Shekar Tirumalai has more than 25 years of experience as an analyst, strategist and executive. With considerable experience advising private enterprises, government agencies and non-governmental organizations, Mr. Tirumalai has particular expertise in health care, technology, biofuels and consumer goods. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences worldwide on subjects including financial and corporate governance, management structures in the emerging world and operational dynamics. He has lived and worked in 17 countries.
Mr. Tirumalai is an alumnus of the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and a member of the Cambridge Innovation Center. As such, Mr. Tirumalai collaborates with M.I.T. faculty, alumni and other relationships in the M.I.T. ecosystem to incubate, finance and grow businesses in numerous sectors. Mr. Tirumalai is a founder of Bureas Digitas Inc., a company that has helped define standards for digital governance; a founding partner of BostonHealthGroup, which offers administration, management, technology and other support for healthcare providers in Africa and the Middle East; co-founder and advisor to Blockchain Inc., which develops and advises on blockchain solutions; and the principal strategist for EST Global, a company engaged in digital banking based at CIC in Cambridge.
Mr. Tirumalai previously was a senior vice president for operations for the international division of United Health Care, the fifth largest U.S. company, as measured by revenues.
Mr. Tirumalai holds a Graduate of Science degree in Math, Physics and Geology from Osmania University and is a graduate of the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management Executive Program in General Management. He frequently travels to Europe, the Middle East and the United States and is an Indian citizen.