John Thompson

About John Thompson

I have significant enterprise-wide achievements implementing business/technology initiatives in financial services. Focused on global implementation of large-scale business solutions. Strengths include public speaking, and analyst relations. As a technology executive, I bridge the gap between Senior Mgmt. and technology specialists to communicate technical issues and technologies into language business users and management can understand and act on. Strong reputation for building successful and highly motivated technology teams that are enthusiastic, transparent and genuinely aligned to a shared mission. Noted for driving value for the technology organization and customers through, • Technology Leadership: Redirected a CRM Salesforce.com strategy that languished 2+ years to integrate five financial services systems and deliver a 360 degree CRM system within 8 months of hire. • Value and Innovation: Changed LPL’s project delivery paradigm by initiating crowdsourcing to develop projects outside of annual corporate budgeting process. Raised $2M in business unit seed investments and delivered a series of valued technology innovations/enhancements over 9 months for 4K LPL financial advisors. • Risk and Regulatory: Tapped by Exec. Mgmt. to oversee construction of Fund & Trade Monitoring system to ensure compliance of guidelines/reporting to prevent market timing. My team championed and altered the direction to deliver a lower cost solution than what was intended while meeting all regulatory requirements. Blending Enterprise Technology and Management Expertise for Business Success • Strategic Technology Planning • Project/Program Mgmt. • Risk/Regulatory Technology Mgmt. • Cloud Computing(SaaS, PaaS) • CRM, PLM ( Saleslogix, Siebel, Salesforce.com Deployment) • Resource Planning (offshore & outsourcing) • Business Process Engineering • Trading Systems, Shareholder Accounting Systems, and Operational Transaction Systems • Negotiation and Vendor Mgmt.

Experience

1. Senior Manager

   Alpha FMC

   Jan 2022 — Present · St Petersburg, FL, US

   Responsible for oversight of consulting engagements within Alpha U.S. Asset Management Distribution & Financial Services Sales & Marketing consulting practice. Systems include transaction based Affiliated Computer Services, DST Sales Connect, Sales Focus Solutions (MARS), and CRM Salesforce.com.

Education

• Northeastern University

  B. A., Finance, Finance, Accounting

  1989 — 1993