# Thomas Delaporte > Director Talent Transformation, Talent Intelligence Platform & Agentic Scale @ Eightfold AI #rightcareerforeveryone Location: Pacifica, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/thomasdelaporte As Director of Solutions Delivery at Eightfold, the pioneering talent intelligence platform with the mission to enable the right career for everyone in the world, I bring over a decade of strategic leadership to achieve world-class talent and business outcomes. My experience revolves around solving critical challenges, leading cross-functional international business units, fostering execution excellence, and promoting collaboration and change agility in team dynamics. In my current capacity, I am leading our customer implementations as part of a cross functional team developing a new product line, driving scalability and fostering partner development. Notably, I lead the successful implementation of flagship projects with substantial ARR per customer (1-3M) and managing millions of dollars in implementation Statements of Work (SOWs) customer engagements. A testament to my transformation and execution chops has been co-creating and growing the Eightfold Workforce Exchange, a ceilingbreaking solution addressing global employment challenges, managing the implementation portfolio in the public sector and at major global companies across diverse customers, use cases, and geographies. With a global mindset and a focus on strategic business operations across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, I am equipped for leadership in international roles. My current mission centers on having an impact on one of the world's most significant challenge: the widespread and underestimated underutilization of people’s talent in the world ## Work Experience ### Director, Customer Engagement: Talent Intelligence Platform, Public Sector/Partnerships, AI Outcomes @ Eightfold Jan 2023 – Present | Santa Clara, CA Solutions Delivery / implementations as Director: - State of Colorado - Connecting Colorado - employment and upskilling platform - District of Columbia DOES & Washington D.C Office of the mayor - Career Ready DC - employment platform - Florida Commerce/Department of Economic Opportunities - pilot state employment platform - Puerto Rico DTRH: PERFIL Portal de Empleo y Reclutamiento para Facilitar la Integración Laboral - employment platform - Bayer Germany - Talent Gateway - reemployment and upskilling platform Product Delivery Assurance to Partners: Multiple Fortune 500 global corporations and various implementation partners ### Transformation / Organization & Workforce Develpmt, Strategy & Operations @ Eightfold Jan 2020 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States Enabling the “right career for everyone in the world” Eightfold.ai® delivers the Talent Intelligence Platform™, a suite of modules built on top of deep learning artificial intelligence to empower enterprises, organizations and individuals alike to reach their potential. For more information, visit www.eightfold.ai ### Team Lead, Solution Experts @ Eightfold Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 During a transition period of around 6 months into a reorg, I led a pod of Eightfold team members composed of functional (product workflows, talent transformation) and technical (integration systems, core platform) Solution Experts in charge of our VIP/Platinum customers. 1. Advising sales and partner teams with innovation projects, phase 0 projects and services sales team with non-GA or emerging product opportunities 2. Leading the operationalization of our product delivery scale up, owning the implementation advisory practice, redesigning our implementation approach 3. Guiding the development of our SI partner teams. Product Delivery Assurance to all partners globally. App Marketplace development. ### Regional Director, Workforce Exchange Product & Public Sector Services Portfolio @ Eightfold Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Santa Clara, California, United States I led the team delivering the professional services portfolio to grow from scratch a new business unit implementing the Talent Intelligence Platform - TA/TM, Flex, and particularly Workforce Exchange at social-good and public sector strategic organizations tackling the challenges of employment. My scope spans leading the implementation services team and P&L from pre-sales to implementation to customer success ; 3-sided marketplace adoption services, product and account development, partners operations ; going from 0 to high single digit million dollars in ARR in less than a year in 2021 and growing. Major implementations: - New-York State DOL (new client, powering job seekers, case managers, and employers with AI matching and insights at scale on jobs, careers, and upskilling - integrated with Coursera and case management processes) - OneTen (One million family sustaining careers in 10 years, first nonprofit - coalition formed by 70+ leading US companies and 85+ talent development industry leaders) - Defense Innovation Unit - DoD (GigEagle - matching reservists and national guard workforce to gigs at DoD, giga-scale-high-skill contingent workforce) - Houston Independent School District (first Ed customer, one of the largest in the US, high complexity SAP SuccessFactors+Eightfold TA implementation) ### Engagement