About

ABOUT THOMAS LAROCK

My career and life experiences are best described as follows: I take things that are hard and make them simple for others to understand.

I am a highly experienced data professional with over 25 years of expertise in diverse roles, from individual contributor to team lead. Passionate about simplifying complex challenges for others and leading with empathy, challenging assumptions, and embracing a systems-thinking approach. Strong analytical reasoning skills and expertise to identify trends and opportunities for significant impact. Builder of cohesive teams by breaking down silos resulting in increased efficiencies and collective success. Track record of driving revenue growth, spearheading industry-leading events, and fostering valuable relationships with major tech players like Microsoft and VMware.

You can find examples of my work at my speaker, author, and data expert pages.

“Tom loves his data almost as much as he loves performance, or bacon. I enjoy our presentations together as he brings a fresh perspective you don’t often find in data professionals coming from a DBA background.” – Karen López
“What I like most about Tom is his radical notion that even the most elegant and robustly-stored data isn’t worth much until you actually put that data to USE.  Heresy, I know, that he thinks humans are more important than technology, but I’m encouraged to see his particular brand of heresy spreading in the DBA community.  Analytics folks like me need good teammates like Tom.” – Rob Collie
“I’ve known Tom for more than five years and in that time I’ve come to see Tom as not only a great community contributor, but fun to hang out with (especially since we both love the Patriots).” – Mark Souza