Gayan is an industry research fellow at the Faculty of Engineering and IT at UTS, and Chief Technology Officer for Salesforce Australia & NZ. Previously, Gayan was the Chief Information Officer for the Reserve Bank of Australia. Gayan is a member of Standard Australia’s and the International Organization for Standardization’s Committees for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Standards. His research focuses on the governance of blockchain systems.
Gayan’s Fulbright Scholarship will allow him to research solutions that address the regulatory and governance challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI)- enabled decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs). His research will contribute to Australian and U.S. efforts to adapt regulatory and broader governance regimes to accommodate emerging AIenabled blockchain innovations.