A growth-focused executive and entrepreneur with deep experience leading innovative, customer-centric organizations. He served as CMO and SVP of Strategy at Kaplan during a period of rapid growth. He was the founder and CEO of Colloquy, a Washington Post–backed venture. As CEO of Noodle, he launched one of the first cradle-to-career education platforms, earning Forbes and Mashable recognition as the most disruptive companies in education.

Tariq Alinur is the CEO of BrainCX and brings over 25 years of customer experience and digital transformation expertise. He built the first publicly traded BPO in Asia and, as Chief Country Officer at JP Morgan, won the JD Power award for service excellence. Tariq established global Centers of Excellence for Apple, Liberty Latin America, and Spirit Airlines.