Venky Nakhate
Engineering at Learner Labs
Pleasanton, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVenky Nakhate is an engineering professional with deep expertise in PKI, blockchain operations, identity and access management, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), currently focused at Learner Labs after managing multi-cloud deployments of the Diem blockchain. He has a strong security architecture pedigree from roles at Balbix, Bromium, Visa and others, blending HSM/Openssl, Okta, AAA, and vulnerability management to deliver auditable, highly available systems. Venky’s background spans both applied cryptography and large-scale infrastructure—operationalizing blockchain nodes, Kafka streams, and cloud identity services in production. He’s comfortable across Windows and Unix environments, virtualization and HAProxy, and brings practical experience integrating cloud-native IAM like Cognito with enterprise security controls. Based in Pleasanton, CA, he combines a hands-on engineering approach with an emphasis on reliability and security that helps partners safely adopt complex technologies. A not-obvious strength is his long arc from early security consulting into modern blockchain SRE, giving him rare perspective on both legacy enterprise security and emerging distributed ledgers.
4 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Enginnering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Enginnering at University of Mumbai
Github Skills (12)
cryptocurrency10
financial10
fintech10
xrp10
ledger10
verifiable-credentials10
ethereum10
blockchain10
diem9
chatbot7
ai5
anthropic3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
vnakhate/diem
Nov 2021 - Jul 2022
Diem’s mission is to build a trusted and innovative financial network that empowers people and businesses around the world.
Contributions:2 pushes, 6 branches, 1 comment in 8 months
diemfinancialtrustedethereumblockchain
vnakhate/gatsby-multilingual-blog
Dec 2023 - Dec 2023
Multilingual blog starter
Contributions:47 pushes in 2 days
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