Brandon Thomas

Current

Director of Product Management at The Washington Post

Past

Founder at Nico Networks
Director, Program Management & Strategy at Gratis Internet
Manager of Merchandise Strategy & Productivity at RadioShack

Director of Client Services at PeopleAnswers
Technology Marketing Associate at Austin Technology Incubator
Managing Director at QRS Newmedia
National Advance Staff at The White House

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Education

The University of Texas at Austin - The Red McCombs School of Business
George Washington University

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

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Brandon Thomas’s Summary

Brandon Thomas’s Specialties:

Operations execution, personnel management, project management, organizational design, marketing communications, social media, problem-solving, writing, presentation

Brandon Thomas’s Experience

Director of Product Management

The Washington Post

(Public Company; Newspapers industry)

April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Founder

Nico Networks

(Internet industry)

October 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 7 months)

Provided strategic counsel and software development focusing on social media for the likes of Rock the Vote, Hillary Clinton for President, among others.
Director, Program Management & Strategy

Gratis Internet

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

June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)
Manager of Merchandise Strategy & Productivity

RadioShack

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RSH; Retail industry)

August 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 8 months)

In concert with McKinsey, oversaw an extensive organizational redesign of $2.5 B merchandising group; oversaw redesign of strategy development process.
Director of Client Services

PeopleAnswers

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2003 — August 2005 (1 year 11 months)
Technology Marketing Associate

Austin Technology Incubator

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2002 — August 2002 (5 months)
Managing Director

QRS Newmedia

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

June 1997 — August 2001 (4 years 3 months)

Managed operations for the $3 M firm, including all aspects of its contract with the Gore Lieberman campaign.
National Advance Staff

The White House

(Government Administration industry)

January 1995 — November 1999 (4 years 11 months)

Intermittently planned travel and events for the President, First Lady and Vice President; continue to periodically provide logistics support for the likes of former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean and the Obama for American campaign.

Brandon Thomas’s Education

The University of Texas at Austin - The Red McCombs School of Business

MBA , 2001 — 2003
George Washington University

BA , Political Communication , August 1994 — May 1998