Kartheek is a leader in EY's Decentralized ID and Credentials practice. He has led solution development & architecture in the areas of blockchain, cryptography, and decentralized identity. He has led large scale digital identity transformation projects across large banking and government institutions.  Relevant experience: ►Solution Architecture & Software Development: Leading practice’s initiatives on digital identity management using decentralized identities and verifiable credentials.►Served as a solution lead for a large multinational bank in APAC region that included development and deployment of a production  cross border mobile application for storing Verifiable Credentials for proofs of identity between the bank, national ID issuing authorities, and local businesses as relying parties. ►Designed, developed and implemented digital identity solutions with a deep experience in business, privacy and security considerations for MVPs and pilot implementations to manage self-sovereign digital credentials for customers and employees of clients including a large multinational technology company, a large banking company, EY Talent, and a multitude of third-party vendors ►Expertise in digital identity frameworks and architecture specifications for protocols such as OAuth2.0, OIDC, OIDC4VP & VCI, DIDComm, W3C VC & DiD, IAM, RBAC, & zero knowledge focused protocols and technologies : BBS+, BLS, KIP, BN254, zkSNARK, zkSTARK, and FHE schemes.