Anoop is the CEO and Co-Founder of Trugard, a silicon valley based Web3 cybersecurity and threat intelligence startup focused on bringing improved safety and security to all stakeholders in the digital assets space. Previous to Trugard, Anoop held senior leadership positions at Cisco and AWS, leading their blockchain efforts, and has participated in numerous industry efforts including the Hyperledger project, and co-founding and Chairing the world’s first Blockchain and IoT industry group, the Trusted IoT Alliance. Anoop also leads a sustainability non-profit, the Open Sustainability Collaborative, that is focused on enabling innovators to develop sustainability solutions that deliver positive community impact. By night, Anoop is a father of two, husband, an avid photographer, builder, and audiophile.

Aravinda Garimella, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (on the site now)

Arjun Ravi Kannan, Director, Data Science Research at Discover Financial Services