The Software Innovator: Can Blockchain Save Our Food Supply Chain? (TJ Gupta, CEO of TagOne)

TJ Gupta, CEO and Co-founder of TagOne, joins guest host Joe Witte on "Getting Transparent". TJ shares his story on what brought him into tech traceability and how he saw a need for it to be implemented in the food industry. TJ also talks about what brought him to America, what drives his mission to provide better visibility in to the food industry, and even some talk on Iron Maiden. TJ's passion is rooted in care for the consumer, as he believes that transparency and quality products are the best ways we can care for people.

Chapters

• 1:28 TJ's beginnings in track and trace
• 4:21 TJ's entrepreneurship
• 8:00 Something's wrong in the food supply chain
• 11:23 Pesticides in India and the broader implications
• 17:00 TagOne technology
• 21:18 Barriers against track and trace acceptance
• 24:07 Blockchain and good data
• 26:00 Getting to know TJ; Iron Maiden and Rock
• 29:27 TJ in The States
• 31:36 The cost of transparency: consumers drive change
• 36:54 Quality is a concern
• 40:10 The future of food and TagOne