David Mannukaden is an accomplished enterprise solutions architect with 37 years of experience in the IT industry. He has a highly diverse background that includes expertise in business applications for Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Trade Finance, Banking, and Financial Markets. David has also been a registered Commodity Trading Advisor and has been involved in designing India's first inter-connected capital market system. Additionally, he has customized various ERP systems, collaborated with numerous organizations including TeqTron Inc., Johnson Controls, Geokinetics, NetApp, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, HCL Technologies, HCL Infosystems Ltd., Mayura Securities Ltd., and Cochin Stock Exchange. He is Highly experienced in designing Foreign Currency Trading Platforms, Payment Gateways, blockchain-based traceability solutions, and B2B integrations using Google Cloud Platform. With subject matter expertise in ERP Upgrade Projects and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Project for Oracle Financials, David has designed and implemented banking solutions for Dhanlaxmi Bank and South Indian Bank. Currently, he is a Metaverse Architect at Virtual Universe Inc.