Thomas is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Esri. Thomas joined Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, in July 2026.
Prior to Esri, Thomas was the Senior Vice President & CIO for Laserfiche, a global provider of enterprise content management and process automation software, where he led IT, product support, industry marketing, analyst relations and strategic alliances. Prior to Laserfiche, Thomas was PwC’s national entertainment and media champion for cybersecurity and the Advisory Services leader for two global clients. Along with innovating content security practices used globally by the motion picture industry, Thomas led engagements with Fortune 500 companies on IT transformation, security, privacy, internal audit and business continuity management.
Thomas is on the Board for STEM Advantage, Co-Chair of Alliances | Partnerships | Philanthropy for Southern California, Society for Information Management, Chief Strategist & Past Executive Chair for Innovate@UCLA, and Past Chairperson for the Long Beach Accelerator. Thomas has co-chaired sessions at the Wall Street Journal CIO Network Annual Meetings, and been cited in publications including Forbes, The Economist, CIO.com, IDG Connect, Tech Target, Inc. and Fox Business. He has co-authored/contributed to five books, including publications by PwC, ISACA and CRC Press. In 2019, Thomas became an Adjunct Professor for the Master in Accounting with Emphasis on Data and Analytics (MAcc D+A) program at the University of Southern California.