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Degrees: JD Emory School of Law

BS Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley
Bio: Kiran Raj is a senior executive in a financial technology company that operates in the blockchain space.

Prior to working in the fintech space, Kiran worked in private legal practice as a partner at O’Melveny & Myers in Washington DC. Before private practice, Kiran served as Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, working directly with leaders of corporate America on the intersection of cybersecurity and privacy with law, policy, and technology. He held a similar role at the U.S. Department of Justice as Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General.

Before entering the legal profession, Kiran was a lead program manager at Microsoft Corporation where he had responsibility for developing and deploying software tools and technologies that improved the security, compatibility, and overall application experience of the Windows operating system.

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