# Alexander Nicholson

> Alexander Nicholson is head of Engineering. TableCheck API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Head of Engineering.

Alexander Nicholson leads TableCheck's global engineering organisation and its company-wide AI strategy, covering platform infrastructure, security and machine learning systems. He joined as a site reliability engineer and went on to build and scale the company's engineering teams and cloud-native architecture. Before that he worked in defence technology, SaaS and machine learning research.

## What Alexander builds

- [TableCheck API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tablecheck.md), graded C, 57.1/100, in Restaurant & local bookings. TableCheck is a restaurant reservation and guest management platform used mainly in Japan and Asia. Its API components cover availability, booking, CRM, POS and distribution to booking sites, with an MCP server for merchants. Head of Engineering, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [John Shields](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-shields/), Co-founder and CTO
- [Yu Taniguchi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yu-taniguchi/), Co-founder and CEO

## Backed by

- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/smbc-venture-capital/)
- [DNX Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dnx-ventures/)
- [Colopl Next](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/colopl-next/)
- [Mizuho Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mizuho-capital/)
- [Future Creation Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/future-creation-capital/)
- [ABF Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/abf-capital/)

## Questions

### Who is Alexander Nicholson?

Alexander Nicholson leads TableCheck's global engineering organisation and its company-wide AI strategy, covering platform infrastructure, security and machine learning systems. He joined as a site reliability engineer and went on to build and scale the company's engineering teams and cloud-native architecture. Before that he worked in defence technology, SaaS and machine learning research.

### What does TableCheck Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists TableCheck API from TableCheck Inc.. TableCheck is a restaurant reservation and guest management platform used mainly in Japan and Asia. Its API components cover availability, booking, CRM, POS and distribution to booking sites, with an MCP server for merchants.

### Who has invested in TableCheck Inc.?

The sources our research read name SMBC Venture Capital, DNX Ventures, Colopl Next, Mizuho Capital, Future Creation Capital and ABF Capital.

### How are Alexander's tools graded?

TableCheck API is graded C, 57.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.tablecheck.com/en/join/about-us/team/
- https://www.tablecheck.com/en/japan

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