Rob Thomas II - T2 Ridge Founder & Lead Consultant

Rob has served for the last five years as the Strategic Account Executive for the Health Group at Leidos Inc. in Reston, VA. where he previously served as the Acting Deputy Health Group President.

Prior to coming to Leidos he served as the Assistant Secretary and Chief Information Officer for the Office of Information and Technology (OI&T) at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Simultaneously served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy CIO at the VA. Oversaw the day-to-day activities of VA’s $4.5 billion IT budget and more than 20,000 government and contract personnel to ensure that VA has the IT tools and services needed to support our Nation’s Veterans. Mr. Thomas previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for OI&T’s Enterprise Program Management Office, directing all aspects of the portfolio, program, and project management process and providing strategic leadership over all software development, testing, delivery, and sustainment.

Before coming to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Mr. Thomas served as Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Washington, D.C. He had oversight responsibilities for all FEMA information systems including governance, planning, budgeting, engineering, development, security and operations. Prior to this, Mr. Thomas was Vice President of Enterprise

Transformation for Accenture LLC. Other roles include Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration and

Deputy CIO, Department of the Air Force, and Executive Director, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Additionally, he served as an adjunct professor at Cal State teaching systems engineering. He is both Federal (CEU) and DoD certified enterprise architect.

Mr. Thomas’ notable awards include the VA Secretary’s Award (2016); the Hall of Fame,

Enterprise Architecture, FEAC and John Zachman (2013); Lifetime Achievement Award, Enterprise Architecture, FEAC and Digital Government Institute (2010); Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service (2006); Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award (2005); and Federal 100 (2000) and a number of military awards and decorations while in uniform.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY:

2017- 2023: Vice President & Strategic Account Executive at Leidos Inc. Reston, Virginia

2016 – 2017: A/Assistant Secretary of Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

2015 – 2016: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington DC

2012 – 2015: CIO & Deputy Chief Information Officer, FEMA, Washington, DC

2008 – 2012: Vice President, Enterprise Transformation, Accenture LLC, Arlington, VA

2008 – 2008: Chief Architect, Next Generation Air Travel for United States, JPDO Office, Washington, DC

2006 – 2008: Executive Director, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, TX

2002 – 2006: Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer and Deputy Chief, Warfighting Integration,

Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC

EDUCATION:

2016: Executive Leadership at UNC Kenan-Flager Business School, Chapel Hill, NC

2007: Executive Seminar in National and International Security, Harvard University

2005: Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, CO

2004: National Security Decision Making Seminar, Johns Hopkins and Syracuse Universities

2002: Leadership for a Democratic Society, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, VA

2000: Program for Senior Executive Fellows, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

1996: Master of Science degree in information systems management, Colorado Tech University

1992: Bachelor of Science degree in information systems, Wayland Baptist University, TX