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Balaji Thiagarajan

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CPTO at Flipkart
📍 San Jose, California, United States

Balaji Thiagarajan is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Flipkart, where he leads the development of platforms for over 500 million customers. With an MBA from The Wharton School and deep AI expertise, his career includes leadership roles at LendingClub and Change Healthcare, managing large-scale systems and global teams.

He holds a patent for a system enabling electronic devices to understand and respond to human social cues.

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Experience
33 Years
Current Role
CPTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Jose, California, United States
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Topics Balaji cares about

AI in E-commerce
As CPTO of Flipkart and founder of an AI startup, he focuses on leveraging AI and machine learning to power vast e-commerce ecosystems and enhance customer experiences.
FinTech Innovation
Previously served as CTO for LendingClub and Change Healthcare, driving technology to disrupt consumer lending, banking, and healthcare claims processing.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
CPTO
Flipkart
2025 - 2025
Founder, CEO
Kasu.ai
2022
Chief Technology Officer
LendingClub
2021 - 2024
Chief Technology Officer
LendingClub
2020 - 11-2024
Advisory Board Member
Tetrate
In the press

Media appearances

Flipkart appoints ex-Google executive Balaji Thiagarajan as CTPO. Featured in Business Standard
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Flipkart appoints ex-Google executive Balaji Thiagarajan as chief Technology and Product Officer. Featured in Economic Times
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Education
MBA
The Wharton School
M.S
Syracuse University
Certificate Course Work
Stanford University
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