Marie Thomas

About Marie Thomas

I am a successful technology executive that has profoundly transformed global businesses for 20+ years. Throughout my career, I have demonstrated a talent for consistently delivering multimillion-dollar business impacts. By finding truth and structure amid noise, I facilitate comprehensive cost-saving measures and robust applications. Backed by a proven ability to re-engineer crucial processes and systems, I bring a wealth of technical leadership skills to the table. I thrive on revitalizing vital systems, programs, and teams at the core of enterprise growth and sustainability. We’re all navigating change in these trying times – it’s more important than ever to find leaders you can trust. I am excited to tackle any challenge and feel energized by the opportunity to join a progressive organization to make a positive impact and help others grow along the way.Here is a glimpse into my career highlights: Spearheaded technology team restructure, saving $300M by optimizing service delivery and addressing cross-functional skill redundancies. Saved $1M annually by successfully migrating new HQ and shifting from legacy on-prem solutions to AWS; simultaneously enhanced office experience to accommodate both on-site and remote workforce. Enabled $2M in additional revenue within six months by launching ‘drop ship’ supplier capabilities amid the COVID pandemic; launched customers in sequenced order using revenue and requirement complexity as parameters.I invite you to connect with my profile today to learn how I can help your organization. Thank you for visiting my profile, I hope you have an excellent day!

Experience

1. Head of Technology

   Joybird

   Jan 2023 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   As Head of Technology, I’m entrusted to lead Joybird’s high-growth technology business, which involves ownership of integrations across ERP, Manufacturing, Digital Commerce, Retail, Analytics/Reporting, and Architecture domains.Selected Achievements:⇨ Transformed the technology organization by leading a crisis management journey over five months to identify/retain resources, determine roles, find promotion options, and source contractors. ⇨ Led efforts to create and operationalize technology roadmap; fostered cohesion and aligned strategy to prioritize initiatives focused on driving revenue growth goals.⇨ Improved technology delivery process, elevating first-time quality while increasing throughput by 20%; leveraged Agile methodologies to garner stakeholder and team buy-in for sustainability.⇨ Developed annual operating plan and capital spend that brought transparency to technology costs; also reduced overall budget by 10% by rationalizing software and contracts.⇨ Directed team to create technology stack contextual diagram providing the organization with a first-time view of the overall landscape.

Education

• Loyola Marymount University

  MBA, Executive MBA

• University of Akron

  B.S., Accounting

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Leadership
• Business Process
• Outsourcing
• Sap
• Change Management
• Crm
• Sdlc
• Management
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Finance
• Training
• Process Improvement
• Problem Solving
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategy