Philip I. Thomas Curriculum Vitae

Equip businesses with marketing tools to capture, convert, and cultivate leads automatically.

Selected Clients: Hostirian, Systematic Revenue, Venture Draft, St. Louis Arch Angels

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Develop, launch, and market food truck finder website
Design cross-platform CRM system to infer user cities of interest.

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Perform screening and technical due diligence of prospective investments.

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Launched wute.vc, a lecture series connecting students with venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs, resulting in sponsorship by Cultivation Capital.
Attracted over 200 students to first wute.vc speech by Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian using a paperless marketing campaign
Designed wute.vc and re-designed wute.org websites.

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Performed with audition-only salsa dance team, taught salsa lessons, and participated in community outreach.
Served as Communication Director for annual Dance-Off event in 2011 and 2012

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Spearheaded client relation management, digital marketing strategy, website design, and brand positioning services.
Selected Clients: Evetos, On The Edge, St. Albans Promotions

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Managed the investment of over $100,000 of the university endowment via qualitative, multiples, and DCF analysis.
Competed nationally in investment competitions
Previous Positions: Technology Portfolio Manager (2010), Webmaster (2010-2011), Healthcare Analyst (2010)

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Studied pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans with in vitro, in vivo, and computational techniques.
Selected Project Experience:
- Bioinformatics – Designed, developed, and implemented a scalable C. neoformans Strain Database for collaborative use in the scientific community.
- Gene research – Studied stress sensors involved with nitrositive stress.
- Animal testing – Analyzed strain virulence with in vitro studies in mice.

Honorable Mention at 2012 Startup Weekend Columbia (Kill the Landline)
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Selected Press

St. Louis Business Journal: Philip Thomas at Startup Weekend
Fox 2 Now: Live Interview with Food Truck Site Founder Philip I. Thomas
Forbes: WashU Students Provide Teva Some Healthy Love
St. Louis Business Journal: wute.vc starts venture capital lecture series

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