Tony Thomson

Led system architecture and technical design for Vouch's customer-facing engineering teams, driving the ownership, redesign, and implementation of critical authentication and user management layers for core applications.

• Orchestrated the engineering organization's growth by over 500%, scaling from 8 to 50+ engineers, by designing hiring rubrics, conducting interviews, and making key hiring decisions across all levels.
• Designed and led the micro-service re-architecture of customer-facing services and the Vouch Message Bus, significantly enhancing system scalability and resilience.
• Owned, redesigned, and implemented Vouch's core authentication and user management layer, ensuring secure and seamless user experiences across all applications.
• Spearheaded the implementation of the Vouch UI library in Vue & React and migrated all customer team repositories to a monorepo, achieving increased code reusability and fostering cross-team collaboration.

Led engineering and design for a proprietary software system focused on gathering signal data and managing deal flow, while providing critical technical input for diligence processes.

• Directed the engineering and design efforts for a critical software system, enabling efficient signal data collection and streamlined deal flow management.
• Provided expert technical input and in-depth analysis for diligence processes, directly informing strategic investment decisions.

Managed front-end development, including backlog management and team assignments, while architecting and leading the rewrite of Quid's core web application for enhanced performance and maintainability.

• Launched a redesigned version of Quid's data analysis product, integrating the first React/Redux application into Quid's architecture, which significantly improved performance and user experience.
• Managed front-end development operations, including backlog management, project planning, team assignments, and prioritization for Quid's core product, ensuring timely feature delivery.
• Architected and implemented critical changes to Quid's data pipeline, enabling support for new feature development and enhancing data processing capabilities.
• Led the comprehensive rewrite of Quid's principal web application to a React/Redux framework, resulting in substantial improvements in performance and long-term maintainability.

Co-led the adoption of React/Redux across new Creative Cloud web applications and managed a cross-geo team of UI developers for Adobe Target, ensuring maintainability and extensibility.

• Launched version 1 of the Adobe Target Standard application in 2013, a key service within Adobe's Marketing Cloud, followed by the addition of Adobe Target Premium in 2014, significantly expanding product offerings.
• Co-led the successful adoption of React/Redux for new Creative Cloud web apps, while effectively maintaining the existing web UI for Creative Cloud Assets.
• Led a cross-geo team of UI developers for Adobe Target, serving as the primary liaison to UX and Product Management teams, and driving client-side JavaScript application development.
• Planned and coordinated extensive code migrations and refactors across multiple frameworks, re-architecting application components to achieve improved maintainability and extensibility.

Set comprehensive product strategy and led UI/UX decisions for Hara's Energy and Sustainability System of Record, driving key data integration efforts and co-development initiatives with strategic partners.

• Defined and executed product strategy, including feature prioritization, customer outreach, partner management, and interface design for Hara's Energy and Sustainability System of Record.
• Directed all UI and UX decisions for Hara ESS, leading a navigational and visual redesign to integrate new features and insights from customer research and feedback.
• Led critical data integration efforts for Hara ESS, including co-developed solutions with partners like Intuit and OSIsoft to automate utility bill and interval data input.
• Spearheaded data-focused co-development efforts with partners, leading the development of a billing integration solution with energy utilities across the US, establishing a key competitive differentiator.

Co-founded an interactive design and user research firm, leading all client projects, managing business development, and bootstrapping the company to achieve consistent profitability with a full-time staff of six.

• Co-founded Kizmo, an interactive design and user research firm, specializing in user experience-based design, usability testing, and brand strategy.
• Managed all client projects, including significant engagements for Hewlett-Packard and NEC, overseeing user research, interface design, visual design, and brand identity.
• Led comprehensive business development, account management, and operations, ensuring successful project execution and client satisfaction.
• Bootstrapped the company from inception to a full-time staff of six, achieving consistent profitability and establishing a strong market presence.

Managed a team of ten engineers responsible for qualifying and integrating graphics drivers from major vendors into Apple's OS X software, ensuring compatibility across a wide range of hardware.

• Managed a team of 10 engineers responsible for qualifying and integrating graphics drivers from ATI, Nvidia, and Intel into Apple's OS X software.
• Ensured graphics driver compatibility and performance across a diverse range of Apple hardware, from the first LCD iMacs to the first Intel laptops.
• Directed development priorities and managed relationships with third-party manufacturers of graphics card hardware and software, overseeing task prioritization, meetings, and reviews.
• Led the qualification of graphics drivers and hardware on Apple's next-generation CPU projects, including pivotal work on the first LCD iMac, Titanium PowerBooks, and Intel Macs.