Waqar Ghaffar

About Waqar Ghaffar

I\'ve built 3 K-12 platforms used by millions of students.SwipeK12 — School Attendance & Safety→ 208M+ swipes processed→ Real-time attendance, hall passes, visitor management→ Parent notifications via text/email→ Used by districts like Northside ISD students)Rhithm — Student Well-Being (Acquired by Securly)→ 1.5M+ students, 2,400+ schools, 29 states→ Daily SEL check-ins, 700+ video toolkit→ Educator dashboards & analyticsDiscern — AI-Powered Student Analytics (Securly)→ AI inference engine that replaces traditional surveys→ Analyzes student behavior for SEL, safety, engagement→ Saves districts months of manual workNow at TPLEX, I help K-12 EdTech companies build:→ AI-powered learning & assessment platforms→ Student data infrastructure that scales to millions→ Real-time analytics for educators→ SIS integrations & compliance systemsBackground:Built 3 EdTech products serving millionsEx-Cloudflare, Ex-AWSCS + Business Economics, UT AustinTeams in Houston, Dubai & PakistanIf you\'re building K-12 EdTech and need someone who\'s done it 3x — let\'s talk.

Experience

1. CEO & Founder

   Tplex

   Jan 2013 — Present

   We build AI-powered platforms for K-12 EdTech companies.Before TPLEX, I led engineering for 3 K-12 products:• SwipeK12 — 208M+ attendance swipes, used by districts like Northside ISD (31K students)• Rhithm — 1.5M+ students, 2,400+ schools, 29 states (acquired by Securly)• Discern — AI analytics replacing surveys for school districts (Securly)Now we help EdTech companies build:• AI-powered learning & tutoring platforms• Student data infrastructure & SIS integrations• Real-time analytics dashboards for educators• Curriculum automation systems

Education

• Sir Syed University

  BS, Computer Science

  2005 — 2008

• Mohammad Ali Jinnah University

  MS, Software Engineering

  2009 — 2011

Skills

• Html
• Asp.net
• Windows Azure
• Wcf
• Wpf
• Photoshop
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Sql Azure
• Vb.net
• Visual Studio
• Xml
• Javascript
• C#
• .net
• Silverlight