Francisco Thomas

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    IBM Global Real Estate Manager for Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru & Uruguay

  • Education

    • Fundación BankBoston

      1997 - 2000
      Tecnico superior en Comercio Exterior
    • Pilgrims College

      1991 - 1994
    • Universidad de la Marina Mercante

      2001 - 2002
      Bachelor’s Degree Comercio Internacional Licenciado en Comercio Internacional
  • Experience

    • IBM

      Feb 1999 - now

      - Continue leading de Innovation Team with outstanding results with our customers and also started preparing the team to be a seedbed of talent for the company.- Led the creation of a Client Center in our site. The ambitious project included a strong business case, the WW approval, supervision of the physical work, launch and execution of the daily operations. The Client Center helped to positively influence the relationship with our clients, our business partners and the entire ecosystem.- Recognized at an Americas level to be one of the three Managers in to be an Ally in our Diversityprograms.- Led the Return To Workplace program for IBM Argentina with the start of the pandemic in 2020. Show less I managed a global disperse team of 26 resources located in Americas, Europe and Asia.Tasks performed:- Controls reengineering and perform process simplifications.- Developed excellent relationship with both our internal and external IT auditor teams improving andmaking more efficient the audit processes.Francisco Thomas - page 1- Provided oversight regulatory and corporate requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley were met.- Improvement on all compliance metrics including Corporate Directive Deviations. All 100% of ourmetrics were in Red when started and finished in Green.- Satisfactory implementation of Agile and Design Thinking methodology across the global team. Show less

      • IBM Global Real Estate Manager for Argentina, Chile & Uruguay

        Jun 2022 - now
      • IBM Innovation Team & Client Center Leader

        Nov 2018 - now
      • Growth & Innovation Manager

        Nov 2017 - Oct 2018
      • Manager, CIO Controls and Compliance Center of Excellence

        Feb 2012 - Oct 2017
      • Manager, Controls and Compliance Center of Excellence

        Aug 2010 - Jan 2012
      • Controls and Compliance Team Lead

        May 2008 - Jul 2010
      • IT Project Manager

        May 2002 - Apr 2008
      • Foreign Trade Analyst

        Feb 1999 - Apr 2002
    • IBM Argentina

      Nov 2018 - Jun 2022
      IBM Innovation Team & Client Center Leader
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Watson and Cloud Fundations

      IBM
      Dec 2019
    • IBM Blockchain Essentials

      IBM
      Aug 2018
    • IBM Quantum Conversations

      IBM
      Jan 2020
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    • Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner

      IBM
      Aug 2016
    • Cognitive Practitioner

      IBM
      Sept 2018
    • IBM Associate Project Manager

      IBM
      Aug 2016
    • People Skills - Communication, Presentation, Collaboration and Problem Solving

      IBM
      May 2019
    • IBM Garage Methodology Explorer

      IBM
      Feb 2021
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