Ketan Kulkarni

Senior Blockchain Engineer with 4+ years of experience building Layer-1 blockchains, protocol-level customizations, and production-grade Web3 platforms. Proven expertise in Cosmos SDK, Cosmos/EVM, staking & governance internals, EVM execution layers, and mainnet deployments. Led development of custom public and permissioned blockchains, including NFT-based validator authorization models and advanced governance safeguards. Strong background in Solidity, Web3, Node.js backends, and React frontends, delivering scalable decentralized applications and infrastructure. A resilient professional whose lived experience has strengthened problem-solving, perseverance, and long-term execution in complex systems. Quadriplegic since the past nine years. Far from being a disadvantage, my spinal cord injury has increased my awareness of the needs of others and has increased my determination to succeed and to persevere when obstacles are placed in my path.