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Gene Thomas

Spring, TX ***** 228-***-**** **************@*****.***

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genethomas10percenthealthier/ Dynamic Operations Executive

Dynamic healthcare and technology executive with expertise in all facets of strategic planning, operations management, start-up development, and business strategy. Skilled in providing leadership of short- and long-term goals to implement positive change, increase performance, and drive multi-billion-dollar growth. Delivers executive-level management experience working with technology, consumer marketing, and healthcare entities, ranging from start-ups to a Fortune 500 public company. Proven ability to create and lead initiatives and programs that align with the organizational goals.

• Healthcare Executive

• Budget Management

Process Improvement

• Strategy Development

• Strategic Direction

• Business Operations

• Executive Leadership

• Relationship Building

• Operational Excellence

• Corporate Governance

• System Implementation

• Organizational Development

• Team Building & Mentoring

• Stakeholder Communication

• Information Technology (IT)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Thriving Populus, Houston, TX 02/2021 – Present

• Founded and spearheaded the entity focused on promoting population health and creating demonstration projects and strategic initiatives to prevent or control chronic conditions, resulting PMPM cost reductions. Creating demonstration projects and strategic initiatives is important for patients and the cost of care.

• Facilitated the development of a multifaceted plan to improve patient compliance with a physician's prescribed plan of care and known lifestyles that collectively prevent and or control chronic conditions.

• Pioneering the 10% Healthier Program, a 10-month project to improve patients' lives, lower costs, and learn what motivates behavior change. Intending to utilize the project to collect data and identify next steps to guide future projects related to patient health, compliance, and overall experience.

• Paused work in Thriving Populace and 10% Healthier to return to Texas to care for and arrange care for elderly parents.

Board Member MiliMatch, Austin, TX 09/2020 – Present

• Provide strategic direction across the organization focused on deploying robust cognitive linguistics technology to better measure behavior, culture, hiring, and retention of patients and team members.

• Coordinated with cross-functional teams, including direct product development and messaging, to create successful case studies; participated in demonstrations and meetings with investors. Vice President & Chief Information Officer 03/2007 – 12/2020

• Served as the Vice President and Chief Information Officer and a member of administration at Memorial Health System, delivering executive leadership to 5,000+ staff when leading a system-wide EMR, HCM, Finance, and EDW set of solutions.

• Key role in managing a staff of over 250 information technology (IT) and biomedical employees to drive the expansion and optimization of the information systems department.

• Championed continuous improvement and change management, including leading the selection, contracting and installation of electronic medical record systems in all hospital departments and over 100 clinics; managed a $95M budget.

• Created and executed an initiative to do a "rip and replace" of legacy clinical and financial systems, culminating in a "big bang" go-live of a system-wide integrated enterprise data warehouse with analytics.

• Served as the Executive Sponsor of the organization's first entry into a Medicare Shared Savings Program, Accountable Care Organization (MSSP ACO).

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• As a member of Administration, participated in numerous committees, including patient safety rounds, physician advisory committee.

Partner Innosurance, Houston, TX 01/2004 – 06/2018

• Coordinated with partners to create and patent telematics solutions, including the "Driver Safety Rating" (DSR) system; sold 3 patents to Allstate® that were used in the development of the DriveWise® solution currently offered from Allstate.

• Played an integral role in leading the development of the "Drive Safety Rating" methodology and process, ensuring compliance with best practices and regulations during product development.

• Demonstrated exceptional communication skills when participating in the negotiation and contracting for the sale of the patents to Allstate®.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Avreo Radiology Information Systems, New Orleans, LA

• Commanded operations management and strategic planning for the company, managing and monitoring teams of 20 responsible for executing business plans and streamlining processes.

• Leveraged exceptional communication skills to secure $5M+ in financing for critical projects by negotiating favorable investment terms with financial investors and building strategic partnerships.

• Conducted market research and cultivated relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.

• Successfully negotiated the sale of Avreo.

Vice President of Sales and Marketing & Vice President of Business Development Micron Electronics, Nampa, ID

• Promoted from Vice President of Sales and Marketing to Vice President of Business Development to lead strategic planning, streamline growth, and manage vendor relationships with Intel and Microsoft.

• Headed sales and marketing operations to enable the successful expansion from 15 to 4,000 staff as a $2.5B Fortune 500 publicly traded company; provided strategic direction to cross-functional teams of 1,000+.

• Previously served as Director of Sales and Technical Support, optimizing business processes and systems related to sales, customer service, user support, and product development.

• An Officer at Micron Electronics.

• Personally, carried a $ 2 billion dollar annual sales number. Special Projects Executive CompuAdd Computer Corporation, Austin, TX

• Directed project management and execution for the owner and executives while fostering relationships and partnering with key vendors, partners, and customers; managed 7-figure annual budgets.

• Served as the Managing Director of Sales for 3 years, moving to England to steer and plan the successful launch of the organization's international operations.

• Constructed and implemented direct marketing programs as the Director of Marketing, enabling the successful expansion of the company from a small firm into a $1.5B privately held entity. EDUCATION

Electrical Engineering, University of Texas Electrical Engineering, Louisiana Tech

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