Elmer Thomas

Current

Director of Operations at Tools For Life
Co-Owner at LogoBids.com
Consultant at Thinking Serious, Inc.

Blogger at ThinkingSerious.com
CEO at IER Solutions, Inc.
Innovator at ATL Innovations, Inc.
Co-Owner and Co-Founder at ThemBid.com

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Past

Reseller at Red Condor
Owner at AboveTheLimit.com
Research Developer at U.C. Riverside

Research Developer at U.C. Riverside

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Education

University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

Elmer Thomas’s Summary

My life goal is to create a positive impact for the greatest number of people over the longest period of time.

Today, that means helping businesses increase productivity and revenue through technology innovations that support the mission and goals of my clients.

Connect: Elmer@ThinkingSerious.com

Elmer Thomas’s Specialties:

Software management, design and development; productive systems; and internet ( Social Media ) marketing are my core competencies.

TECH SPECS:

OS: Windows, Mac or Linux

Server: Debian with Apache/MySQL/PHP.

Development Environment: Eclipse IDE with Subversion, Eventum and Trac.

Software Design Philosophy: Agile, Object Oriented Programming Methodology and Design Patterns.

Development Framework: Symfony.

Programming Languages: PHP, Python, C++, JavaScript, XHMTL and CSS.

Elmer Thomas’s Experience

Director of Operations

Tools For Life

(Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

Lead product development and Internet Marketing strategy while managing and directing overall operations.
Co-Owner

LogoBids.com

(Design industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

We help end-users create a contest that can be viewed by tens of thousands of quality graphic designers worldwide. Graphics designers will compete with each other for the benefit of honing their skills, enhancing their portfolios and winning the final prize money offered. The end-user gets an affordable, high quality design within the time line and budget he or she sets. All of this is provided at a safe, friendly and user rated online environment.
Consultant

Thinking Serious, Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

Help with Software Purchasing, Design, Development, Management, Internet Marketing and Systems Integration.
Blogger

ThinkingSerious.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

A blog that provides programming, design, business and productivity content for tech entrepreneurs living in a 2.0 world.
CEO

IER Solutions, Inc.

(Internet industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

We specialize in Rapid Application Development and Social Media Marketing. You vision it, we build and promote it.
Innovator

ATL Innovations, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

At a rate of no less than four product/service launches per year, I assist in creating and managing the vision, creativity and resources necessary for our innovations. Our latest launch occurs on April 14, 2007 (check out the alpha demo at http://demo.thembid.com).
Co-Owner and Co-Founder

ThemBid.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Reseller

Red Condor

(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

April 2008 — December 2008 (9 months)

I help you remove SPAM and false positives as an issue in your life.
Owner

AboveTheLimit.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2003 — August 2007 (4 years )
Research Developer

U.C. Riverside

(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 8 months)

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Graphical User Interface Design and Development for the U.S. Navy.
Research Developer

U.C. Riverside

(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2002 — January 2004 (2 years 1 month)

GPS Autonomous Automobile Navigation Managment and Development.

Elmer Thomas’s Education

University of California, Riverside

Masters , Electrical Engineering , 2003 — 2005
University of California, Riverside

B.S. , Computer Engineering , 1999 — 2002