Christopher Thomas

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About Christopher Thomas

Motivated, Influential, Skillful, & Resilient executive with a demonstrated track record of building teams and inspiring individuals to strive and achieve operational excellence. Accomplishment driven strategist, yet hands-on contributor, with a proven track record of driving business growth and operational effectiveness. Deep insight of the rapidly evolving digital landscape and in leading Industry 4.0 - Smart Factory transformative initiatives that empower businesses to thrive in the digital age. Driver of innovative technology solutions adoption that accelerate business transformation strategies into tangible business outcomes. Leveraging advanced technology to optimize data integration and processes across CRM, SRM, ERP, PLM, MES, and WMS platforms enhancing customer experiences, and driving competitive advantages from cloud computing, agile solution development and data analytics to IOT, automation, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI). Consensus builder, possessing a balance of business acumen and technical knowledge as mentor and coach who effectively establishes collaborative relationships across organizational boundaries; aligning groups and resources to convert organizational intent into action. Differentiated by demonstrated ability to influence business priorities, contribute to business strategies, and establish multi-year roadmaps that drive business benefits, and technical solutions that have positively impacted the top and bottom lines of major corporations such as: Autoliv, DMS, Expleo, Adient, Johnson Controls, General Motors and Chrysler. Results-oriented team player with a passion for quality and broad IT experience across Business Relationship Management, Program Management, Cybersecurity, Enterprise & Solution Architecture, Infrastructure, Application Development, Solution Delivery, IT/OT Technical Operations and Services. Proven successes in significant continuous improvements, enhancing policies/guidelines, sharing best practices, mitigating risks and leading cross-functional global teams with extensive international leadership across Americas, Europe, Latin American and Asia Pacific.