Areiel Wolanow

Areiel (武啸天) Wolanow Areiel has a premium accountClick to upgrade to Premium Chief Technology Officer at Blok Solutions Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom 500+ connections Contact info Blok Solutions Cornell University - S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management About Areiel Wolanow is a senior business leader with over 30 years of experience in business transformation solutioning, sales, and execution. He brings deep experience leading large, globally distributed teams, and has successfully built entire consulting practices from scratch, led programs of over 100 people through the full delivery life cycle, and managed budgets in excess of US$35M. Areiel is a subject matter expert in DLT, financial inclusion, and alternative banking and insurance models. He has addressed the G20 and other major world forums, and advises central banks, financial regulators, and the UK Parliament on blockchain and financial inclusion. In addition to his core focus on banking and insurance, Areiel also has considerable business transformation experience in the telco and public sector industries. He is also an experienced delivery leader and published author on Agile software delivery disciplines. In his position at IBM, Areiel regularly received top performance ratings and a number of service excellence awards, as well as having served in IBM's coveted Corporate Service Corps. Areiel has a solid background in international business and has worked on projects in over 40 countries, including the UK, USA, China, Singapore, India, Kenya, Indonesia, Mexico, Denmark, Poland, Australia, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, UAE, and Turkey. He is a US citizen, a permanent resident of the UK, and available for engagements worldwide. Download a copy of Areiel's CV: https://bit.ly/2Uc3eEC Experience Blok Solutions Chief Technology Officer Company NameBlok Solutions Full-time Dates EmployedSep 2019 – Present Employment Duration1 yr 3 mos LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom BLOK Solutions provides the trust and guaranteed authenticity to a range of business services, including bioscience, fintech, insurance, and geospatial mapping. Working in collaboration with a close network of delivery partners, Blok applies emerging technologies to design and deliver business models which could not have been implemented without them. Finserv Experts Managing Director Company NameFinserv Experts Dates EmployedJun 2016 – Present Employment Duration4 yrs 6 mos LocationUK, Singapore Finserv Experts is an independent consulting firm providing solutioning, business transformation delivery, and advisory experience in the following key areas - Blockchain - Machine Learning - Financial inclusion - Agile/DevOps adoption Currently contracted by Deutsche Telekom to lead product design for their Blockchain Solution Center. At Lloyd's of London, served as the leader for the LMTOM blockchain delivery efforts, leading the successful delivery of a DLT-enabled prototype of a new business model for the London insurance market. see less House of Commons Expert Advisor, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain Company NameHouse of Commons Dates EmployedJun 2018 – Present Employment Duration2 yrs 6 mos LocationLondon, United Kingdom APPG-Blockchain is an advisory body of the UK Parliament. Its mission is to ensure that industry and society benefit from the full potential of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies (DLT) making the UK a leader in Blockchain/DLT’s innovation and implementation. London Blockchain Foundation (LBCF) Business Models and Solutions Ambassador Company NameLondon Blockchain Foundation (LBCF) Dates EmployedMay 2019 – Present Employment Duration1 yr 7 mos LocationLondon, United Kingdom The London Blockchain Foundation is the UK's leading blockchain industry group. It sponsors thought leader events, consults with UK regulators on emerging blockchain regulators, collaborates with London-based accelerators and startup groups, and delivers direct advisory work on various blockchain initiatives. As the Business Case and Solution ambassador, my role is to represent the foundation when it is called upon to give guidance or locate experts in the development of effective product solutions and business models for new DLT-focused enterprises, and for DLT-enabled business transformation at established enterprises see less Blocksure Non Executive Director Company NameBlocksure Dates EmployedAug 2017 – Present Employment Duration3 yrs 4 mos LocationLondon, United Kingdom Blocksure is an exciting startup that has developed a working solution for supporting the core insurance process cycle -- sales, placement, policy admin, and claims -- on a blockchain platform. I am helping them with their implementation, integration, partnership, and service delivery planning. IBM Company NameIBM Total Duration11 yrs 7 mos TitleASEAN Blockchain Services Leader, Global Cognitive Banking Leader, IBM Global Business Services Dates EmployedNov 2015 – May 2016 Employment Duration7 mos LocationGreater Jakarta Area, Indonesia In this role, I was responsible developing and deploying IBM's blockchain solutions in ASEAN and cognitive banking solutions globally. I delivered projects using HyperLedger, the open-source blockchain platform for which IBM is a core contributor, and was also the recognized solution owner for a cognitive credit solution that allows banks and other financial institutions to grant credit to people and companies with no prior financial history. During this time, I was also responsible for IBM's business consulting practice for the banking industry in Indonesia. I delivered consulting engagements, built effective delivery teams, and most of all, worked with our clients to help them define and achieve their business objectives. … see more TitleBanking Industry Leader, East Africa, IBM Global Business Services Dates EmployedJan 2014 – Oct 2015 Employment Duration1 yr 10 mos LocationNairobi, Kenya; Bristol, UK In this role, I was responsible for building a financial services consultancy from the ground up, growing it from zero to $5M over the course of two years. Responsibilities included building a local team, signing clients, delivering engagements, and recruiting a local leader to replace me once the practice was up and running. TitleGlobal Customer-Facing Solutions Leader Dates EmployedJan 2009 – Dec 2013 Employment Duration5 yrs LocationGlobal In this role, I designed and delivered complex, enterprise wide front office solutions for major banking clients worldwide, initially for the Central Europe Middle East Africa region across all industry groups and then globally for the banking and financial markets center of competency. In these roles, I supported local sales and delivery teams, enabling them to propose and win large implementation deals through the region, as well as providing delivery excellence support for troubled projects. In the CEEMEA region, I led the solutioning effort behind a 56% growth in year-to-year revenue signings. … see more TitleProgram Delivery Manager Dates EmployedNov 2004 – Dec 2008 Employment Duration4 yrs 2 mos LocationLondon, Beijing, Bangalore In this role, I led the delivery of large business transformation programs, managing geographically distributed teams of over 100 people to deliver process and technology change in the financial services, telco, and public industry sectors. 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Johnson Graduate School of Management Degree NameM.B.A.Field Of StudyFinance Dates attended or expected graduation1985 – 1987 UC Irvine UC Irvine Degree NameBAField Of StudyEconomics Dates attended or expected graduation1981 – 1984