Summary
Navin Kabra is a hands-on technology leader and co-founder/CTO with 30+ years of experience building products that assess and certify technical skills at scale through ReliScore.com. He combines deep academic credentials (PhD, University of Wisconsin) with industry breadth across enterprise DBMS, security research, fintech, and consumer SaaS, and remains active in coding and technology strategy. As a visiting professor at IIT-Bombay’s TrustLab and an instructor for gifted students, he uniquely blends research-grade cryptography interests (including ZKPs) with practical applications in hiring, training, and GenAI adoption. Navin advises startups and government incubation programs, mentors across fintech and payments, and experiments publicly as a wannabe YouTuber at TheFutureIQ. His career includes both a successful exit and a dotcom failure, giving him uncommon perspective on product-market fit, resilience, and building enduring technical teams.
14 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at University of Wisconsin at Madison
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
SSC, SSC at St. Xaviers School, Nasik
GES HAL High School