# Karthik Krishna > Product Leader | AI/ML, Blockchain & Payments Platforms | Ex-JPMorgan, VMware Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/karthikkrishna Infrastructure & AI/ML Leader | Digital Assets & Tokenized Payments I build the production-grade platforms that power Tokenized Money and Scale-out AI. With 20+ years of experience across JPMorgan Chase, VMware, and Auradine, I bridge the gap between legacy financial systems and the programmable future. Core Expertise: * Digital Assets: Architecting AI-first stablecoin and tokenized deposit platforms with autonomous compliance and agentic payment rails. * Institutional Scale: Enabled the infrastructure for JPMorgan’s Kinexys (JPM Coin), supporting $2B+ daily institutional cross-border volume. * AI/ML & Cloud: Expert in GPU orchestration (VMware/NVIDIA) and LLM workflows, delivering $18M in annual savings through large-scale modernization. * Execution: Proven track record of translating complex regulatory requirements into high-performance, regulator-ready infrastructure. I speak the language of both the Boardroom and the Engineering pod, specializing in platforms that are secure, compliant, and ready for global scale. ## Work Experience ### Product Director, Agentic AI and Blockchain @ Auradine Jan 2025 – Present | Santa Clara, CA Building AI-first agentic enterprise blockchain infrastructure for digital asset and tokenized payment applications - architecting compliance, custody, and Stablecoin payment rails integration layers ### Executive Director @ JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Palo Alto, CA * Led enterprise-wide transformation for Commercial & Investment Bank, modernizing 650+ applications - translating payments and trading business needs (faster settlement, digital experience) into platform capabilities - achieving $18M annual savings * Established enterprise AI/ML infrastructure supporting use cases from trading models to fraud detection and customer analytics - delivered GPU-enabled EKS and ML platform capabilities serving both traditional rails and Kinexys blockchain * Architected infrastructure for Kinexys blockchain platform (JPMorgan's tokenized deposit solution), supporting $2B+ daily cross-border transaction volume * Delivered hybrid-cloud platform strategy spanning VMware on-prem to AWS, launching multiple initiatives - modernized API Gateway infrastructure scaling 1B+ transactions, launched ECS Fargate (700+ apps), Graviton adoption (40% cost savings), and managed database platforms * Built 8-person product organization that bridged business and technology, establishing platform-first principles that became firm-wide standards ### Senior Product Manager @ VMware Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, California, United States * Built Enterprise AI Edge platform from zero to $8M initial strategic revenue—created managed infrastructure that abstracted both GPU and CPU complexity, enabling computer vision and smart manufacturing across Fortune 500 enterprises * Drove 40% YoY portfolio growth solving enterprise GPU challenges through platform approach with NVIDIA, ISVs, Dell ecosystem—transformed utilization from <30% to 70% * Led platform GTM across three verticals via direct and channel strategies —established VMware as enterprise AI infrastructure leader through strategic partnerships and published thought leadership Blog - Enabling Enterprise AI for Telcos: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/enabling-enterprise-ai-transformations-for-telcos-with-nvidia-and-vmware/ Paper - Container networking: https://www.nctatechnicalpapers.com/Paper/2020/2020-reducing-the-tradeoff-between-performance ### Product Marketing Manager @ Nokia Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area * Generated $10M revenue stream by positioning cable access infrastructure portfolio for Tier-1 providers * Led successful Gainspeed acquisition integration into Nokia access portfolio * Published industry papers establishing thought leadership in cable virtualization: https://www.nctatechnicalpapers.com/Paper/2019/2019-how-to-deliver-qam-video-in-a-daa-world ### Product Marketing Manager @ Gainspeed, Inc.(acquired by Nokia) Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Sunnyvale * Drove strategic acquisition by Nokia through product marketing leadership, positioning virtualized cable architecture for enterprise market * Secured 10+ enterprise trials including Comcast and Charter, validating product-market fit that accelerated acquisition ### Product Marketing Manager @ ARRIS Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Santa Clara * Achieved 2x revenue growth for SaaS Video platform through product strategy targeting Tier-1 service providers * Captured #2 market position by launching 8 Tier-1 customers including Verizon and Charter, competing directly with Cisco ### Product Manager @ BigBand Networks Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Redwood City • Managed the next generation video & control plane products that function over several globally distributed cross-functional core business teams • Launched the 2nd generation innovative switched digital video product that received the Emmy award along with Time Warner Cable. ### Manager Interoperability and Design Assurance @ BigBand Networks Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Redwood City • Directed large scale system integrations for cable networks products for 3 key accounts – Time Warner, Cox and Charter • Played a key role in developing the product roadmap, as a subject matter expert in the Switched Digital Video technology. • Awarded the Outstanding Contributor Award for leading the product acceptance effort that led to the first T1 MSO win ### Lead System Engineer @ BigBand Networks Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 ### System Verification Lead @ Alcatel Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 Directed the test strategy realignment for the system verification group of Alcatel ISAM FTTN; leadership contributed to amplifying the product quality and preserving Six Sigma certification ## Education ### Generative AI for Product Managers Stanford Continuing Studies ### Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme Saïd Business School, University of Oxford ### Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Administration and Management, General University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business ### ECE in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering University of Madras ### High school in Mathematics and Computer Science St Johns D.L.W Varanasi ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/karthikkrishn --- Source: https://flows.cv/karthikkrishna JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/karthikkrishna/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05