Scott Thomas
Senior Manager-Professional Services at CDW
- Location
- Greater Chicago Area
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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Scott Thomas's Overview
- Current
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- Senior Manager-Professional Services at CDW
- Past
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- Senior Manager at Baxter
- Director at marchFIRST
- Owner at Thomas Consulting, Inc.
- Senior Project Manager at Paranet
- Senior Project Manager at Price Waterhouse
- Education
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- DePaul University
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Recommendations
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1 person has recommended Scott
- Connections
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423 connections
- Websites
Scott Thomas' Summary
Proven, motivated IT business leader with distinctive experience/education comprising 20 years of success in driving improved operating results for Fortune 1000 companies, domestically and internationally. Impact-oriented, strategic, analytical, and organized leader with a successful track record rallying teams to win in the marketplace and create economic value. Signature skill of quickly getting to the root cause of any IT business problem/opportunity and rapidly initiating targeted actions to improve performance. Reputation as practical, innovative, insightful, and collaborative.
Specialties
Professional services delivery, large team management, engineering and project leadership, Cisco, IP telephony, enterprise call center, wireless, route/switch-LAN/WAN, Lotus Notes, Microsoft, messaging, collaboration, consulting, budgeting, IT sales forecasting, global IT operations, ITIL, contract negotiations
Scott Thomas' Experience
Senior Manager-Professional Services
CDW
Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
August 2007 – Present (4 years 11 months) Greater Chicago Area
Senior Manager of Professional Services at CDW. Leader of a team of engineers and project managers for Cisco, Microsoft, Netapp and EMC services delivery.
Senior Manager
Baxter
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; BAX; Pharmaceuticals industry
March 2001 – August 2007 (6 years 6 months)
Senior manager in charge of global enterprise IT operations team
Senior Project Manager
Paranet
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
March 1997 – March 1999 (2 years 1 month)
Senior project manager in charge of IT delivery projects.
Senior Project Manager
Price Waterhouse
Partnership; 10,001+ employees; Accounting industry
May 1992 – March 1997 (4 years 11 months)
Senior project manager in charge of Fortune 500 client IT projects.
Scott Thomas' Publications
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Lotus Notes Certification Guide
- McGraw Hill
- June 1, 1997
Authors: Scott Thomas, Amy Widicus -
Lotus Notes Architecture, Administration, and Security
- McGraw Hill
- January 2, 1997
Authors: Scott Thomas, Bradley Hoyt
Scott Thomas' Education
DePaul University
MS, Computer Science
1993 – 1996
Concentration in computer networking
Activities and Societies: Computer networking research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BA, Economics
1988 – 1992
Business degree
Activities and Societies: President-Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
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