Representative - NC House of Representatives & House Republican Whip
Charlotte, North Carolina Area
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- Representative - 98th District (Mecklenburg) at North Carolina House of Representatives
- Past
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- Partner - Global Business Services at IBM Global Business Services
- Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Regional Technical Marketing Manager at Wang Laboratories
- Research and Development Manager at Tegra Systems
- Product Manager at Wang Laboratories
- Senior Systems Analyst at Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
- Education
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- University of Maryland College Park
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Thom Tillis’s Summary
Thom has 27 years of work experience with the last 18 years at Price Waterhouse/IBM. Thom has led a number of large-scale, complex projects involving business process reengineering and the use of advanced technology. Thom has directly managed more than two million project hours of work. Thom has a track record for leading practices that spanned the United States.
Thom is well versed in industry issues and priorities in financial services, media & entertainment, energy & utilities, State government, and telecommunications. He has helped clients with solving complex problems related to optimizing organization structures and improving performance. Thom has significant experience with customer relationship management (CRM), financial management, and supply chain/operations management.
Thom has served on the senior leadership team of a $1B business unit and he has had direct P&L responsibility for a $200M annual business operation. He has led a number of successful business growth initiatives, and he has managed the difficult task of downsizing in the face of a challenging economic climate. Thom has demonstrated a strong ability to manage expenses, drive revenue and oversee administrative processes in large organizations.
In 2006 Thom was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives and he was re-elected in 2008. In 2008, Thom was elected by the Republican Caucus members to be the House Republican Whip, one of only two leadership positions in the caucus. Thom has demonstrated the value of his management skills in a highly complex, dynamic environment. Thom's business expertise has facilitated his appointment to key House Standing Committees and Select Committees including:
House Financial Institutions
House Science and Technology
House Ways and Means / Broadband (Vice Chair)
House & Senate Joint Select Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
House & Senate Joint Select Committee on Economic Recovery
Thom Tillis’s Specialties:
Business Process Transformation / Operational Effectiveness
Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft)
Finance Transformation
Supply Chain Optimization / Strategic Sourcing
Thom Tillis’s Experience
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Representative - 98th District (Mecklenburg)
North Carolina House of Representatives
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
I was elected to the NC House in a Republican Primary and then General Election in 2006. I was elected to my second term in November 2008 and I was elected to one of two leadership positions in the House Republican Caucus. I also serve as Chaiman of the House Republican Campaign Committee for the 2010 election cycle.
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Partner - Global Business Services
IBM Global Business Services
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1990 — April 2009 (18 years 9 months)
I officially left IBM on April 26, 2009 to focus on the remainder of this legislative session and on my role as Chairman of the NC House Republican Caucus Campaign Committee. I've left IBM but I have not left technology. I serve as Vice Chair of the Ways and Means / Broadband Committee an the House Committee on Science and Technology.
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Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers
(Partnership; Accounting industry)
August 1990 — October 2002 (12 years 3 months)
Admitted to partnership in 1996. I had the opportunity to lead technical practices as well as industry and process practices. Excerpt from resume...
Thom's career at PW spanned a wide array of technology and business focused practices. Thom's role on engagements has encompassed full lifecycle (analysis, design, construction, system test, and implementation). The projects have ranged from organizational effectiveness and business process reengineering to enterprise-wide systems implementations involving the full suite of human resources/payroll, supply chain, financials, work management base on industry-leading platform's (i.e., Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP).
Shortly after Thom's admission to the PW partnership, he was promoted to the Information Technology Infrastructure and Reseller (ITI/R) practice leader in the east business unit. Thom's responsibilities expanded from a single industry focus (2 partners & 50 staff) to a cross-industry focus (9 partners & 230 staff). Thom's practice was responsible for annual revenue of $100 million in consulting services and $70 million in technology resale. As a Practice Leader, Thom was responsible for the overall operation of the practice including business strategy formulation and execution, business development and administrative functions.
Before being promoted to the roll of ITI/R practice leader, Thom was a member of the financial services practice. -
Regional Technical Marketing Manager
Wang Laboratories
(Public Company; WANG; Computer Software industry)
August 1987 — August 1990 (3 years 1 month)
Responsibe for roll out of Wang Integrated Imaging System and office automation products. Word process, spreadsheet, imaging/document management.
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Research and Development Manager
Tegra Systems
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1985 — August 1987 (2 years 5 months)
High resolution imaging and printing sytems company. Start-up company of mainly MIT grads. About 100 people, where I was responsible for managing product releases from testing to distribution. Also coordinated trade shows for platform deployment/demonstration.
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Product Manager
Wang Laboratories
(Public Company; WANG; Computer Software industry)
August 1983 — April 1985 (1 year 9 months)
PC product development from R&D through product manufacturing. Let R&D for PIC - Professional Imaging Computer, a powerful "professional computer" capable of digital scanning. Later responsible for Wang Integrated Imaging System. The precursor to today's imaging and work flow technology. Worked with FileNet, Teradata, and other technologies.
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Senior Systems Analyst
Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
(Insurance industry)
March 1981 — July 1983 (2 years 5 months)
Programming and system implementation work for office automation systems. Provident was a BETA test environment for IBM and Wang technology. We completed BETA testing for imaging technology, IBM XT based PCs in a Token Ring enviornment, and BROADBAND networking using WANGNET...advanced networking for the early 1980's.
Thom Tillis’s Education
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University of Maryland College Park
BS - Technology Management , Technology & Project Management , 1996
Completed my degree at University of Maryland. Attended several colleges in the course of my studies and my career progression in the high tech industry. Other colleges included:
Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
Chattanooga State Technical Institute (Chattanooga, TN)
Nashville State Technical Institute (Nashville, TN)- Activities and Societies:
- Associaion for Information and Image Management
Association of Records Managers and Administrators
National Micrographics Association
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Thom Tillis’s Interests:
Management, information technology, business intelligence, process optimization. Politics and public service. Debate and negotiation. Mountain biking, hiking, anything that gets the adrenaline up.
Thom Tillis’s Groups:
National Conference of State Legislatures,
American Legislative Exchange Council,
Southern Legislative Conference
Thom Tillis’s Honors:
Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Award 2007
Thom Tillis’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- new ventures
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