
Dave Thomas
Experienced, commercial business leader with a proven track record of professional success. • 19 years international Board... | 29 John Dalton Street, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Dave Thomas’s Location 29 John Dalton Street, Manchester, United Kingdom
Dave Thomas’s Expertise Experienced, commercial business leader with a proven track record of professional success. • 19 years international Board level business experience, building market leaders in the B2B and B2C software, SaaS and services sector, all backed by both UK and overseas Private Equity investors and/or high net worth individuals • Extensive M&A and restructuring experience, both in the UK and overseas, to facilitate growth and the maximisation of shareholder value • Commercially focused, action orientated and passionate about growing the top line and enhancing customer satisfaction • A confident, rationale decision maker with great personal presence and a strong leadership style with the ability to inspire and influence people at all levels in the business to maximize results and engagement Professional Accomplishments • Driven 35% CAGR revenue growth at Mapway, whilst at the same time transforming it, through several pivot points, into a profitable and cash generative business. This required a cultural shift in the business which now has an exceptional team focused on growth and customers/users • Led complex M&A activities, including preparing businesses for sale; the assessment of potential acquirers and target acquisitions; management of due diligence processes; negotiating legal and commercial terms of a transaction; and led a post-close integration exercise • Devised and implemented a corporate restructuring process at MDS/Lavastorm, to drive focus into what are now two separate groups, enhancing business performance and shareholder value • Within MDS, drove increased go-to-market focus to ensure the business landed its first true new business opportunities for three years, adding 20m plus of new business bookings (Professional Services and Managed Services) in an 18-month period without damaging the delivery of significant existing customer services or underlying profitability • At Lavastorm helped devise and drive a strategy to move the business into new verticals and add more velocity, achieving 32 “new logo” sales in 2012 compared to the 51 added during the previous 10 years • Drove a doubling of revenues within a two year period pre-sale at ALG through improved commercial focus, whilst at the same time maintaining effective cost controls so that the business returned to profitability and generated substantial positive cash flows.
Dave Thomas’s Current Industry Mapway
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Thomas’s Prior Industry
Booth Ainsworth
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Kpmg
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Alg Software
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Bluesky Travel Systems
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Martin Dawes Systems
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Lavastorm Analytics
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Mapway
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Work Experience

Mapway
CEO
Sun Feb 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Martin Dawes Systems
CFO
Tue Sep 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Wed Oct 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Lavastorm Analytics
CFO
Tue Sep 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Jul 01 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bluesky Travel Systems
CFO
Sat Mar 01 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Tue Sep 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Alg Software
Group CFO
Sat Mar 01 2003 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Dec 01 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Kpmg
Manager
Tue Feb 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Mar 01 2003 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Booth Ainsworth
Accountant
Sun Sep 01 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Tue Feb 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)