--- title: "Nikhil Kumar - President, Founder & CTO in Lexington | Tal" description: "Meet Nikhil Kumar, President and Founder ApTSi based in Lexington." image: "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10/share-image" --- # Nikhil Kumar on Tal ## Headline President and Founder ApTSi ## About Nikhil is an industry expert and thought leader in Digital Transformation, Zero Trust and InfoSec, AI, Cloud Computing, APIs and SOA, with a passion for applying technology in an actionable manner\. An entrepreneur with over 20 years experience, he is known as a servant leader able to create amazing solutions and bridge people, process, business and technology\. With a life\-long passion for actionable delivery and Computer Architecture, and over 40 publications and presentations at blind\-refereed fora, Nikhil has delivered Enterprise, AI, Cloud, Security, SOA, Information, Enterprise and Application Architecture solutions for Fortune 10 organizations to startups\. A successful MIT Startup mentor, he has taken companies to market, run legacy modernization initiatives, and led small to large teams\. Clients include AMEX, bonddeskgroup, Comerica Bank, The Hartford, Sovereign Bank, St\. John Health Systems, AFLAC, GMAC, etc\.\. Known as a trusted partner and change leader, Nikhil often acts in CXO advisory and leadership roles\. As a thought leader Nikhil has been invited to and led and authored numerous global industry standards, such as co\-chairing the Zero Trust Working Group, SOA Reference Architecture and SOA for Business Technology Guide, and is actively involved in Precision Medicine, Digital Transformation, Zero Trust and APIs/ SOA\. Nikhil started ApTSi to create the solutions company of the future based on innovation and application with a belief that actionable solutions combine people, process, technology, frameworks and products, to provide high quality, risk managed, agile solutions\. Separately Nikhil leads the development of ApTSi’s Precision Medicine and SOA Sense/ SOA Reality platforms, with research interests in Computational Biology, Applied Computation, Cloud, IOT, SOA, Security, Taxonomy, FinTech and Artificial Intelligence\. His other interests include a passion for nature \(he is a life member of the WWF\) and Robotics\. Nikhil is recognized for excellence in: AI, Cloud Computing, SOA, Security, Information, Enterprise, Solutions Architecture, Process Engineering, Change and Program Management, and is known for his domain expertise in Banking, Finance, Insurance, Health Care, Manufacturing\. ## Location Lexington ## Work experience President, Founder & CTO at ApTSi, Nov 2002 \- Present · 23 yrs 8 mos, Greater Detroit Area/ Boston, ApTSi provides high\-end project and software architectural consulting to clients such as American Express, GM, etc\., and products in Zero Trust, Healthcare/Precision Medicine, and Finance/ FinTech\. At ApTSi I lead strategy, business and talent development, engineering, and consult to key clients\. Illustrative engagements \- Oversight Architect \(GMAC\)/ global SOA SME GM, advisory to McKinsey/ BCBS of Michigan for their Enterprise Architecture and ACA initiatives, SOA strategy AMEX, future Card, payments, SOA and PCI strategy and implementation Comerica Bank, Chief Architect Ecolab, Lead Architect \(advisory\) for the Tennessee Valley Authority's SOA/ AI, etc\. I have lead the formation and establishment of Architecture organizations, held CXO through architect roles, and pioneered Digital Transformation approaches\. On Products: I lead the vision and hands\-on guidance of the implementation of the SOASense and SOAReality platforms and the ApMED platform for healthcare \(a patient\-centric platform for patients, providers, payers and the life sciences industry\)\. ApMED provides a 360 degree longitudinal view of the patient incorporating multi\-omics, clinical data, and a myriad of other factors\. It applies AI to enable visibility, training and guidance for patients\. Its features enable improved health, and the availability of clinical trial and the latest clinical information tailored to the patients EHR\. In FinTech ApTSi provides capabilities on payments, card management, security \(PCI, etc\.\), wealth management and business banking\. In Zero Trust, we are developing an on\-demand, SaaS Zero Trust Platform supporting data\-entricity, adaptive access management, and integrated digital identity\. ApTSi’s vision remains actionable empowering creation of a better world\. In order to achieve that I have led initiatives and standards in Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Digital Data interoperability in organizations such as The Open Group, representing ApTSi\. Adjunct Faculty at Eastern Michigan University, Apr 2020 \- Present · 6 yrs 3 mos, Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, Zero Trust is the new normal in a world of COVID\-19, and likely post COVID\-19\. This class addresses reference models, threats, and audit implications of Zero Trust\. Co\-Chair at Zero Trust Working Group, joint initiative The Open Group \(Security and Architecture Forums\)/SABSA, Oct 2019 \- Present · 6 yrs 9 mos, Establishing a global understanding of Zero Trust and developing shared standards, this initiative is a joint venture between the Security and Architecture Forums of The Open Group, SABSA and the organizations in The Open Group\. We have provided significant input into the NIST specifications on Zero Trust and are providing thought leadership and vision on Zero Trust\. We are establishing a vendor and technology neutral understanding and a set of standards for establishing what Zero Trust means practically\. Threat and Risk models within the focus of Zero Trust and a playbook for organizations to adopt it are a part of the initiative\. More information can be find at: https://www\.opengroup\.org/forum/security\-forum\-0/zerotrustsecurityarchitecture Chair at Association of Enterprise Architects, Boston Chapter, Jan 2018 \- Present · 8 yrs 6 mos, Greater Boston Area, Helping further and provide thought leadership to the Enterprise Architecture profession in the New England region\. Member, Technology Board Commitee at Leader Dogs for the Blind, Jan 2013 \- Present · 13 yrs 6 mos, Michigan ## Education MS, Computer Science, Northern Illinois University BE, Electronic and Telecomm Engg, Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University [View the original profile](https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10#person", "name": "Nikhil Kumar", "url": "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10", "image": "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10/profile-photo.jpg", "description": "Meet Nikhil Kumar, President and Founder ApTSi based in Lexington.", "jobTitle": "President, Founder & CTO", "worksFor": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ApTSi" }, "hasOccupation": { "@type": "Occupation", "name": "President, Founder & CTO" }, "homeLocation": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Lexington" }, "alumniOf": [ { "@type": "EducationalOrganization", "name": "Northern Illinois University" }, { "@type": "EducationalOrganization", "name": "Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University" } ], "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10#webpage" } }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10#webpage", "url": "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10", "name": "Nikhil Kumar on Tal", "description": "Meet Nikhil Kumar, President and Founder ApTSi based in Lexington.", "dateModified": "2026-07-18T17:37:29.714Z", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://tal.club/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10/profile-photo.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://tal.club/meet/nikhil-kumar-10/profile-photo.jpg", "caption": "Nikhil Kumar profile photo on Tal" }, "inLanguage": "en-IN" } ] } ```