Elaine Thomas

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Founder & CEO at Tidal Works | ex-TCS

Tidal Works
Mumbai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
17+ years experience
IIM Lucknow
English, Hindi, Marathi
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Overview

Founder & CEO of Tidal Works, working on climate analytics. Previously built and sold a small climate analytics company. Grew the team to 114 people across 4 countries. Most at home with carbon accounting and enterprise sales. Volunteer coding coach for school students.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on climate analytics
  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Second opinions on data decisions
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
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Skills
enterprise salescarbon accountingclimate techSaaSdata
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for first-time founders: climate analytics and SaaS

Topics
climate analytics, SaaS, climate tech
Format
Async reviews
Terms
Equity
Capacity
Two calls a month
Best for
Teams scaling past 50 people

23 years of climate analytics. One call a month or async reviews.

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Looking for founding engineers to join Tidal Works early - climate analytics

Role
Founding engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
₹36-70 LPA
Team
Founding team, 4 people
Start
Within a month
Must have
Production experience with data Production experience with carbon accounting Good judgment about what not to build
Process
Two interviews and a paid trial day

Comp ₹27-48 LPA. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Mumbai, India · remote OKenterprise salesclimate techcarbon accounting
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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Jun 2022 - Present
    Tidal Works · 4 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Grew the team to 55 people across 5 countries.
    • Previously built and sold a small climate analytics company.
    • Took Tidal Works from zero to $4 million ARR.
  2. Finance Director
    Oct 2018 - Jun 2022
    TCS · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Ran diligence on 10 acquisitions.
  3. Controller
    Jan 2016 - Oct 2018
    BigBasket · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 12.
  4. Financial Analyst
    Jul 2013 - Jan 2016
    Paytm · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 5 straight quarters.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $180 million raise.
  5. Finance Director
    Sep 2009 - Jul 2013
    Kotak Mahindra Bank · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 4 straight quarters.

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Education

  1. IIM Lucknow
    MBA, Business Administration
    2005 - 2007
  2. IIT Kanpur
    B.Tech, Economics
    1999 - 2003

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