The Pomp Podcast
Eric Piscini, Deloitte Ex-Head of Blockchain: Supply Chain Enterprise In Use Today
- Eric Piscini led Deloitte's blockchain practice from 2012–2018, growing it from three people to 1,200 employees and $50 million in revenue before joining Citizens Reserve as CEO.
- Enterprise blockchain operates on two models: centralized business models using decentralized tech, or fully decentralized business models with decentralized tech; the latter drives genuine disruption.
- Supply chain faces three core pain points: **efficiency** (paper-based processes), **traceability and provenance** (food safety, organic verification), and **access** (SMEs locked out of sophisticated solutions).
- Blockchain enables trust-based transparency in supply chain (e.g., tracking organic or grass-fed meat via QR codes) and improves credit access for lower-tier suppliers by making order flows visible to financial institutions.
- The biggest challenge is **consortium creation**—convincing entrenched competitors to join a shared platform; technology maturity is no longer the bottleneck.
- Three prerequisites for mainstream adoption: regulatory clarity (especially in the US where the SEC creates uncertainty), technological maturity (scalability, privacy), and successful network formation.