Vivek is CEO and co-founder of Etherealize, an institutional product company bringing blockchain-based settlement solutions to Wall Street. Etherealize is backed by the Ethereum Foundation and has been active on the education, technology development and policy fronts.

Prior to joining the Ethereum ecosystem, Vivek spent 15 years on Wall St. He was a high yield bond, distressed credit, and loan trader at Morgan Stanley, UBS, Deutsche Bank, and Nomura, and was a Managing Director of Investment Banking at BitOoda before starting Etherealize.

Vivek graduated from Yale with a degree in economics.