TCF’s mission is to help IT fulfill its potential as a premier value creation engine in every business. On the IT side, we provide strategies, tools, and practices that help IT leadership build core operating and organizational capabilities that lock in its ability to execute at a high level. For Technology Product and Services providers, we offer expert guidance in ideation, product management, delivery, and continuous improvement which make their offerings the go-to choice for Enterprise customers.
TCF is led by Tom Fountain whose career spans Global CIO, CTO, Product Management, and Operating Partner roles in leading multi-nationals, Private Equity, and start-ups. He is passionate about the practice of IT and sees the fulfillment of IT’s promise as a premier value creation engine for business as his driving force. Having worked in leading companies across a range of industry sectors and with hundreds of Technology and Service Providers over a 30+ year career, he brings a 360 degree perspective and deep expertise in multiple disciplines to IT organizations and Tech/Service Providers alike.
TCF offers several engagement models to best meet Customer needs: Retainer format offers the best flexibility across multiple, ongoing needs; Project-specific provides structure for a focused, problem-solving opportunity; and Hourly as a simple, bounded, and easily controlled option for a wide range of targeted offerings.
With a diverse background including assignments on both the Buy/Use and Sell side of the Technology spectrum, valuable experience and insights are readily deployable to assist organizations with strategy, planning, and execution.
10+ years in Divisional, Group, and Global CIO roles for large multi-nationals in multiple industries…industry leaders including GE, Honeywell, and Bunge Ltd
Led significant organizational development efforts to re-tool IT for value creation, drove IT cost structure reductions totaling $ 10’s M, instituted robust Portfolio Management practices to maximize capital investment returns and created $ 100+M in recognized business value, and developed leading tools and practices to assess and develop IT organizations.
6+ years as a Private Equity Operating Partner for IT & Digital Transformation working across 15 PortCos in 5 sectors leading Carve-Outs, Digital Transformation, and Value Creation
Led the diligence, planning, and execution of multiple, accelerated IT carve-out/stand-ups across multiple acquisitions in 5 industry sectors. Highlights include greenfield ERP deployments in 6 – 15 months, application rationalization for portfolios of over 100 applications; restructuring IT operations for 10 – 30% cost reductions, and competitively engaging leading IT Service Providers aligned to a balanced in/outsourced IT Operating Model.
9+ years as CTO / Head of Prod Mgmt / Chief Strategy Officer / Head of Marketing across High Tech (Dell), Software start-up, and tech-driven Healthcare Consulting. Co-Holder of 5 software patents in the distributed computing arena.
Led Product Management for a software startup and successfully secured 5 software patents to protect core IP, CTO and Chief Strategy Officer of a healthcare performance consulting company leading development and deployment of a cloud-based Analytics platform for Hospital Blood Lab operations; Led build-out of a Product Management team and instituted highly profitable pricing models for one of Dell’s Services businesses
Performed numerous consulting and advisory engagements for both established and start-up technology companies.
Worked with a software platform company to refine new market entry and positioning materials, refined go-to-market materials for a cloud migration platform provider, provided guidance on Product strategy and go-to-market model for a high-performance memory subsystem provider.
Assoc. for Corporate Growth
Operating Partners Value Creation Committee (2022-2023)
New York, NY
Violin Memory
Industrial Advisory Board (2012-2014)
Mountain View, CA
Oracle Corp.
Systems Strategy Council (2010 – 2011)
Redwood Shores, CA
Certified Black Belt for Leadership
Honeywell
Black Belt Train the Trainer
GE
Certified Green Belt
GE
Virtual Machine (VM) Realm Integration and Management
April 21, 2020, U.S. Patent No. 10,630,559
System and Method for Employing the Use of Neural Networks for the Purpose of Real-Time Business Intelligence and Automation Control
May 27, 2017, U.S. Patent No. 9,659,247
Legacy Application Migration to Real-Time, Parallel Performance Cloud
January 31, 2017, U.S. Patent No. 9,558,441
Method and Process for Enabling Distributing Cache Data Sources for Query Processing and Distributed Disk Caching of Large Data and Analysis Requests
January 10, 2017, U.S. Patent No. 9,542,408
Distributed Analytics Method for Creating, Modifying, and Deploying Software Pneurons to Acquire, Review, Analyze Targeted Data
April 28, 2015, U.S. Patent No. 9,020,868 B2
“AI in Private Equity”
Panel Member, Private Equity Wire webinar
March 2025
“An Operating Partners Requirements from an Advisory Organization”
Panel Member, SAP Mid-Market Strategic Initiatives Conference
October 2022
“Maximizing the Value of M&A through Technology”
Panel Member, ACG & SAP Sponsored Panel
May 2021
How is Private Equity Using Technology for Competitive Advantage and to Enhance PortCo Value?
Operating Partner Panel, ACG Annual Technology M&A Conference
December 2020
“Value Creation in Mid-Market M&A: An IT Perspective”
SAP M&A Ambassadors / Assoc Corporate Growth, Conference Supplement, 2022
“Following a Vision for Technology”
Goals for Successful Technology Executives, Aspatore Books, 2007
“Web Service Oriented Architecture: ‘Smart Operations’ and IT Strategy”
International Conference on Web Services, ICWS ’03, June 23 – 26, 2003, Las Vegas, NV
