Tom Blade

Experienced and effective technology executive

Greater Chicago Area

About

An entrepreneurial Information Technology executive manager who drives change and increases operational efficiencies through collaboration with both business and technical resources at all levels of the organization. Focus areas include technology vision, architecture, infrastructure, SDLC process and delivery, and vendor and people management.

Experience

  • Quality Assurance Leader - GESTC at Deloitte
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Senior Manager at Deloitte Tax LLP
    Dec 2015 - Jun 2024 · 8 yrs 7 mos

    Chief Product Owner and Quality Assurance Leader for the Strategic Tax Application Group

  • HCSC (3 yrs 5 mos)
    • Director of QA and Consumption
      Apr 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos

      I am responsible for consumption and quality of enterprise data solutions for HCSC

    • Director Data Operations
      Jun 2012 - Apr 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

      I am responsible for all ETL development and quality assurance done for our enterprise data repositories. I created a SDLC Maturity and Capability Model for HCSC for enterprise data work in these areas.

  • NMSC (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Vice President and Executive Director of Information Technology
      Nov 2010 - Jun 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Created and directed a successful implementation of the Online Scholarship Application for over 50,000 users annually. Included in this solution was unique functionality that allowed schools to upload student transcripts by mapping these to a common format Directed large scale projects to document business process and custom applications, and managed the efforts to move the hosting and support of these applications to a new set of vendors Modernized server, networking, email, phone, and desktop platforms Created an end-to-end data warehousing solution that put data in the hands of the users Implemented project management, requirements management, testing, and support methodologies and tools

    • Director - Information Technology
      Jun 2009 - Nov 2010 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Senior SOA Program Manager at Lincoln Financial Group
    Oct 2006 - Jun 2009 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    I was responsible for the SOA program for the employer markets division of Lincoln Financial Group