Writing this journal the way most of it gets written.
More Than Twenty Years in Finance Technology
Gautam spent more than 20 years leading technology programs at JPMorgan, Citi, and Morgan Stanley. He worked across IT, research, risk, platform delivery, and regulatory change.
Building His Own Companies
In 2020, he founded Konkan Sun Productions, a boutique luxury video studio. He later started Agent Micho, an AI automation consultancy. Both work on this journal: Konkan Sun Productions handles the video, and Agent Micho runs the automation behind the scheduling and the collection database.
More about his work outside this journal is at gautamkannan.com.
Where This Journal Comes From
The Society of Scents and Spirits grew out of his personal collection: over 1,100 fragrances and 150 spirits. He's a certified bartender, and a cocktail is named after him, The Kannan.
He lives in Manhattan and posts new pieces here regularly. Find more on Instagram at @societyofscentsandspirits.