Professor Tsalaile leads a group of researchers developing technology solutions and next generation products for Health, Education, Agriculture, Communication Infrastructure, Transportation, Security & Forensics and Tourism & Culture clusters. Prof T. Tsalaile joined BITRI in 2014 after serving for a number of years at University of Botswana, where he rose from SDF position to the rank of Associate Professor in Signal Processing. Professor Tsalaile has a PhD in Signal Processing (UK), Master of Business Administration (UB), Master of Science in Electronic Engineering (UK), and Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (UB).

He has been a paid-up member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (IEEE) since 2008 and in 2011 he was a member of European Association of Signal Processing (EURASIP). Prof Tsalaile is well-researched in the area of signal processing with applications in biomedicine and communication. Most of Prof Tsalaile publications are in the world premiere conferences and journals.