal worked as a Strategy Consultant at Keyoor, specializing in technology strategy and software engineering. Gopal has significant experience in architecting web services and building global engineering teams. In 2020, they briefly served as the CTO of Claymore Group, where they focused on building a technology platform for an online gaming service.

Gopal's career includes leadership positions at well-known companies. From 2013 to 2020, they worked at Rakuten Rewards, formerly known as Ebates, where they held various roles including EVP Engineering, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer. Gopal led platform transformation initiatives, including cloud migration.

Prior to Rakuten, Gopal was the VP, Chief Architect at Avast, a cybersecurity company, where they played a key role in e-commerce integration and system migration. Gopal also worked as a Sr. Architect in Online Gaming Architecture at Electronic Arts (EA) and as a Sr. Architect in the eBay Search team.

Gopal's career began in 1996 at Applied Materials, where they worked as a Sr. Technology Consultant through Taos Inc.

Gopal Bhat's education history is as follows:

Gopal Bhat obtained a Master of Business Administration - MBA degree with a focus on Management Information Systems, General from San Jose State University. This degree was earned between 2004 and 2006.

Gopal also holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from The National Institute Of Engineering, Mysore. The specific start and end years for this degree are not provided.

Furthermore, Gopal Bhat has a B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Mysore. However, the start and end years for this degree are also not mentioned.

In terms of additional certifications, Gopal Bhat is ITIL Certified. Gopal obtained this certification from the ITIL Certification program in 2009. Gopal also holds the IT Information Library Foundations Certification (ITIL) from AXELOS Global Best Practice, which they obtained in March 2010.

Lastly, they have the Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS), acquired in July 2020.