Thad Eby

Nov 24

Ombud, CEO

Career Highlights

Highlights

Worked as a developer on the PTC World Car Project, uniting Design, Chassis, and Powertrain across three continents using the first Web-Based PLM
Established the First Sales Engineering Practice in the emerging MDM Category, culminating in Trigo's strategic acquisition by IBM
Formed the Global Solutions Team at IBM Software, focusing on strategic industry initiatives and over $2B of acquisitions in 2003-2005
Revitalized Endeca's European business unit and launched of the EU Public Sector and SAP/HP Partnerships
Founding CEO of Ombud, launched the first SaaS Response Management platform, empowering over 200,000 Sales Professionals in F5000 Enterprises.
Founded Colorado Startup Brews, raising over $250,000 for charity and uniting more than 5,000 entrepreneurs
Steered a company to profitable double ARR during the pandemic without additional funding or capital

Failures

Failing to adopt a remote-first culture during the pandemic, resulting in unnecessary attrition
Prematurely building a global interchange standard for procurement
A delay in terminating a toxic employee, causing the loss of key individuals
Struggling to scale my role as CEO, hindering personal and organizational advancement

Current Focus

Integrating acquisitions to forge a robust Sales Content Collaboration Platform for Sales Services
Leveraging Generative AI for scalable Sales Content creation
Building a family and being a good person

Cycling (Gravel, MTB, Road), Food, Craft Brewing (Certified Beer Judge), Economics, DIY Real Estate Projects, Physical Computing

Bootstrapping, launching and scaling a profitable business from concept to reality
Customer-centric Product Development strategies
Utilizing Generative AI for Enterprise Sales Content
Navigating challenges with investors, co-founders, or making tough personnel decisions