John Tobison

John Tobison became a member of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in June 2013.

Mr. Tobison has more than 30 years of experience in business and information technology management. As a software engineer, C-level executive, and management consultant, his passion has been to bring customer focus, curiosity, communication and people skills, and analytical thinking to lead effectively at the intersection of business and information technology. He has been a key member of the executive leadership teams that grew three successful technology companies from early stage to market leaders. He helped bring one company public and expanding another by using private equity funding for the successful acquisition and integration of a much larger company.

He is currently the Chief Information Officer at eXp World Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPI), where he leads software engineering, product management, information technology, product launch, project management, data services and the innovation lab for eXp Realty and eXp World Technologies.

Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of OutMatch, in Dallas, TX, a software-as-a-service company in the human resources/talent selection space. Mr. Tobison has been the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of two companies: CommerceHub in Albany, NY, which provides online e-commerce fulfillment software and services to the retail sector, and MapInfo Corporation in Troy, NY (now part of Pitney Bowes), which provides business geo-demographic software for location-based decision making. Prior to that, he consulted for 14 years in information technology management in North America, Asia, and Europe for Arthur Young & Company and Coopers & Lybrand.

Mr. Tobison earned his bachelor’s degree in biology and philosophy and a master’s in business administration from the University at Albany. He lives in Delmar with his wife, Judy, and they have an adult daughter who is an EMT for American Medical Rescue in California. He is an avid cyclist, photographer, and martial artist in Tae Kwon Do and Haidong Gumdo.