Thomas Blood

Ich bin verantworlich für Business Development in EMEA für das Digital Innovation Programm

Advise companies on how they can transform the way they use technology to deliver business value. Help enterprises understand and realize the business value they can unlock using the AWS platform. Speak to all aspects of technology delivery in large organizations – leadership, application development, security, business case development, technology budgeting, etc.

I serve as senior technical advisor to the CTO on all innovation and core product technology initiatives. My charter is to gain knowledge of the emerging technology landscape and to evaluate and recommend technologies and approaches that lead to innovation and competitive advantage for our organization.

Led and developed a team of software engineers and IT professionals for a greenfield cloud-native platform. This transformation has had a dramatic impact on how our business unit develop software, systems and business solutions and is having ripple effects throughout the global enterprise.

Responsible for the technology supporting digital marketing activities globally. Also led the B2B analytics and reporting team for the North American region for digital marketing activities and B2B website performance.

collaboratively defined IT strategy and executed the CIO's vision. Led IT infrastructure operations, the help desk and educational technology. Charged with expanding and improving technology offering to support education and research. Provided comprehensive IT solutions to resident and distance learning students. Supported research faculty and development teams with system integration and architecture. Created opportunities for partnerships, innovation and process improvement.

Project Lead/Consultant for numerous DoD initiatives including: • Data Analysis • System Integration • Cyber Security • Identity Management • Process Improvement

product vision software development life cycle from system design and analysis through product delivery and management. presented product plans to investors, the executive team, partners and customers, provided technical sales support to the sales team. led security architecture design effort employing defense-in-depth strategies. managed system design process and team, product roadmaps, testing and support operations. cyber security measures and vulnerability assessments (Retina).

Responsible for content management and publishing operations. Managed the Production Team. Designed and implemented publishing processes and systems to improve time-to-market and reduce complexity. Collaborated with other departments to improve business processes across the enterprise. Started company "Green Team" to research and implement "green" practices and promote awareness.

Developed and implemented secure online voting platform used in proxy elections and tested in public shadow elections in US and Sweden.

DMDC collects, archives, and maintains accurate, readily available manpower and personnel data, as well as financial databases for the Department of Defense. I analyzed large data sets using SAS in a mainframe environment to support military and political decision makers. Managed OLAP development efforts as part of a migration to a data warehouse architecture.

Biometrics Identity Management Operations Identity Management Infrastructure Identity Management Policy

Crafted an interdisciplinary MA and focused on the intersection of International Security and Technology.

The summer intensive program consisted of classes in Fusha, Egyptian Dialect, Grammar, Egyptian and Arab Culture and a course taught by Abbas Al-Tonsi using an early draft of Al-Kitaab Fii Ta'Allum Al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Intermediate Arabic.

Studied the interrelation between economic development and environmental studies. Examined language and power using historical examples. Wrote capstone thesis proposing to use military intervention in support of humanitarian assistance (1989)