Tom Sikora

TOM SIKORA --/ linkedin.com/in/tom-sikora SUMMARY AND PROFILE Consumer AI, Data Science And Analytics Executive Dynamic technology executive and change catalyst with a demonstrated history of elevating organizations through strategic innovation, particularly in the realm of data analytics. Recognized for driving operational efficiency, revenue growth, and long-term sustainable success. Expert in leveraging emerging technologies for strategic advantage. Proven track record of leading transformative initiatives in banking tech and operations, consumer research, user experience measurement, and advanced analytics. Innovator with a pending patent for a groundbreaking data measurement technique for user experience Seeking executive opportunities to apply transformative leadership in the tech industry. Core Proficiencies Executive OperationsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data Engineering Cloud InfrastructureProcess Automation Software Engineering StartUpData AnalysisSQL Data SciencePythonAWS GCP AZURE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Cypher Investment Sytems Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer 2024 - Present Developed and implemented a comprehensive five-year strategic plan for an early-stage startup specializing in algorithmic trading Created Go To Market Plan for product launch Built a 2-year roadmap for frontend and backend technology platform Integrated a Long Shert-Term Memory AI Neural Network Machine Learning Trading Engine into open API trading systems. WORKDAY, San Francisco Bay Area & Pleasanton, CA Senior Director, Head of Data Science and Analytics - Applied for patent for groundbreaking fingerprinting technique for no-code data mining tool. Revamped operations and reduced resource costs by architecting measurement strategy for benchmarks. Empowered product managers with direct access to user experience data to bridge critical gaps in situations where no previous measurement system existed. Revolutionized product roadmaps and feature development strategies through the seamless integration of data analytics insights and discoveries. Reevaluated and optimized investments by implementing measurement strategies. Streamlined testing timeline and reduced from 6 months to 4 weeks while enabling rapid quantitative analysis on design patterns by engineering a new A/B testing platform and harnessing design prototypes to generate functional simulations. Elevated product user experience, analyzing and interpreting diverse quantitative data sources by identifying prevalent patterns and trends to drive informed decision-making. Enabled leverage of large-N samples of approximately 60M users by designing and implementing sentiment survey platform within 12 months. Reduced turn time of data processing from one week to one day to generate analytics by modernizing analytics data platform to perform at scale for ingesting data for approximately 60M users. Enhanced understanding of user behavior and preferences by analyzing extensive datasets to identify noteworthy trends, patterns, and insights. Director, Mobile Engineering & Product - Unified vision to merge three distinct global teams by building common culture; appointed “culture carrier” after head of mobile was terminated. Increased mobile monthly active users 10% through customer adoption campaigns. Enabled development of native mobile user experiences by leading 100+ mobile engineers in migrating backend stack to contemporary development tools. Reduced time to ship 50% by establishing development operations team and overhauling mobile build pipeline. Enabled desktop and mobile app user data comparisons after identifying problem space of measurement for product and performance; implemented measurement strategy and metrics logging framework. Integrated cutting-edge features such as geofencing for mobile check-in by collaborating with cross-functional teams to define mobile technology roadmap. Championed mobile-first experiences within enterprise software by spearheading the development of groundbreaking product strategy. Director of Accessibility- Won deals in the United States and EMEA by creating competitive advantage through best-in-class digital accessibility. Enabled competitive bidding for U.S. government contracts after remediating accessibility bugs in 10-year-old legacy code base to meet compliance with WCAG 2.0 AA. Prevented shipping code with accessibility defects by collaborating with cross-functional teams to incorporate accessibility best practices into product development lifecycle. Reduced barriers for individuals with disabilities by conducting regular accessibility VPAT audits, identifying areas of improvement, and remediating. Elevated user experience beyond compliance by leveraging data from user testing. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., Columbus, OH Executive Director, Regulatory Operations- Led three-year $25M initiative to enable digital accessibility for web and mobile applications and digital documents as part of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance in response to regulatory enforcement action for Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA). Improved processes and measurement in design and application development lifecycle to sustain ADA in development practices. Satisfied federal consent order by implementing business and technology controls and operational efficiencies across all consumer businesses for SCRA. Company consolidated three operational sites and reduced labor costs more than 80% by implementing new back-office processes. Executive Director, Mortgage Technology and Operations- Overhauled mortgage servicing and default business unit during mortgage crisis by delivering technology and operations roadmap. Improved visibility into Mortgage Banking performance by automating weekly dashboard with 20-month views of strategic projects segmented by operational executives. Rescued time-sensitive key company-wide project with retiring legacy mortgage application after three former failed attempts to deliver other leadership. Related Experience Compuware, Columbus, OH Senior Program Manager Roxane Laboratories Inc. Columbus, OH, Director Pharmaceutical Sales Technology Platforms Electronic Data Systems, Dayton, OH Systems Engineer, EDUCATION AND OTHERS International Business and Marketing, Ohio University Bachelor of Arts (BA)