Jai Singh Arun

Jai Singh Arun is a Senior Program Director at IBM. Formerly, he served as a Driving Global Strategist and as Product Management and Business Development for IBM Research Innovations in artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning. He worked on IBM Watson/Core AI science, engineering and technology - applications for industry use in financial, healthcare, government, telecommunications, retail etc. His expertise in blockchain entails Trusted Digital Identity, Hyperledger Fabric, Smart Contracts, Consensus, Privacy and Trust.

Jai Singh Arun is a Senior Program Director at IBM, where he is responsible for driving the company's business strategy, go-to-market offerings, and execution for Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and Quantum Computing solutions. With over 22 years of experience in the IT industry, Jai has held leadership positions at companies such as IBM, Unisys, Tata, and start-ups, where he has developed a mix of business and technology leadership experience with varied functional skills in product management, corporate business strategy, marketing, sales enablement, software development, and customer support.

Jai's experience includes leading multi-million dollar new businesses to penetrate into new markets, industries, and segments. In his previous roles, Jai led Diablo Technologies' solutions management and strategic alliances as VP of Offerings Management. He also served as a Senior Director of Solutions Management for Identity-led perimeter defense and services at Unisys, where he led the global portfolio strategy, product management, roadmap, and go-to-market execution to deliver end-to-end security solutions and advisory and consulting, system integration, and managed security services.

Jai's technology development and management experience spans Artificial Intelligence (Watson), Blockchain (Hyperledger), Security (Identity and Access Management, Security Information & Events Management, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems, Threat Intelligence/Analytics), Blockchain (Hyperledger), Cloud (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), Virtualization, Big Data, Analytics, SOA, Business Process Management, B2B integration, and Application Servers, Linux and Open Source solutions.

Jai holds several USPTO-granted patents and inventions published on ip.com. He has an MBA degree in strategy and marketing from UNC, Chapel Hill and Bachelor's and Master's degree in computer science and engineering from NIT Bhopal and VJTI Mumbai, India respectively. He also attended Harvard University in the executive leadership and management program. Jai is a certified project manager (PMP from PMI) as well as a certified information security manager (CISM from ISACA). He is also the author of the "Blockchain for Business" book published by Pearson (Addison-Wesley).

Jai Singh Arun is focused on driving innovation and developing solutions to address complex business and technology challenges.

In his current role as a Senior Program Director at IBM, Jai is responsible for driving strategic product management and business development of IBM Research innovations within Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity areas. This suggests that he is keenly interested in emerging technologies and sees the potential for these technologies to transform the business landscape.

Jai's experience in leading multi-million dollar businesses also indicates that he has a strategic, results-oriented approach to problem-solving. He is likely focused on developing solutions that not only address the specific challenges faced by his clients but also provide long-term value and competitive advantage.