Arif comes with 17 years of leadership experience in Planning, Strategy, IT & Operations
with Tier 1 Global MNCs, Fortune 500 & Big 4 Consulting firms like HCL, Nokia Siemens, KPMG
& Rio Tinto, managing practices with budgets of US$ 10+ M. He worked as the COO of a couple
of Blockchain firms in UAE and co-founded an Exchange in Europe, and a Payments company in
India.
He holds an Engineering degree & MBA(Systems & International Business) and is a PMP
certified professional, currently pursuing MS in Digital Currencies from University of
Nicosia, Cyprus. He is also a Certified Global CIO from ISB(Indian School of Business), the
no. 1 Business school in India. He has been a speaker in Crypto events & is a member of
Digital Currency Council New York, Blockchain Advisory Council & UK Digital Currency
Association.
He sits on the advisory board of many successful ICOs/IEOs/STOs and is a well-travelled
professional who has lived/worked in many countries. He has been instrumental in setting up
and successfully scaling up Offshore practices for a couple of Global Organizations in the
past.
At Techlive, Arif is responsible for running all facets of the business, as the Chief
Executive Officer.