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Mark Thomas
Director-level software architect specializing in cloud, distributed systems, and healthcare IT
Spacelabs HealthcareJacksonville State UniversityMcCalla, AL20 Years ExperienceDirector Level
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Startup veteran with experience at seven companies since 2004 and direct exposure to Birmingham's Innovation Depot accelerator through three different startups. Has worked closely with investment teams on MVPs and pitch decks and brings a pragmatic lens to evaluating ventures through need, margins, burn rate, cash position, and sales growth strategy.
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Key Strengths
- broad startup experience across seven companies since 2004
- deep familiarity with accelerator environments
- hands-on experience supporting investor readiness
- practical business model evaluation
- strong entrepreneurial drive and risk tolerance
Reference Highlights
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- extensive experience across development and architecture
- comprehensive ownership across the product lifecycle
- strong end-to-end ownership
- effective in ambiguous zero-to-one environments
- able to build and ship an MVP from scratch
- strong cross-functional communicator
- proactive with customer feedback
- translates customer needs into product changes
- works closely with founders and leadership
- navigates technical and business needs well
- considers healthcare and regulatory requirements
- rallies teams around a clear vision
- successful sole engineer in early-stage build
- drove project from conception to functional MVP
- helped secure further investment for the startup
- lead architect
- primary developer
- develops new products with minimal guidance
- strong zero-to-one builder
- essential to MVP development
- iterative approach starting with MVP
- simplifies enterprise development through technology choices
- direct engagement with 911 operators
- understands customer workflows and operations
- delivers cost-effective solutions
- contributed significantly to company acquisition
- core software developer
- mature
- requires little guidance
- very productive
- trusted to make good technical decisions
- understands software goals well
- able to achieve implementation goals
- adaptable
- willing to do whatever was asked
- delivers quickly under time pressure
- stronger HTML/CSS expertise than peers
- senior technical leadership
- end-to-end technical ownership
- strong architectural guidance
- high involvement in large projects
- built the original product
- created a product successfully sold to another company
- developed software actively sold and deployed into hospitals
- handles ambiguity well
- bridges product and engineering effectively
- clarifies conflicting requirements
- translates business asks into actionable steps
- strong presence in team standups
- partners closely with business leadership
- adapts products to meet larger customer needs
- deep understanding of product intent
- exceptional end-to-end ownership
- strong architectural ownership
- deep hands-on execution
- technical leadership
- active mentorship
- ability to operate in ambiguity
- translates ambiguous requirements into technical direction
- builds production-ready systems
- designed and built the majority of SafeNSound
- established scalable technical framework
- unblocks team members effectively
- ensures consistency across development and deployment
- flexible and adaptable
- iterates effectively with product and business stakeholders
- changes direction quickly without causing rework or instability
- operates beyond typical individual contributor expectations
- exceptional in zero-to-one environments
- true end-to-end ownership
- strong architectural thinking
- bias toward execution
- trusted with long-term impact decisions
- handles loosely defined problems well
- turns ambiguity into production-ready solutions
- deep cross-domain technical problem solving
- delivers reliable mission-critical systems
- bridges technical and business needs effectively
- actively seeks feedback
- asks the right questions
- uses real-world signals to guide decisions
- recognizes gaps in assumptions
- drives pragmatic pivots quickly
- balances iteration with system stability
- not overly attached to initial designs
- focuses on what works for users
- collaborates effectively with stakeholders
- contributed to product success leading to acquisition
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Experience
Director of Special Projects, Cloud Services & InformaticsSpacelabs Healthcare · Jan 2024 – Present
Director of Engineering, Cloud Services & InformaticsSpacelabs Healthcare · Feb 2012 – Jan 2024
Senior Software ArchitectHelpLightning · Apr 2017 – Mar 2018
Chief Software ArchitectEmergency CallWorks / Motorola Solutions · Sep 2010 – Apr 2017
Senior Software EngineerMcKesson / Awarix · Nov 2005 – Sep 2010
Education
Jacksonville State Universitybachelor, Computer Science
Awards
Skills
Languages
English
Certifications
Sun Certified Java ProgrammerSun Certified Web Component DeveloperVaadin Certified Developer
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