Ed Thomas Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Independent consultant helping companies address climate & sustainability concerns through innovative products, operations and practices. Focused on creating a competitive advantage through sustainability. Recent projects for a climate-change property tech company include:- Identification of key climate innovation impact opportunities- Refinement of business strategy & creation of pro-forma forecasts, financial plans, budget & growth plan- Creation & implementation of go-to-market sales strategy & sales team growth plans- Operational improvements, including introducing Agile development processes to ML, robotics & software teams

Atlanta, Us

Earn collectable NFTs, unlock digital rewards and upgrade your virtual world by helping fight real-world climate change with Hazel, the climate-impact mobile game! Hazel gamifies carbon removal so you can get rewarded for having a positive climate impact. Play Hazel & fight climate change!Responsible for startup strategy, product strategy, fundraising, product leadership, product marketing and all daily operations. Ran team from concept through early testing, product development, product launch & early growth. Hazel is one of the most successful climate-change products on the market, with thousands of users across dozens of countries world-wide.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Participating in Cohort 4 of the Climatebase Fellowship

New Britain, Ct, Us

Responsible for creating and implementing emerging technology innovation strategy for multiple Stanley Black & Decker business units and initiatives. Managed product teams in defining, positioning, scoping and creating products in innovation group that align with strategy. Led digital transformation and infusion of new emerging technology solutions into 175-year-old organization.Spearheaded innovation team's engagement with internal advanced manufacturing / Industry 4.0 initiative and construction technology efforts. Also led innovation teams in identifying opportunities to apply emerging technology to business unit needs and other aspects of Stanley Black & Decker's businesses. Emerging technology focus areas include artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), augmented & virtual reality (AR/VR) and robotics.Specific initiatives led include:- Virtual reality training experience on Oculus Quest currently being used to help train 17,000 Stanley Black & Decker production workers- Augmented reality proof of concept to enable technicians to collaborate remotely on machine repairs- Industrial IoT product for quickly gathering data from legacy factory machines and reporting data back to central cloud-based management system- AI algorithm for automatic detection of welding defects in the field during oil & gas pipeline construction- Creation of emerging technology strategy for $250M+ industrial business unit

Atlanta, Us

Day-to-day leadership responsibilities for the Android mobile product platform, including core CNN mobile app and CNN for Samsung. Oversaw year-long, complete rebuild of CNN Android mobile app. Responsible for establishing product vision, setting strategy, developing roadmap, then leading execution of product enhancements. Product lead for initial CNNVR virtual reality product.

Atlanta, Us

Day-to-day responsibility for all decisions impacting the mobile app on Android platform as well as product direction for entire mobile ecosystem. Mobile product successes include growing user engagement and user growth by double-digit annual rates and setting multiple monthly revenue all-time highs for Android platform. Manage creation and evolution of emerging products in Google, Samsung and other Android ecosystems, such as Android Wear & Samsung Gear watches, Gear VR & interactive TV. Responsible for creating, maintaining and executing product roadmaps. Work with and oversee design, engineering and operations to provide stellar user experience. Product lead for virtual reality effort on multiple mobile platforms. Also aid in creation of CNN's mobile product strategy. Serve as primary point-person for Samsung, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and multiple other strategic business relationships.CNN's news app is the #1 mobile news app, with more than 30m uniques in a typical month. CNN is on all major mobile platforms globally as well as such emerging platforms as wearable technology, connected home/internet of things, auto, augmented reality, virtual reality and others.

Inaugural product named Best New Finance Apps - Jan 2014 by Apple.Launched in Nov 2013, FoundMoney enables users to track their savings and discover new ways to save. We're experiencing tremendous growth and rave reviews from early adopters--take a look at FoundMoney today.FoundMoney is the inaugural product of 12Cube, a new financial technology company founded to help real consumers deal with their finances in innovative, powerful ways. If you think finance products are all boring budgets and spending trackers, think again!

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

General manager for college-savings focused crowd funding product. Responsible for all product development work, product marketing, business development and P&L.Responsible for all joint ventures, partnerships and relationships for our firm, with a focus on increasing site traffic, enhancing the user experience and developing new revenue opportunities.Also handle all product management efforts for the consumer side portion of our business. Responsibilities include the identification of new market opportunities, the conception of new products, the establishment of desired feature set and technical requirements, the oversight of the development process, the launch of the new product and the on-going oversight of the new business line.

As founder and equity partner, led marketing and business development for this real estate investment firm focused on bringing institutional-quality investment experience to the resource land market. The firm has generated over $30M of revenue and has been able to generate opportunistic-level returns while protecting some of the most scenic and environmentally sensitive lands in the United States.

Founded and led this unique entrepreneurial start-up, an online retailer of period-style home plans. Responsible for overall strategic direction, creation of products, product marketing, and business development.

New market development -- Developed product marketing plan, created sales positioning strategies, and directed internal sales resources, resulting in a $40M of first year incremental revenues.

Boston, Ma, Us

(Multi-industry experience) Led and participated in client consulting engagements. Notable accomplishements included creation of a new $20M business unit for one client and identification of $25M of new revenue opportunities for another client.

Mba, General Management, Entrepreneurship, Technology Management

Ba, Economics, History