Manager, Talent Intelligence Platform Implementations @ Eightfold Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States As an EM I led some of Eightfold's largest professional services engagements and advised strategic clients on their Organization & Talent Transformation. Select sample: - Granular.ag (new client, fastest implementation 5 weeks) - Indiana State DWD (first Public Sector client, new product: Workforce Exchange) - Micron (ATS migration) - New-York State DOL (new client, largest EF ACV and services contract at the time) - Kroger (new client, Fortune 23, 465K employees) ### Engagement Manager, Consulting - Org Design & Operations, Change/Transformation, M&A Integration @ Capgemini Invent Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States I joined Capgemini Consulting in San Francisco in 2016, which became Capgemini Invent in 2018 growing from a 200+ team of strategy consultants to a 1000+ Digital Transformation engine with the acquisitions of customer engagement company LiquidHub, innovation agency Fahrenheit212, design studio Idean, and merging of Data Science and Industry Group Capabilities. As an engagement manager in the People & Organization Advisory practice of Capgemini Invent North America, I led the sale and project execution of large transformative engagements at global leading companies, effectively prioritizing tasks, directing the work of teams of consultants and advising large client project teams to deliver assignment objectives within agreed upon project timeline and budget. I am clients program leaders’ day-to-day contact for enabling effective project delivery, developing executive management relationships with storyboarded presentations, problem-solving key operational challenges, defining and executing digital strategies that transformed organizations. My competencies include: o Digital Transformation: IT Strategy, Digital Organizations, Innovation, Business & Operating Models, Program Management. Design Thinking, Agile - Lean, Scrum (Scrum Master), Scaled Agile (SAFe Product Owner Product Manager). Technology Business Analysis. o People and Organization: Strategic and Organizational Change Management. Post Merger Integration. People Operations. People Analytics. o Business Strategy: Strategic Positioning. Business & Operating Models. P&L. Financial Analysis. M&A&D. ### HR Head and Regional Learning Partner, Vietnam - People Operations, Organizational Development @ Capgemini Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Started as Learning Partner, quickly extended to Country HR Manager (team of 4) and ExCom member as HR Head - Capgemini Vietnam provides IT project and maintenance services to global insurers and grew 60% between 2014and beg. 2016, to 200 people. o Accountable for the recruitment plan. Developed strategy & decision-making tools, planning & reporting, network & partnerships with one recruiter. --> 2015 highlights: 80 hired - 30% senior technical, 40% IT college graduates, 30% Vn, Fr, En speaking. o Led the development of policies and processes for the entire HR function scope: --> Improved HR processes & tools (HR insights & data: Recruitment, C&B, skills, performance cycle, annual survey programs, weekly KPIs) --> Led the dvlpmt. of benefits programs, managed employee lifecycle, people conflicts, coordinated legal actions. --> Drove implementing best practice programs: - FSGBU Global Competency Model and Career Framework for development planning - Coordinated, led and performed L&D governance and processes, certifications and communities: EM, BA, Insurance, Testing; aligned their leaders, increasing the impact of skills development programs. - Led program to develop PMs into talent developers, improving the quality of performance mngt operations (appraisals, promotions, salary reviews, rewards& recognition). Developed the frequency, parameters, and transparency. Implemented the new Group software locally. o Achievements: - Acted as results analyst, action planner, action owner, doer and main spokesperson in Group engagement process. By Nov. 2014 had improved the Engagement Score among top units globally by 5 points to 75% satisfied associates, w/ 97% of participation. - Structurally improved pyramid mgmt and C&B processes by developing, undergoing approval, and implementing a major salary reevaluation program. In 2015, rejuvenated with freshers. - Produced and broadcasted branding videos to client-facing units (EN/FR) leading to developing BD activities. ### Sales & Marketing Business Intelligence Analyst, Philippines @ Schneider Electric Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | NCR - National Capital Region, Philippines Strategic Business Analysis in direct support of the new Marketing Director. o Prepared the 3-year Strategic Plan with the 5 BU VPs and regional functions. o Developed and documented a Sales & Marketing reporting solution linking Salesforce to Office; using Access, Excel, PowerPoint. Created semi-automated dashboards for Marketing reports and ad-hoc analysis across BUs. - Developed a database and local solution for master data processes between Sales and Marketing. - Generated the implementation of a custom Schneider Electric pricing solution. --​> Improved the Marketing team's efficiency by reducing reporting time from 4 Product Managers 2 days/month to 1 Data Specialist 2 