Dirk Thomas
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Mr. Dirk Thomas is an Advisor at DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. He is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Summit View Partners and has received national recognition from the governments of China and Singapore for his contributions to each country’s economic and societal development.
In so doing, he drew upon his many years of experience in business and market development in Asia and the Pacific.
Prior to founding Summit View, he was the President of Greater China Operations for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, where he boosted annual revenues by more than 50% per year, and more than doubled the company’s employee numbers to create a workforce over 11,000 strong.
His responsibilities included customer service, application development and overseeing manufacturing operations located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Taipei.
He led the creation and development of Hitachi’s first disk drive manufacturing company in China.
He also developed and implemented the company’s “mega manufacturing” concept, which established leading capabilities in recording technology, supply chain management, and fulfillment services.
In addition, Mr. Thomas served as the company’s lead representative to the Chinese government and acted as the regional Chief Financial Officer.
Over the years, he has held a litany of executive and general management positions with Hitachi and IBM, where he played a critical role in merging the global disk drive businesses of the two companies from the earliest stages to transaction completion.
Throughout his prolific career, he has successfully led teams in technology, sales, finance, manufacturing operations, product and technology development, corporate development, and strategy.
Mr. Thomas holds M.S.
in Manufacturing Systems Management from Stanford University and a B.A.
in Business Administration from Santa Clara University, where he also earned a B.S.
in Mechanical Engineering.
Ehemalige bekannte Positionen von Dirk Thomas
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DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc.
DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2008, DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. is an independent investment research firm located in San Francisco, California. The firm's provides technology-enabled investment research for professional fund managers. DISCERN's research is developed using external experts, information analytics tools and proprietary data streams. They seek to identify trends and investment opportunities in emerging markets just over the long-term horizon. DISCERN partners with a variety of external experts, data service companies and financial technology providers and employs a variety of fundamental and quantitative sources of proprietary global information. The firm's partners include: AlphaTheory, Altos Research, Monvia and Summit View Partners. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01.01.2013 |
IBM | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
HGST, Inc.
HGST, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), develops innovative, advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, external storage solutions and services used to store, preserve and manage the world’s most valued data. HGST addresses customers’ rapidly changing storage needs by delivering intelligent storage devices that tightly integrate hardware and software to maximize solution performance. Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, HGST provides high-value storage for a broad range of market segments, including Enterprise, Cloud, Data Center, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Personal Storage. HGST was established in 2003 and maintains its U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California. | Präsident | - |
Ausbildung von Dirk Thomas
Stanford University | Graduate Degree |
Santa Clara University | Undergraduate Degree |
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DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc.
DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2008, DISCERN Investment Analytics, Inc. is an independent investment research firm located in San Francisco, California. The firm's provides technology-enabled investment research for professional fund managers. DISCERN's research is developed using external experts, information analytics tools and proprietary data streams. They seek to identify trends and investment opportunities in emerging markets just over the long-term horizon. DISCERN partners with a variety of external experts, data service companies and financial technology providers and employs a variety of fundamental and quantitative sources of proprietary global information. The firm's partners include: AlphaTheory, Altos Research, Monvia and Summit View Partners. | Finance |
HGST, Inc.
HGST, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), develops innovative, advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, external storage solutions and services used to store, preserve and manage the world’s most valued data. HGST addresses customers’ rapidly changing storage needs by delivering intelligent storage devices that tightly integrate hardware and software to maximize solution performance. Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, HGST provides high-value storage for a broad range of market segments, including Enterprise, Cloud, Data Center, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Personal Storage. HGST was established in 2003 and maintains its U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California. | Electronic Technology |