Thomas Valkos

About

Technology/IT leader with experience spanning healthcare software (Medicaid/Medicare) and large-scale media production IT. At O'Neil Digital Solutions, drove a configuration-first standardized platform that cut client onboarding from months to weeks and helped position the org to double its client base. At 20th Century Fox Television, led a major security and cloud-network standardization initiative post-Sony hack, enabling secure worldwide production at scale (~50 productions/year).

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Built and executed multi-year technology roadmap for healthcare platform; shifted to standard codebase and configuration-first approach
• Reduced new-client go-to-market from months to a few weeks by changing delivery model and proving it with first client
• Scaled an engineering org from an overly flat structure (50+ direct reports) by promoting internally and hiring external leaders
• Enabled organization to support doubling client base in under 5 years through structure/process changes
• Led post-Sony-hack security hardening and redesign at 20th Century Fox TV; partnered with corporate teams and external experts
• Standardized production networking globally via cloud/network-in-the-cloud and software-defined approaches; supported ~50 productions/year plus ~30 pilots
• Implemented rigorous leader selection using challenge assignments to test performance under ambiguity and time constraints
• Strong cross-functional alignment and communication practices for distributed teams (checkpoints, standups, frequent touchpoints)