Gagan Jain is an experienced professional in the technology and finance sectors, currently serving as Director of DTCC Digital Assets at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation since January 2024. Prior to this role, Gagan was the Global Partnerships Director at R3 from May 2021 to December 2023, where responsibilities included managing global partnerships and joint sales initiatives within enterprise DLT. Gagan's extensive background at Cognizant spanned from 2008 to 2021, with leadership roles such as Consulting and Partnerships Lead for Blockchain, Associate Director for IoT Strategy, and Senior Manager in Banking & Financial Services, overseeing award-winning digital transformation projects. Gagan's career began at Tata Consultancy Services as a Software Engineer, supported by an educational background in Electronics Engineering (B. Tech) from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Management Development Institute in Gurgaon.