Jeffrey Thomas

VP, CTO
Sentara Healthcare

Jeffrey Thomas is an IT disruptor and executive with 20+ years’ experience leading globally IT organizations across healthcare, commercial, governmental, consulting and higher education. Specializing in digital and cloud transformation and consolidation, he has spoken about and led the multifaceted conversion and merging of disparate IT operations for multiple organizations while reducing operating costs and improving services while transitioning to a digital cloud platform.

Before joining the Sentara Healthcare, Mr. Thomas was the Chief Technology Officer of Smithfield Foods. He also worked for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a Division Information Officer, Assistant Director and the Chief Enterprise Architect. Mr. Thomas earned an Executive MBA from the Mason School of Business at William and Mary. While employed by Syracuse University, he earned a Master of Information Resource Management degree. His undergraduate degree is from Brigham Young University.