Thomas Arul

Thomas Arul has extensive experience in various roles and industries. Thomas is currently the Chairman and Co-Founder of Abris.io, a platform that enables creators to showcase their creativity as NFTs. Prior to that, they were a Board Member and Charter Member at TiE Boston, where they supported entrepreneurs throughout their lifecycle. Thomas was also the CEO & Co-founder of Bleumi, a platform that combines traditional and cryptocurrency payments. Thomas served as an Investor and Board Member at Nextuple Inc, a product and services firm focused on agility and data-driven experiences. Furthermore, they co-founded and served as the Managing Partner at Expicient Inc, a top retailer specializing in Omni Channel Commerce. Expicient was later acquired by Publicis Groupe. Thomas also held roles at N2N Commerce, Sterling Commerce, The Boston Group, and Sonata Software. Overall, they have a wealth of experience in eCommerce, technology architecture, and product management.

Thomas Arul completed their high school education at St. Bedes Anglo Indian School - Santhome -Madras from 1983 to 1988. Thomas then pursued a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from St.Josephs College Trichy, graduating in 1991. In 1994, they furthered their education by obtaining an MBA in Computer Science from Bharathiar University, which they completed in 1996. Additionally, in 2000, they attended the Harvard Extension School for a course titled "Java for Distributed Computing Harvard DCE." No degree was specified for this course.