[VIDEO] Hyperledger Interviews Ram Jagadeesan, Distinguished Engineer & CTO of Blockchain Incubation at CISCO – Hyperledger Foundation 2025 Update: Off to a Fast Start! Read on → Search Join About About Explore membership Members Technical Advisory Council Governing Board Speakers Bureau Staff FAQ Store Contact us Technologies Ledger technologies Interoperability Integration & implementation Decentralized identity Cryptographic tools & protocols Project matrix Labs All projects Deploy Certified service providers Vendor directory Training partners Participate Why get involved? How to contribute Contribute to code Host your project with us Regional chapters Special interest groups Job board Resources Linux Foundation ID Logos & guidelines Trademarks & guidelines Charter Code of conduct Github repos Discord Wiki Mailing lists Report a security bug Learn Case studies Training & certifications Use case tracker Member webinars Insights News Blog Announcements Newsletters Events Events Meetups Meeting calendar Join Follow Us Blog [VIDEO] Hyperledger Interviews Ram Jagadeesan, Distinguished Engineer & CTO of Blockchain Incubation at CISCO Hyperledger | Jul 30, 2018 We are excited to feature Ram Jagadeesan and Hyperledger founding and Premier Member CISCO in this month’s Hyperledger community spotlight. Ram is a Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Blockchain Incubation at CISCO’s Chief Strategy office, and he serves on the Hyperledger Governing Board. A highly-regarded contributor to open standards and open source implementation, Ram was a founder and board member of Open Interconnect Consortium, where he drove IoT interoperability. CISCO joined Hyperledger because they are firm believers in open source, open standards and interoperability. In this video, filmed at Hyperledger Member Summit in Singapore, Ram shares his thoughts on the impact of blockchain across industry verticals, how the technology is being used today compared with its future potential, and how to fast-track blockchain technology adoption. According to Ram, “[CISCO is] very excited by the potential for blockchain technology and the opportunity it represents, but we do believe that a strong open ecosystem is needed for the technology to gain widespread adoption. This is true especially for a collaborative network technology like blockchain.” Since it’s inception, Ram has chaired the Hyperledger Architecture Working Group (AWG), where he is a proponent of modern architecture framework for enterprise-class blockchain. The AWG serves as a cross project forum for architects and technologists from the Hyperledger community to exchange ideas and explore alternate architectural options, discuss the tradeoffs, and capture the reasoning behind the choices. The AWG provides recommendations and architectural guidance to the projects in the Hyperledger greenhouse and encourage them towards convergence on a modular architecture. All are welcome to join the biweekly AWG calls on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. PST. Check out previous meeting minutes, dial-in details and publications collaboratively written by the AWG on the Wiki here. View previous blog post Back to all blog posts View next blog post The latest community news in your inbox Select the checkboxes below for the monthly decentralized digest and dev/weekly newsletters About LF Decentralized Trust The Linux Foundation's flagship organization for the development and deployment of decentralized systems and technologies. About Members TAC Governing board Speakers bureau Staff FAQ Contact us Technologies Ledger technologies Interoperability Integration & implementation Decentralized identity Cryptographic tools & protocols Project matrix Labs Participate Why get involved? How to contribute Contribute to code Host your project with us Regional chapters Special interest groups Job board Deploy Certified service providers Vendor directory Training partners Resources Linux Foundation ID Logos & guidelines Trademarks & guidelines Charter Code of conduct Github repos Discord Wiki Mailing lists Report a security bug Learn Case studies Training & certifications Use case tracker Member webinars Insights Events Events Meetups Meeting calendar News Blog Announcements Newsletters Meeting Calendar Copyright © 2025 The Linux Foundation®. All rights reserved. LF Decentralized Trust is a trademark of The Linux Foundation. For a list of LF Decentralized Trust's trademarks, please see our Trademark Usage page. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.