Summary
Santosh Padhi is a seasoned technology executive and CTO with two decades of software engineering experience and over 14 years in senior architecture and leadership roles, currently leading product and engineering at Cofinex Exchange. He combines deep hands-on expertise across the SDLC—Java, XML, Web Services, MongoDB—and a decade of specialization in blockchain and DeFi, having delivered 12+ blockchain products including award-winning projects. Previously a senior technology architect at Wipro, he has strong experience in enterprise portals and Adobe AEM, bridging large-scale corporate delivery with startup-grade crypto innovation. Based in Kolkata, he focuses on building user-centric, trust-first financial platforms that operationalize blockchain’s promise for security and transparency. A pragmatic technologist who started as a programmer in 1999, he brings both implementation depth and strategic product vision to complex, regulated fintech problems.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science and Engineering at Orissa Engineering College