Gokul Alex Associate Director, Government and Public Sector at PwC
Gokul Alex is a Digital Enterprise Architect with passion for Social Entrepreneurship, Digital Future and Emerging Technologies. He has been recognized as one among Top 20 Global Thought Leader on AI, Analytics, Blockchain, Big Data, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Data Science, IoT and Quantum Computing by Thinkers360 Platform. He has been the keynote speaker, moderator and panelist for numerous technology conferences. He has authored four patents and published numerous articles & blogs. He has reviewed couple of books on Blockchain. He is an advisor to numerous Startups, Think Tanks, Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations, Social Networks, Regulatory Bodies and Business Consortiums.
He has developed Blockchain reference architectures and proof of concepts for Supply chain, Land Registry, Biometric Identity, Energy Audit, Health Records, Treasury Management, Consent Management etc. He has taken Blockchain Education Programs for Students, Entrepreneurs, Researchers, and Professionals across India. He has architected the INFINITY LABS Innovation Ecosystem with 500+ assets, 50+ Hackathons and 700+ Academic Interns in Kerala. He has co-founded a non profit organization named as EPIC Knowledge Society of 1000+ Professionals across the globe. He is a mentor to more than 500+ Students, 50+ Startups and 25+ Social Entrepreneurs through various Incubators and communities.
He has wide experience across distributed ledger technologies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, R3/Corda, Hyperledger Fabric, Burrow, Sawtooth, Iroha & Indy, Ripple, RSK, IOTA, EOS, Hashgraph, ZCash, Enigma, Interledger, Tendermint, Multichain, Polkadot etc. His Programming Experience include C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, R, Go, Scala, Rust, Kotlin, Solidity and numerous Open Source libraries.
He is currently researching on Digital Identity, Differential Privacy, Quantum Randomness and Post Quantum Cryptography. He is passionate about Physics, Poetry, Psychology, Philosophy and Cinema.