days/month. This effort concluded in the creation of a Data Management hub in Singapore in 2014. o Assessed the distribution network and produced the distribution mapping of SE's mass-market electrical ranges and of its competitors'​ countrywide. Channels scope: Panel Builders, Distributors, Retailers. --​> Achievement: identified a key nationwide Distribution partner leading to C-level negotiations. o Initiated the implementation of the Business Intelligence team processes and tools in the Philippines for macroeconomics, market trends, segments, and competitor analysis, country wide. - Developed quantified competitor and product mapping across distribution channels. - Engaged BU heads and country leadership on results to derive insights and action plan. --​> Concluded sell-out reports on the top 3 distributors o Wrote the 2014 Philippines Commercial Policy for Distributors in partnership with the Marketing director. Interviewed SEA Country Marketing heads for best practices, PH BU heads, account managers, Finance controllers. Developed the analysis, insights, and targets for sales incentives. --​> Achievement: top management support on strategic challenges during key times. ### Sales Operations Manager @ Selectra Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Paris, France Selectra is the leading information portal on the opening of the energy markets in Europe; it is also the top comparator of gas and electricity furniture in France, and a significant player in client acquisition for new comers in the Energy supply market to households and SME’s in Europe. Selectra has rocketed since 2010, has more than 1000 employees and is currently undergoing internationalization. o Sales management: built and managed the then 10 people telesales team converting 300 prospects into 120 contracts per day. Managed the daily performance of the team with 3 weekly sales objectives. Met 95% of all. o Business development: - Implemented processes and developed team organization according to offer development. - Developed Wifi subscription cross-selling and managed the relationship with partner call center. - Led BD missions such as website optimization recommendations using Google Analytics and partnerships management; weekly sales analytics, call center operations, in-house CRM. o Recruitment and training: active/decisive role in recruitment. Initial and ongoing sales speech training to the 15 joiners recruited during tenure. Management of staff performance. --> Achievement: 100% increase in stable monthly sales to become a million euro turnover start-up. Owning and executing effectively activities of sales management, change management, training and development. ### Logistics Project Manager, Philippines (Intern) @ Colgate-Palmolive Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | NCR - National Capital Region, Philippines Logistics and Marketing Project Management Officer o Designed and performed feasibility and benefit studies for the manager of national logistics and distribution center director aiming to relocate the subcontractor for promotion packing inside the logistics warehouse for savings and logistical flexibility. o Led a national RFP for competitor quotations on 2 scenario to in-house packaging activities. - Creation of the information and quotation request files with the Marketing team and the Supply Chain manager. - Meeting with company representatives including MNCs and large local corporations. - Analysis of submitted offers. o Conducted process improvement studies in the national warehouse: - Participated in weekly objective committees with third party groups. - Participated in implementing methods to run quantitative reports on logistics processes (truck unloading speed, stock, waste management, truck capacity utilization) - Participated in testing a tool to model logistics and customer services costs. --​> Achievement: project leadership in an international context, including relations with logistics, marketing, and finance units. ### Media Analyst (Intern) @ RECMA - Research company evaluating the media agency industry Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Paris, France Private international firm rating media agencies. o Market research and analysis of quantitative and qualitative information. Surveyed the worldwide biggest media agencies in 13 Asian countries: WPP, Omnicom, Publicis, Havas, ZenithOptimedia, etc. o Practical missions: - Assistance in mapping agencies for the annual global report - File creation of 2500 media industry contacts worldwide --​> Discovery of the media industry ## Education ### Grande Ecole in Masters in Management, double specialization: Strategy Consulting / Corporate Finance Audencia ### Connected Management & Leadership Harvard Business School Online ### Sainte Marthe/Saint Joseph/Saint Jean-Baptiste De La Salle - Aubervilliers/Saint Denis, Paris, France ### Bac ES mention Très Bien (highest honors) St Jean Douai, Lycee Francais Bruxelles, Lycee Francais Londres ### Pre-grad school: Prépa ECE in Mathematics, Philosophy, Economic history of contemporary societies, English, Spanish St Paul Lille ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/thomasdelaporte --- Source: https://flows.cv/thomasdelaporte JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/thomasdelaporte/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05