The Team
Who We Are
Prakash Santhana
Founder & CEO
Prakash Santhana is a financial services executive and consulting leader focused on digital identity, consumer authentication, payments fraud, and blockchain. With 20+ years in fraud and risk management across large issuers and payment innovators, he has led payments risk and integrity initiatives and worked on applying data/analytics and machine learning to detect and prevent cyber and financial crime. He has held leadership roles across startups and Fortune 500 organizations, holds a patent in e-commerce fraud prevention, and has published on fraud mitigation. He published an iOS AI app called 'Avoidascam' to help people avoid scams.
Deepak Kumar
Co-Founder & CTO
Deepak Kumar is a technology and product leader with senior roles at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley. At JPMorgan, he served as a Senior Product Leader, Product Innovation, helping build data- and AI-enabled capabilities that strengthen risk decisioning and operational resilience. Earlier, as an Executive Director in Technology Ops Risk at Morgan Stanley, he partnered with engineering and business teams to enhance governance, controls, and reliability across mission‑critical platforms. He also advises founders and investors on technology strategy and technology due diligence.
Advisors
Aravind Immaneni
Aravind Immaneni is the President & CEO of Guardinex, an enterprise fraud‑prevention company that applies machine‑learning models and patented technology to help protect businesses and customers from identity fraud. He is a seasoned operations, technology, and strategy leader with deep experience in banking operations and fraud prevention, including serving as global head of operations and fraud prevention at Citi before launching Guardinex. A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and two‑time Ironman finisher, he brings a rare blend of operational rigor and founder mindset.
Robert (Bob) Shiflet
Robert (Bob) Shiflet is a fraud‑risk and financial crime leader with nearly three decades of global fraud‑management leadership experience. He serves as a consultant to IronVest and a Strategic Advisor at The Knoble. Previously, he led enterprise fraud organizations at Wells Fargo and, prior to that, was Vice President & General Manager of FICO’s Fraud, Security & Compliance business. Earlier in his career, he served as Managing Director, Global Fraud Prevention at Citi and Managing Director, Enterprise Fraud Center of Excellence at Bank of America.
Eric Piscini
Eric Piscini is the CEO of Hashgraph, the software company that spearheads Hedera’s marketing, product innovation, and technical development. He brings 25+ years of experience building companies and launching products across blockchain, AI, and emerging networks. Previously, he led Deloitte’s financial services blockchain consulting efforts and served as Global Vice President of Emerging Business Networks at IBM Watson Health, where he helped launch IBM Digital Health Pass. He also served as CEO of Citizens Reserve. He speaks and writes on innovation and Web3, and enjoys traveling and playing tennis.
