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#Tomasz Tomko

B.Math., M.Sc.

Product and systems leader with 15+ years building large-scale software platforms across Microsoft, Meta, Expedia Group, Air Canada, and Loblaw Digital.

Currently building AI-native systems at Tomko & Company focused on local-first AI, agent runtimes, deterministic execution, and AI-assisted software development.

##Summary

-Technical product and systems leader with experience spanning AI, distributed systems, loyalty, travel, advertising, retail media, and enterprise platforms.
-Experienced in leading cross-functional teams through large-scale architecture, execution, and organizational transformation initiatives.
-Strong focus on system design, execution clarity, scalable software delivery, and AI-native product development.

##Experience

###Founder — Tomko & Company

Montréal · Sep 2024 – Present

-Building Tomko & Company, a venture studio that partners with domain experts to build AI-native software. Current products include HavenOS, Civil, Penny, Mila, Alfred, and Haven.
-Building AI-assisted execution systems that accelerate software strategy, planning, orchestration, and product development.
-Advising independently on AI product strategy, execution systems, and platform architecture.

###Director, Product Management — Loblaw Digital

Montréal · Mar 2022 – Sep 2023

-Developed the strategy, execution plan, and delivery accountability for Loblaw's entrance into the retail media space, allowing the largest grocer in Canada to compete with the likes of Amazon, Walmart, and Instacart.
-Hired the product team, defined software development best practices across business, product, design, engineering, and data science teams; influenced the rest of the organization to do the same.
-Took the initial version of the retail media platform and scaled it to a fully self-serve ecosystem that generated tens of millions of dollars in advertising revenue within the first year of release.

###Manager, Product Management — Air Canada

Montréal · Nov 2019 – Feb 2022

-Oversaw the cross-functional team that stood up Aeroplan's brand-new Hotel and Car reservation system and integrated it with the company's authentication, fraud, data, invoicing, call-centre, and loyalty systems.
-Built a cross-organizational integration pipeline that successfully on-boarded Aeroplan's largest everyday partners to date: LCBO, Starbucks, Chase, and Uber.
-Bridged a process and relationship gap between Business, Product, IT, QA, and Marketing teams that fundamentally changed the way Air Canada delivers digital projects.

###Senior Technical Program Manager — Meta

Menlo Park · Jun 2017 – Sep 2018

-Led a geographically distributed team of software engineers in the re-architecture of the Facebook Ads reporting technology stack; the foundation of Facebook's entire 50+ billion dollar-a-year business.
-Oversaw the software development strategy of a team of 30+ software engineers, implemented agile practices, streamlined execution, and drove the team mission and vision to align with corporate strategy.

###Senior Technical Product Manager — Expedia Group

Montréal · Sep 2014 – Apr 2017

-Led the re-architecture and implementation of the company's search landing page implementation from an on-premises solution to a cloud-based, scalable, performant, and on-demand deployable product.
-Defined the software development process from scratch using agile practices and helped to implement a continuous integration and continuous software delivery pipeline.

###Program Manager — Microsoft

Redmond · Sep 2005 – Apr 2010

-Led multiple teams of software engineers and testers in the design, implementation, testing, and release of features in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010.
-Designed and managed end-user, administrator, and developer features throughout the entire development life cycle and directly interfaced with both small and large business clients to validate product vision.

##Internships

###Research Assistant — McGill University

Montréal · 2003 – 2004

-Conducted research into the identification of radiation-induced and bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis susceptibility genes in the mouse; narrowed the list of potential candidate genes by 60%.

###Software Engineer — Qualcomm

San Diego · 2002 – 2003

-Designed and developed new features in the company's HR web application and the department's internal issue tracking database; overhauled the department's test automation process and trained other teams to do the same.

###Software Engineer in Test — PrinterOn

Kitchener · 2001

-Implemented the test automation process within the company's software development cycle and built test tools that became the company-wide standard for hardware and software release verification.

##Education

###McGill University

Montréal · 2011 – 2013

Master of Science in Human Genetics. Graduated with 4.0/4.0 GPA.

###University of Waterloo

Waterloo · 2000 – 2005

Honours Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science and Bioinformatics. Graduated “With Distinction”.

##Publications

-Honeyman L, Bazett M, Tomko TG and Haston CK, “MicroRNA profiling implicates the insulin-like growth factor pathway in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice,” Fibrogenesis Tissue Repair, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 16-25, 2013.
-Paun A, Lemay AM, Tomko TG and Haston CK, “Association analysis reveals genetic variation which alters bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice,” Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 330-6, 2013.
-Haston CK, Tomko TG, Godin N, Kerckhoff L and Hallet MT, “Murine candidate bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis susceptibility genes identified by gene expression and sequence analysis of linkage regions,” J Med Genet, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 464-73, 2005.

##Patents

-Tomko TG, Rathi JR and Dao AC, “User Translated Sites after Provisioning,” United States Patent US 8,515,729 B2. Issued August 20, 2013.

##Contact

[tom@tomko.ai](mailto:tom@tomko.ai)