About Us

Taj Haslani: Co-Founder

Taj Haslani is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the staffing and software development industry. Taj has been involved in the creation and growth of several staffing and solutions companies such as NetPixel, ApTask, Hudson Data and MyCareer to name a few. With an eye for detail and a passion for his craft, Taj maintains his success by staying abreast with the latest technologies. Taj identified a huge untapped opportunity in the BlockChain market and has invested in ChainNinja. Through ChainNinja, Taj is currently working on a resume/job portal created on a BlockChain based verification and authentication system.

Naresh Kumar Chirathanagandla: Blockchain Solution Architect

Naresh Kumar has extensive experience and a consistent track record of strategy, planning, solution designing, architecture, development and execution in leading teams from concept to successful delivery of software products. He has served in various Engineering positions and led architecture design for core platform components of enterprise software, SaaS and Blockchain based products. Naresh has extensive experience in solution design, architecture design and building BlockChain based applications through the entire product life cycle. He is working with ChainNinja to provide technologies, strategy, and architecture, BlockChain tools selection, and developing PoCs for both public and private BlockChain platforms.

Mark Saturn: Managing Director

Mark Saturn is a Business Development Leader and a Trusted Advisor with over two decades of experience specializing in Human Capital Resources for Technology and Operations projects, staff augmentation, executive search, and pay-rolling solutions. Working directly with "C-level" executives in Technology, Bank Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement and Talent Acquisition, Mark provided customized solutions to fill each of their needs. He specializes in customized technology project solutions on all levels of technology management and will bring that level of expertise to ChainNinja.

Ashwani Kakkar: Managing Director

Ashwani Kakkar has around two decades of experience of working with large IT Services Companies in sales and account managing. He specializes in sales and delivery of IT solutions for clients in various Industry domains like Banking, Finance, Insurance, Retail, Health Care and Life Sciences. Ashwani is instrumental in building offerings and setting-up resourcing division for IT Integrators / service provider clients. During his career he also has a track record of managing and growing a company’s IT footprint with existing and adding new clients, a skillset he now brings to ChainNinja.

Tom Eineker: Head of SAP Advisory

Tom Eineker is an executive visionary delivering high value ROI for SAP consulting services - including strategy, execution and optimizing operational support services. He has been part of engagements which include Blue Chip clients in delivering results to hundreds of Fortune 2000 client projects on-time and on-budget with a reputation for exceeding expectations. Over the last twenty-five years Tom has implemented SAP best practice approaches including customized solutions for some of world’s leading Global 2000 Manufacturing, Process, Retail, Consumer, and Service industry companies. He has been involved in activities involved leading end-to-end work plans for business alignment, organization, resource management, and regulatory compliance. Tom is a vital part of ChainNinja, providing valuable connections and implementing his skills to grow our business.

Nicholas Tonno: Director of Enterprise Solutions

Nicholas Tonno is an experienced Entrepreneur with a vast network across all facets of business including: Healthcare, Entertainment, Software Technology, and Food Technology. He has been consulting on Enterprise BlockChain for the last 11 months, and is a managing partner in 420Blockchain.cloud. Nick’s strengths lie in his vision, execution, and the ability to bring an enterprise to life through the blockchain technology. He is well versed in the application of AI, Hyperledger, strategy assessment, solution design, solution build and implementation. Nick brings his incredible sales talent and various blockchain connections to help ChainNinja expand its current reach.

Alexander Dieguez: Social Media and Communication Specialist

Alexander Dieguez is a recent graduate from Rutgers University with a major in Communications and minor in History and Anthropology. Alex brings expertise in branding and corporate communication. We hope that with his expertise and knowledge we can make ChainNinja more well-known and have a larger outreach. He currently manages the ChainNinja: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Youtube. Alex also works in a similar role for Aptask, the parent company of ChainNinja.

