Thomas Cahill
Executive Advisor
Upstream
United States, Canada, Europe
1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?
Chief Information Officer
2. What are your areas of expertise?
Upstream: I.T./Digital
Upstream Ares: Offshore, Onshore
3. Current employer:
Insight Consulting
4. Previous employers:
Gartner, FMC Technologies
5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?
Career progression within FMC Corporation.
6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?
Startup and small companies often have the same problems as large companies but lack the resources solve them. I like to apply the lessons I have learned, repeat solutions that work, and create new innovations.
Okay, now for some fun things about Thomas…
7. What are three of your interests outside of work?
8. What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)? Don’t be shy! Give ‘em to us.
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Working as a bricklayer to put myself through college
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Leading FMC's IT function through disruption, growth, and consistent business contribution
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Influencing team members that have gone on to have marvelous careers
9. If I were a superhero, my superpower would be .
Bringing order to chaos
10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a when I grew up.
Professional baseball player
11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be .
Home builder
12. My favorite song is by .
"Heard it in a Love Song"
13. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd .
Smaller version of Habitat for Humanity
14. The best piece of advice I've ever been given is .
If you're going to do something, you might as well do it right the first time.
