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Thomas Plunkett
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Director of Technology and Innovation
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Thomas Plunkett

As Director of Technology and Innovation, Thomas Plunkett leads the integration of generative and agentic AI with enterprise applications, cybersecurity tools, and cloud platforms. He advises customers, partners, and internal stakeholders on technology-driven improvements.

Thomas is an AI engineer, author, and patent attorney with extensive experience with the U.S. federal government, Oracle, and IBM. He spent more than 15 years at Oracle, where he served as Senior Principal Engineer, Consulting Solutions Director, and Principal Architect. He is known for building practical AI solutions and explaining them clearly to technical, legal, and executive audiences.

Thomas has presented at over fifty conferences, including presenting on agentic AI and cybersecurity at the 2026 National Cyber Summit. He won first place at the 2026 NVIDIA GTC Hack to Create hackathon in San Jose. Thomas holds eight NVIDIA technical certifications, including professional certifications in Agentic AI, Generative AI, and Accelerated Data Science. He has passed numerous technical certifications from Oracle, IBM, and other vendors.

Thomas is a published author and has taught graduate computer science courses for Virginia Tech and Harrisburg University. He has a B.A. and J.D. from George Mason University, an M.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, and an M.S. in Blockchain and Digital Currencies from the University of Nicosia, plus Stanford University graduate certificates in Cybersecurity and Management Science. He has completed graduate courses in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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