Nilesh Dhande, CO-Founder & CEO of Fortytwo42 Technology Innovations Private Limited also known as FORTYTWO LABS is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 22+ years of experience in cybersecurity and cryptography. He has a proven track record of building and scaling deep tech companies.

Nilesh believes that digital identity is at the epicenter of cybersecurity and with the right model can solve the biggest challenges of bringing digital trust to every digital operation.

Nilesh specializes in Strategy building for taking new products to market and in making various new technology/ product initiatives financially viable & profitable. He has been a driving force in building and expanding the expert team at Fortytwo Labs and has set up an R&D practice that has resulted in many innovative products and patents for the company. The company currently is focused on enhancing its cryptographic identity-based quantum-safe digital trust platform.

Prior to Fortytwo Labs, Nilesh has helped several fortune 500 companies and Banks in strengthening their cybersecurity postures and expediting the digital transformation journey. He was previously Co-Founder & COO of UNIKEN INC, Managing Director of DEEKSHA SYSTEMS PVT. LTD, and Senior Systems Analyst at INFOSYS LTD. Nilesh is a postgraduate in Information Systems from Pune University and B.E in PRODUCTION from Amravati University.