Mathews Thomas is the Lead executive architect for IBM’s Telecom and Media labs. He works with key clients, partners and standards organizations to develop leading-edge industry solutions built on IBM’s AI, analytics, blockchain, cloud and middleware platforms. With over 20 years of consulting, system integration, development and industry experience in Finance, Industrial and Telecom & Media industries , Mathews brings a depth of expertise and knowledge in building the next generation block chain solutions across multiple platforms for the telecommunications industry. He holds over 50 patents, has over 40 publications, presented at numerous conferences and is an Open Group Distinguished Certified Chief Architect