Cameron Colby Thomson

Current

• Board Member / Co-Founder at Turbine Flats
• Board Tri-Chair at Vision 2015: University R&D Corridor
• CEO at Allied Strategy

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Past

• Director of Strategy at Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
• Board Member / Co-Founder at Lincoln Young Professionals Group
• Chairman / Co-Founder at Kansas City Council of Young Entrepreneurs

• Program Manager at J.D. Edwards Design Studio
• Technical Solutions Specialist at Cerner
• Partner at SecureKC
• DJ at Independent DJ
• CIO / Co-Owner at Kansas City Hosting Corp
• Principal at Microtechnics Computer Services
• Support at Q-Networks / Primary Networks
• Co-Founder at Mason School Ecology Program
• Show Skier at American Water Ski Shows, Inc

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Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• International Baccalaureate

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Cameron Colby Thomson’s Experience

• Board Member / Co-Founder

  Turbine Flats

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  Technology incubator and idea community adjoining UNL's downtown campus: http://www.turbineflats.org/

• Board Tri-Chair

  Vision 2015: University R&D Corridor

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Public/Private partnership in charge of building and implementing a master plan for the University of Nebraska's downtown Research and Development corridor in collaboration with the City of Lincoln. http://www.2015vision.org/

• CEO

  Allied Strategy

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2003 — Present (5 years 10 months)

  Angel-backed technology company working to reform the insurance industry by creating effective free market systems for consumers. Accurate price and quality comparison during purchase enables natural market forces to align insurers and consumers interests without legislation. Launched after 3 years of intensive R&D and University cooperation with the Jeffrey S. Raikes School Design Studio. http://www.alliedstrategy.com

• Director of Strategy

  Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence

  (Privately Held; Research industry)

  October 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  The Institute studies the benefits and risks of advanced AI systems, and organizes an annual summit of the world's top scientists, futurists, and corporate leaders to explore the influence of science and technology in society.http://www.singinst.org, http://www.singularitysummit.com/

• Board Member / Co-Founder

  Lincoln Young Professionals Group

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  March 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  Helped put together a Young Professionals Group for Lincoln to prevent 'brain drain' (based on Gallup research), and get it off to a good start with over 1000 members. http://www.lincolnypg.com

• Chairman / Co-Founder

  Kansas City Council of Young Entrepreneurs

  (Think Tanks industry)

  April 2004 — June 2007 (3 years 3 months)

  Small and (very) informal annual summit for young midwestern entrepreneurs, in cooperation with the Kauffman Foundation, UMKC and area entrepreneurs and investors. Supplanted by formation of the EE3 group and startpath.org initiative.

• Program Manager

  J.D. Edwards Design Studio

  (Computer Software industry)

  August 2002 — May 2005 (2 years 10 months)

  Oversaw software development projects for Mutual of Omaha (Automated Underwriting System), Allied Strategy (Verification Network Appliance), and Lincoln Electric System (Futures Contract Decision System) and was the lead technology architect for a $15m Department of Homeland Security consortium proposal to create the "Center for the Study of High Consequence Event Preparedness and Response".

• Technical Solutions Specialist

  Cerner

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CERN; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)

  Largest provider of health care software and IT solutions. Ended internship In charge of critical issue resolution in Cerner Millenium - CareNet Doc for West Coast and Asia.

• Partner

  SecureKC

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

  Kansas City area network security initiative. Terminated, absorbed by Barnhart Security.

• DJ

  Independent DJ

  (Music industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years)

  KC-based Independent DJ, live mixing with partner Wes Burrows, performing at small clubs, private and underground parties. Also performed minor recording and production services for small-time independent musicians, and provided mixing services and choreography consulting for high-school and college dance teams. Received Best in State for Music (MO) 1998 & 1999.

• CIO / Co-Owner

  Kansas City Hosting Corp

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

  ISP formed by a group of former QNI/Primary Network employees after their acquisition by Mpower. I built the server and hardware infrastructure. Hostile takeover in late 99.

• Principal

  Microtechnics Computer Services

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1993 — 1998 (5 years)

  Provided small-time software technical support, web design, 3d rendering, network design and troubleshooting, graphical logos, custom computers and servers, primarily to private citizens, local law firms, and real estate offices.

• Support

  Q-Networks / Primary Networks

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year)

  Kansas City's oldest and largest ISP at the time. I stayed through acquisition by Primary Networks and final absorption by Mpower. My primary responsibility was network support and customer troubleshooting. I also wrote some activex controls, and a perl network support and tracking system used by our parent.

• Co-Founder

  Mason School Ecology Program

  (Renewables & Environment industry)

  1991 — 1994 (3 years)

  Ecology club and community recycling center. Winner of Bridging the Gap, Environmental Excellence Award.

• Show Skier

  American Water Ski Shows, Inc

  (Entertainment industry)

  April 1992 — August 1992 (5 months)

  Professional Show Skier (Water Skiing) at Adventure World in Shirahama, Japan (Wakayama prefecture)

Cameron Colby Thomson’s Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  MBA , 2004 — 2005

  Full fellowship and research assistantship from The Raikes School

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  BS , Computer Science , 2000 — 2004

  Full fellowship, second class through The Jeffrey S. Raikes School
  http://raikes.unl.edu/

• International Baccalaureate

  Baccalaureate Diploma , Biology, Math, English, History, Philosophy , 1998 — 2000

  http://www.ibo.org/diploma/

Additional Information

Cameron Colby Thomson’s Interests:

Water Skiing, Snowboarding, Martial Arts, Photography, Physics, Philosophy, Psychology, Computational Finance, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomic Computing, Sports Cars, Eastern Culture, Food & Cooking, Sociology & Global Power Structure

Cameron Colby Thomson’s Groups:

TED, TED Global, Singularity Institute, BIL, EFF

•    Global Foresight

Cameron Colby Thomson’s Honors:

1st - NU Venture World Business Plan Competition
LBJ 40 under 40

Cameron Colby Thomson’s Contact Settings

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