TJ Thinakaran

TJ Thinakaran began their career in 2007 as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at EZ Texting. TJ then co-founded CallFire in 2007 and served as a Board Observer and Strategic Advisor until 2021. In 2016, they founded CasselRoad Consulting and served as Founder and CEO until 2020. In 2020, they joined OhWaiter as a Board Member and Strategic Advisor. In 2021, they joined GLG as an Advisory Council Member. In 2022, they joined the Ethereum Foundation as a Strategic Advisor, the Mobile Ecosystem Forum as a Content & Strategy Advisor, UCLA Anderson School of Management as a Faculty Advisor, and TeamSense as a Strategic Advisor.

TJ Thinakaran's education history includes completing an Executive Education Program: Mergers & Acquisitions at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2015, a Master's Degree in Information & Computer Science at UC Irvine from 2002 to 2005, a Bachelor's Degree in Information and Computer Science at UC Irvine from 1999 to 2001, and Computer Science at Southern Polytechnic State University from 1997 to 1998. TJ also attended Kendriya Vidyalaya and The Army Public School. Additionally, they have a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification from the Scrum Alliance.