Recognition
Named to industry Top 100 leadership lists eight times
Individual recognition and company awards are listed separately, each attributed to the organization that issued it and, where relevant, to the programme behind it.
Personal recognition
Individual rankings and features
Linked to the publisher's own listing wherever one is published.
- 2025
Data Leaders 100, The Leading Influencers in North America , opens on CDO Magazine
CDO Magazine
Listed as EVP, Chief Data, AI and Analytics Officer, Truist.
- 2025
Top 100 Chief AI Officers
Industry ranking
Recognition of enterprise AI leadership during his Truist and Cyera tenures.
- 2025
AI Champions Index , opens on Fintech Strategy
Fintech Strategy
Annual index of AI leaders in financial services.
- 2025
Feature profile, leaders in AI and big data , opens on CIO Business World
CIO Business World
Editorial profile feature.
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
Data Activators 100
WANdisco and HotTopics
Inaugural edition of the Data Activators programme, recognising leaders turning data into business action.
Organization awards
Awards won by programs and teams he led
These are company awards, not personal ones. They are listed here because Thomas led or co-led the work recognized.
- 2025
Innovation of the Year, AI and Analytics category , opens on American Banker
American Banker
Truist named an honoree for Client Pulse, a generative AI client feedback and analytics platform Thomas co-led.
- 2025
Integration Excellence Award, Global Transformation Awards , opens on Qlik
Qlik
Awarded to Truist for the data platform migration to Snowflake delivered under his data and analytics remit.
- 2025
Top 100 Companies in AI Patents
Industry ranking
Recognition of the AI patent portfolio built during his tenure.
- 2024
Cyber Trust in Banking Scorecard, privacy category leader , opens on Javelin Strategy and Research
Javelin Strategy and Research
Truist led the heavily weighted privacy category, credited for offering significantly more data sharing opt-out options than peers, during his tenure as Chief Data, AI and Analytics Officer.
- 2022
Best-in-Class Innovation Award , opens on OutSystems
OutSystems
Awarded to Western Union for launching digital banking services in two countries in eleven months, during his tenure as Chief Digital, Data and Innovation Officer.
- 2021
Consumer Payments Innovation Award, FinTech Breakthrough Awards , opens on FinTech Breakthrough
FinTech Breakthrough
Awarded to Western Union for its white label digital partner platform.
- 2020
Best Fraud Prevention Platform, FinTech Breakthrough Awards , opens on FinTech Breakthrough
FinTech Breakthrough
Awarded to Western Union in the fraud prevention and transaction security category.
- 2020
Best Use of AI in Fintech, FinTech Breakthrough Awards
FinTech Breakthrough
Awarded to Western Union for applied AI in the payments business.
Speaking appearances
Selected stages
A sample of recent main-stage sessions, panels and executive webinars.
- Keynote
DataSecAI Summit
Cyera
Main-stage session on scaling the AI security paradigm from human to agent throughput.
- Keynote
FinCyber Today 2026
FS-ISAC
Main-stage session on data and AI industry trends for financial services security leaders.
- Keynote
CDO Magazine executive events
CDO Magazine
Repeat main-stage speaker on AI risk, legacy controls and enterprise data leadership.
- Keynote
Dreamforce 2023
Salesforce
Executive session on the Western Union data and digital transformation.
- Webinar
Charting the Course: From AI Discovery to Complete Protection , opens on Cyera
Cyera
Executive webinar on building an AI protection roadmap.
- Panel
Getting Past the Shiny Object Phase of Gen AI in Banking , opens on American Banker and Everest Group
American Banker and Everest Group
Panelist as Chief Data, AI and Analytics Officer, Truist.
- Interview
The Agentic Advantage Series , opens on Matillion
Matillion
Video series on moving from AI hype to accountable outcomes.
How this list is maintained
Award and ranking names follow the issuing organization's own wording, including the exact category and year, so the source page says what this page says. Recognition awarded to a company for work Thomas led is listed separately from recognition naming him as an individual, and each entry states his role in the work. Award and publication logos are not used, because usage rights and current brand standards have not been confirmed.
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