Tom Cabanski
Growth-Focused CEO/COO/CTO | Scaling SaaS & AI-Driven Platforms | Operator + Technologist
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Snapstream
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tom Cabanski
I’m a builder at heart, someone who sees gaps, rallies teams, and delivers scalable, high-impact solutions that blend business drive with technical rigor. Over 25+ years, I’ve founded, scaled, exited, and operated organizations that span SaaS, media, e-commerce, AI, and enterprise systems.As CEO / COO / CTO, my focus is on traction, innovation, and sustainable growth. I bring together three lenses:Vision & Strategy: spotting market opportunities, setting direction, prioritizing bets.Operational Excellence & Execution: enabling the team, eliminating friction, using frameworks (like EOS) to maintain accountability.Technology & Product Leadership: architecting systems, defining AI/ML strategies, deploying scalable infrastructure, and building feature pipelines that matter.Here are a few examples of what I’ve accomplished:• Led SnapStream’s transformation into an AI-powered SaaS platform, launching features like Snappy Your TV Genius.• Oversaw teams of 100+ across search, recommendation, personalization at Home Depot, both online and in-store.• Built GCC’s technology arm that supported $500M+ in annual sales, then steered the acquisition and post-acquisition innovation engine.• Founded a workflow / JDF software company (Objective Advantage) to automate digital printing workflowsI’m passionate about scalable architectures, AI-enabled product differentiation, high-performing teams, and turning technical complexity into competitive edge.
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Sep 2020 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Lead SaaS organization that provides real-time audio and video search to news organizations. Use the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) to help the organization grain traction and grow. Drove the development and launch of a series of innovative AI features including Snappy, Your TV Genius.
Education
St. Rita of Cascia High School
High School Diploma
Skills
- Jdf
- Nunit
- Architecture
- Sql
- Castle Windsor
- Nhibernate
- Windows Azure
- Go
- Databases
- Nservicebus
- Web Development
- Amazon Web Services (Aws)
- Asp.net Mvc
- Selenium
- Oracle
- Print Production Automation
- Requirements Analysis
- Cloud Computing
- Performance Tuning
- Entity Framework
- Sql Server
- Microsoft Sql Server
- Machine Learning
- Knockout.js
- Integration
- Test Driven Development
- Continuous Integration
- Web Services
- Scalability
- Ioc/Di
- Supply Chain
- Devops
- Soa
- Javascript
- E-Commerce
- Teamcity
- C#
- .net
- Oop
- Node.js
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