Technology & Product Leader AI, ML & Digital Strategy Building Hig

Tom Anderson

Centerville, MN 612-***-**** LinkedIn ***********@*****.***

Strategic Technology & Product Management Executive GenAI/ML Integration Innovation Leadership Customer-Centric Solutions Executive Summary:

Visionary technology leader with extensive experience spearheading technological innovation and product development across Fortune 50 companies, small businesses, and startups. Expertise in developing and implementing cutting-edge GenAI/ML solutions that align with business objectives and deliver significant impact. Skilled in building high-performing global teams, fostering a culture of innovation, and leveraging emerging technologies to create competitive advantages. Areas of Expertise:

• Technology Strategy & Roadmap Development

• Generative AI (GenAI) & Machine Learning (ML)

• Software Engineering Management & Agile

Delivery

• Product Strategy & Lifecycle Management

• Global Team Building & Leadership

• Enterprise Architecture & Platform

Development

Professional Experience

PROMINENT TECHNOLOGY, Bismarck, ND (Remote) 02/2024 – 01/2025 Chief Technology Officer / Head of Solutions Development Lead strategic technology initiatives and solution development operations, driving innovation and operational excellence across B2B, B2C, and B2G environments.

• Manage cross-functional teams including Business Analysts, Quality Assurance (QA), Project Management, Software Development, and Architecture

• Spearhead the Solutions development team, overseeing project execution and team performance

• Implement and manage KPIs for the Solutions team, including Gross Profit, Estimate to Actual, and Quality Metrics

• Contribute to EOS planning on weekly, quarterly, and yearly basis

• Craft and execute solution proposals and RFP responses

• Implemented GitHub Copilot and Claude.ai into the development workflow to enhance developer productivity and code quality

• Technologies: AWS, C#, .Net, Node.js, React.js, Xamarin, Flutter, LLMs, Claude.ai, CI/CD, Superset, GitHub, GitLab, Docker

CHAT INNOVATIONS, INC, St. Paul, MN (remote) 05/2023 – 12/2024 Co-Founder & CTO

Co-founded an AI-focused startup aimed at enhancing productivity through innovative chatbot and document processing solutions. Led strategic product development, recruited and managed an engineering team, and achieved recognition for technological innovation despite challenging market conditions.

• Recruited and managed software engineering, data engineering, and data science talent to build GPT-based chatbot technology, enabling intelligent interactions designed to improve customer engagement and operational efficiency.

• Directed the development and deployment of advanced document processing and indexing solutions, leveraging Azure Cognitive Search for scalable document management.

• Secured acceptance into Microsoft for Startups program, accelerating product development and providing validation from a major industry partner.

• Technologies Used: Azure Cloud, LLMs, ChatGPT/GPT technology, Azure Cognitive Search, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Docker, Node.js, React.js

LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC., Charlotte, NC (Remote) 06/2020 – 04/2023 Senior Director, Technology, Machine Learning Platform Established strategic vision and led development of enterprise-wide Machine Learning platform.

• Built and led global team of 33 professionals across various tech disciplines. Over 100 including administrative groups.

• Increased Data Scientist productivity by 700%, reducing time-to-market for critical models

• Drove ML Platform adoption across multiple business units, realizing millions in cost savings

• Implemented Kubernetes and Kubeflow, enabling deployment of 10,000+ models with zero downtime

• Technologies: Java, Python, Jenkins, CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, ML Flow, Kubeflow, Feast, Kubernetes, Hugging Face, On-prem VMs, Open source, API’s, GraphQL, Jupyter Notebooks, scikit-learn, PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Node.js, React.js, On-Prem, JVM, JSON

• Other Roles: Director, Engineering, Machine Learning Democratization TARGET CORPORATION, Minneapolis, MN 05/2008 – 06/2020 Lead Product Owner

Developed and managed enterprise-level Machine Learning system for data ingestion, model training, and automated alerting.

• Reduced anomaly detection time from 4+ hours to 5 minutes, driving millions in realized revenue

• Led team of 12 software engineers and data scientists across US and India

• Implemented real-time dashboards and alerting systems across Target.com, Cloud and Compute, and Stores

• Technologies: Jenkins, GLM, Long short-term memory, Java, Golang, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Kubernetes, Docker, Grafana, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, On-Prem, JVM

• Other roles: Lead Performance Engineer, Senior Solutions Analyst; Specialist Interactive Developer

Education & Certifications

• AWS Partner: Sales Accreditation, Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

• Certified Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Alliance

• Coursework in Information Technology, University of Phoenix Honors & Awards

• TARGET: Signatory on Accepted Patent Application for Metrics Ingestion & Prediction System

• TARGET: VP Award for Templates & Components CFT

• TARGET: Director's Award and Merchandising Best Team Award for FAST Project

• TARGET: Leadership Expectations Innovation Award for Mobile Applications Project

• TARGET: Merit Honors and Creative Excellence Award for Target TEN Campaign

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