Sanjay Kumar: Advisor and Thought Leader

Sanjay Kumar has extensive experience working with BlockChain technologies for Fortune 50 firms by: providing strategy and architecture consulting, business use cases applicability assessment, blockchain tools selection, and developing PoCs using open source frameworks for both public and private blockchain platforms since 2013. He is an open-source architect and distributed and quantum computing advocate working to improve competitiveness of business transactions and is working on scaling to new horizons in the innovation through disruptions. He loves bringing AI and BlockChain technologies to businesses and move enterprises’ journey from ideation to production.

Peter Perrotta: Managing Director

Peter Perrotta has thirty-five years of experience within the Financial Services Staffing Industry. As a rain maker for decades, Peter found himself in the eye of the storm for his clients; always matching his C-Level clientele with the best of the best. From Y2K to government regulation, compliance to bitcoin, and robotics Peter ensured his clients received the best possible care. He was also instrumental in creating the tri-tier consulting approach to staffing and was dubbed "The Fireman of Wall Street". At ChainNinja Peter is a Senior Managing director and uses his decades of experience and numerous contacts to give ChainNinja an introduction to many clients we otherwise would not.

Michael DeCorte: Director of Professional and Financial Services

Michael is driving digital transformations by partnering with clients to design and deliver systems, process and culture change to deliver business strategies.

At ChainNinja, Michael is building value for clients by delivering BlockChain enabled strategies, solutions designs, and delivery.

Michael’s career has included Fortune 50, technology and start-ups including Virtual Clarity Head of Cloud Transformations and DevOps, AIG Commercial Insurance CTO and Head of Global Underwriting Systems, JP Morgan Equities Infrastructure Manager, and Unix System Labs.

Liam Glennon: COO

Liam Glennon - Currently serves roles as COO at Blockchain Distillery, where he focuses on leading a team of blockchain and video game development professionals to apply blockchain to virtual worlds and Project Manager at ChainNinja where he helps projects with their blockchain and technology solutions. Some of his past activity includes creating a first generation blockchain game called CryptoPets, winning the Consensus 2017 Building Blocks Hackathon with a blockchain audit software, strategic advisory for digital asset projects (TraDove: $52M raised, Sokti, Aevolve, Sprizzi, FryEgg), and investing in early stage blockchain companies. Previously, he was a consultant at a boutique government advisory firm, Chess Consulting, where he specialized in forensic accounting and litigation support. Liam holds degrees in Finance and Data Analytics from James Madison University in Virginia.

Julie Diaz: Business Analyst and Technical Writer

Julie is a versatile IT professional with 30 years of experience in the Telecommunications, Insurance, Pharmaceutical and Human Resources industries. She has served in roles that include technical documentation, software implementation support, online help development, web design and development, and software design and development. Her role as a Business Analyst and Technical Writer at ChainNinja includes writing Business Requirements, White Papers, Proposals, User Stories, Six Sigma Diagrams and more. She has worked for Fortune 500 companies such as Johnson & Johnson, ADP and Verizon Wireless.

Azar Zeeshan: Blockchain Technology Leader

Azar works with organizations to weave blockchain into their Enterprise and deliver effective IT solutions and products aligned with their business goals and strategy. His specialties include IT research and innovation, Blockchain Solutions, Micro services Architecture, Scaled Agile DevOps, Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF Certified).

Maruti Praturi: Blockchain Architect

Maruti is an ex IBMer with a successful track record in providing solutions to enterprises on Blockchain technology. Maruti has a 2 decades experience on several technologies with SME level expertise in Service Oriented Architecture.

Navya Gouru: Blockchain Developer

Navya is a Research Scholar pursuing Ph.D. on Cloud Security with Blockchain from GITAM University, India. Navya posses 8 years of IT experience that includes 2 years of experience as a Blockchain Developer writing Smart Contracts and creating DApps. She has experience in working with giant IT companies like Accenture from India and SAP from Singapore and also possess experience in working with startups. Navya is working with ChainNinja as an Ethereum Blockchain Developer and provides PoC's for both public and private Ethereum Blockchain that includes Tokenization and Securing Digital Assets and she is also a passionate Sign Language Interpreter in ASL, BSL and SEE.