Balaji Gopalan

Balaji Gopalan is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of extensive experience in product, platform, organizational, and business leadership.

As the Co-Founder and CEO of MedStack, a successful venture-backed startup, he specializes in automating and ensuring data security and privacy compliance for cloud-based digital healthcare vendors. His achievements include recognition as a TechCrunch Disrupt pick, Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance award winner, and official partner for various accelerators and programs.

Balaji has a strong brand presence as an industry thought leader, excelling in technology platform development and entrepreneurship community building.

His past roles include leading the platform at Nymi, where he established partnerships with global brands to enhance secure convenience and personalization within technology interactions. He also spearheaded the global Developer Program as a key executive during the company's early stage.

At Desire2Learn, Balaji developed platform and ecosystem strategies, fostering innovative product partnerships to revolutionize education. He played a pivotal role in launching the company's app store and platform roadmap.

With a background in revolutionizing consumer engagement with music and movies at Qwyrk Media, Balaji led Content Ops planning and marketing initiatives.

During his tenure at BlackBerry, he contributed significantly to the foundation of the worldwide consumer smartphone revolution by developing new consumer software products and business models. He notably served as the Launch Product Manager of BBM, the first mobile-centric global chat system.

Balaji's experience extends to Bombardier Aerospace, where he designed and deployed product development processes for the flagship Global series, one of the most advanced private jets worldwide.

He has excelled in developing mandates, portfolio strategies, and sourcing world-class managers for product and program organizations across various companies.

Balaji Gopalan's specialties include digital health, data privacy, market planning and strategy, platform and developer ecosystems, product requirements, business process design, product positioning, strategic partnerships, customer development, leadership and change, and organization design.

He pursued an MBA in Marketing at Queen's University and a BASc in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto.

Balaji has been associated with renowned organizations such as MedStack, University of San Francisco, Health Innovation Hub (H2i) at the University of Toronto, Techstars, Biomedical Zone, Founder Institute Toronto, The DMZ, EventMobi, BrainStation, Nymi, Desire2Learn, Qwyrk Media Inc., BlackBerry, and Bombardier Aerospace.

His diverse roles encompass Program Advisor, Mentor, Advisor, Entrepreneur In Residence, Acting Director, Lead Educator, Director, Senior Product Planner, Marketing, Product Development and Operations, Senior Manager, Product Line Manager, Supervisor, Program Coordinator, Methods Analyst, and Research Assistant at various institutions.