AI is (un)teaching humans surprising things about innovation itself
ABOUT
Thomas specializes in analyzing innovation (both in the market and within companies) from a quantitative point of view
Ducera Partners
Chief Technologist
Ducera Partners is a financial services firm that leverages AI to disrupt traditional investment banking, with specialities including venture capital, M&A, corporate restructuring, liability management and complex transactions. Since its founding in 2015 the firm has exceeded $750 billion in deal volume
WR Hambrecht + Co
Chief Technology Officer
For more than 50 years WR Hambrecht + Co and its predecessor, Hambrecht & Quist, have provided early growth capital to more than 500 companies including Apple, Amazon and Google
Growth Science Ventures
Managing Partner
Growth Science Ventures is a venture capital firm that builds bespoke, specialized funds for unique investors with complex strategic needs
Thomas has helped guide billions of dollars in growth and innovation efforts worldwide and has served on Boards of Directors for multiple publicly traded, private and nonprofit organizations
Formerly, he used data science to guide innovation efforts at Intel and led research at Harvard with Professor Clayton Christensen to develop predictive models for disruptive innovation. He also helped found a business in the high performance computing industry that was acquired. Thomas holds a BA, MBA, Juris Doctor and was a Fellow at the Harvard Business School
Having lived in Honduras, Bolivia, India, Nepal, Indonesia, Australia, Panama and New Zealand, Thomas believes innovation decision making is a critical but misunderstood key to improving social wellbeing worldwide
SPEAKING
Thomas enjoys sharing and learning with top global innovators