Simon Thomas

Simon Thomas is the Executive of Data and Applied Intelligence at Avanade. Prior to joining Avanade, Simon was with IBM from January 2017 to September 2018. At IBM, Simon was the Partner & Vice President - Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive, Analytics and IOT Leader for Asia Pacific. In this role, Simon was responsible for defining the mission and consulting strategy, developing solutions, designing and executing sales campaigns, engaging clients to solution and sell, and finally, development and delivery of the solution.

During their time at IBM, Simon created IBM's Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive consulting practice for Asia Pacific. Simon has hands-on experience developing the business case, creating the proposal, conducting sales and solutions, and developing Enterprise Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Solutions for clients across Asia Pacific. The solution includes IBM Watson, Open Source AI and Machine Learning APIs, Advanced Analytics, and custom application development.

Simon has led and delivered IBM's first Artificial Intelligence solution for a large retail conglomerate in Korea. In addition, they launched multiple Campaigns across Asia Pacific including:

- Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Customer Care

- Cognitive Contact Center Transformation

- Cognitive Claims

- Data Insight Platforms

- Watson IOT and Supply Chain

To support Sales, Solutioning, Development and Run for Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive solutions, Simon has acquired, trained and developed consulting and system implementation skills.

Simon Thomas reports to Pamela Maynard, Chief Executive Officer. They work with Anna Di Silverio - President, Europe, Florin Rotar - Chief Technology Officer, and Sonia Webb - Chief Financial Officer.