Prior to co-founding Ocarina, Thirumale was Group VP and GM of the Citrix Advanced Solutions Group, where he led the SSL-VPN division (acquired via Net6) to the number #1 unit market share in eighteen months.

As the CEO and co-founder of Net6, Thirumale attracted $17 million in venture capital funding, secured OEM relationships with Cisco, Avaya and Nortel, and led the acquisition by Citrix Systems.

Prior to Net6, Thirumale was executive vice president and general manager of Symmetricom, where he helped establish the company as the undisputed leader in telecom network timing. Prior to Symmetricom, Thirumale spent 15 years at Hewlett-Packard where he served as general manager of Timing Solutions for Communications Operation and founded two new business units: Network Synchronization and OEM Wireless Timing.

Thirumale holds a BS in Electrical Engineering with distinction from the Institute of Technology-BHU in India and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management where he was an Austin Distinguished Scholar.