Ashish GuptaChief Technology Officer at PopIdJudge
Profile
Ashish Gupta is Chief Technology Officer at PopID Inc., where he leads the development of biometric payment technology used by hundreds of thousands of consumers across 500+ retail locations. He is the architect of PopID's Biometric Kernel — a modular face and palm authentication engine that powers the PopPay platform, delivering approximately 40% faster checkout times and significantly reduced fraud compared to traditional card or phone-based payments.
Under his technical leadership, PopID has partnered with JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Verifone, and PayPal, and completed landmark deployments including the Visa biometric payments pilot at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, biometric payments at the Golden State Warriors stadium, and the world's first biometric integration with a government-backed digital currency — the Bahamas Sand Dollar. Ashish is a co-inventor on multiple patent applications in biometric authentication and is a member of IEEE and the LA CTO Forum.