Available for projects · Santa Barbara, CA
Licensed Realtor & Loan Officer · 10+ yrs in data & AI

AI that does the boring work for you.

I'm Thomas — a product leader who's spent 10+ years building software products, AI agents, and AI automations at DoorDash, Kroger, and Walmart. I build practical tools for small businesses and people — and take on AI & data consulting for teams who need the real thing.

AI & data experience at
Also building for local businesses
Thomas Anderson Jr
The AI everyone's chasing

Everyone's selling AI agents. I've actually built them.

Not demos. Not slideware. Real agentic systems running at Fortune 500 scale — automating the work that used to eat entire teams' weeks. That's the part nobody posts about, and it's the part that actually moves the needle. Now I bring that same firepower to your business.

1,500+ support tickets resolved autonomously by agents I built
89% faster processing — from 19 days down to 2
10+ yrs shipping data & AI systems at DoorDash, Kroger & Walmart
Who I Work With

From quick wins
to deep data work.

Most people know AI can save them time — they just don't know where to start. Whether it's automating busywork or building the data foundations behind serious AI, I figure out what's worth doing and make it real.

🛠️

Local business owners

Whatever eats your week, I automate it — without you needing to learn a new tool.

  • Lead follow-up & drip sequences
  • Client updates, auto-drafted
  • Booking & scheduling flows
  • Customer Q&A automation
  • Custom reporting & dashboards
⚙️

Owners & teams

Team of 2 or 20 — custom automations that keep your operation moving without babysitting.

  • Email triage & drafting
  • Client onboarding flows
  • Internal knowledge bases
  • Content pipelines
  • Custom tools for your team
🧠

People leveling up

You keep hearing about AI but haven't cracked how to use it. I'll show you — and set it up with you.

  • 1-on-1 AI coaching
  • Personal productivity systems
  • Research & writing workflows
  • Job search & career tools
  • Custom prompt libraries
🌐

AI-built websites

Need a clean, modern site without the agency price tag or the weekend lost to a builder? I use AI to design and ship them fast.

  • Personal & portfolio sites
  • Small business landing pages
  • Domain, hosting & setup handled
  • Fast turnaround, fair pricing
How It Works

No jargon.
No drawn-out contracts.

We figure out what you need and get it working. Here's the whole flow.

1

Free 30-min call

We talk through what's eating your time and whether AI can help.

2

I build a plan

A clear proposal — what I'll build, what it costs, what changes.

3

We build it

Done-for-you or side by side. You understand what you've got.

4

You run with it

Docs, a walkthrough, and optional ongoing support.

Built with the latest agentic frameworks & AI tools — including Claude, custom LLM pipelines, and the same production-grade systems I've shipped at scale.

Let's Talk

Ready when you are.

Know exactly what you need or have no idea where to start — either works. First conversation is always free.

Résumé
Thomas R Anderson Jr
Summary

Staff Product Leader with 10+ years of experience at Fortune 500 companies, specialized in building the data integrity foundations required for high-scale AI. Expert at hunting down and resolving systemic data quality issues that stall growth — transforming "unworkable" legacy records into high-fidelity streams for agentic automation and LLM-driven engines. Proven track record of bridging complex data architecture and billion-dollar business goals to autonomously resolve operational bottlenecks, slash processing times, and unlock top-line sales.

Experience
Jan 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA
Staff Product Manager, GTM Data
  • Serve as Staff PM for data and interim head of GTM Data, owning the long-term vision, architecture, and execution of core data infrastructure powering merchant growth, compliance, and revenue operations
  • Engineered a "Closed-Loop Intelligence Engine" that moved GTM strategy from static quarterly batches to an AI-augmented real-time stream — slashing processing time 89% (19 days to 2) and improving data quality by operationalizing previously ignored downstream signals
  • Led the largest contract data optimization initiative in GTM history, archiving 103,000+ legacy records to drive a 63% immediate reduction in churn tickets and unblock thousands of new Work Orders
  • Architected the "Data Agent Platform," a centralized agentic automation host for 500+ sales and account reps that autonomously resolved 1,500+ tickets — cutting resolution time from weeks to seconds
Kroger Technology & DigitalFeb 2022 — Jan 2025 · Cincinnati, OH
Senior Product Manager, Data Systems
  • Led four agile teams and managed two product managers within the merchandising experience pillar
  • Spearheaded the AI-driven Kroger Item Experience portal, using ML to let suppliers troubleshoot item submissions autonomously — projected to unlock $500M in top-line sales and cut admin costs by $10M
  • Built an Intelligent Feedback Service via the Kroger Item API that reduced item onboarding from two weeks to under 48 hours, saving $20M annually in admin labor
  • Modernized 100+ legacy pipelines into a domain-driven, AI-ready data model supporting 1M item messages and enabling $150B in annual sales
  • Migrated data ownership and decommissioned a complex legacy item data system, keeping products orderable to enable $50B in yearly sales and save $500K in tech costs
Mar 2021 — Feb 2022 · Dallas, TX
Senior Product Manager, Data Readiness
  • Supported Walmart Data Ventures by engineering automated data-cleansing protocols to ready high-fidelity assets for commercialization
  • Scoped and sourced monetizable data assets across product, engineering, and data stewards — enabling commercialization that generated $25M in revenue in Data Ventures' first year
  • Partnered with lead PMs to define strategy, break epics into user stories, and run technical grooming, backlog refinement, and sprint planning
Jun 2018 — Feb 2021 · Bolingbrook, IL
Product Manager / Product Owner
  • Built and launched a digital event planning tool used by 100+ brand partners, driving $30M+ in sales and reducing admin costs by $2M annually
  • Led data conversion for a new salon booking system; rolled the migration tool out to 1,100+ locations, resulting in a 15% increase in online bookings
  • Directed multiple agile workstreams for a large custom software project, including analytics strategy, sales master data, integrations, and CCPA compliance
Jun 2016 — Jun 2018 · Hoffman Estates, IL
Manager, eCommerce Operations & Data Analysis
  • Led operations across BOPIS, Ship-from-Store, Ship-from-DC, and LTL National Delivery, and owned online inventory presentation and accuracy
  • Rebuilt SQL query logic and integrated new feeds — surfacing thousands of new items online and cutting out-of-stock levels by up to 75% in some categories
  • Relaunched a product category for LTL shipping with new packaging and process, unlocking $300K in online sales from idle inventory
Technical Skills
LLMs & Agentic FrameworksClaude CodeData Integrity & Governance SQLSnowflakeHadoopAPIs & Integrations SalesforceJIRAConfluenceVS Code ExcelData VisualizationAgile
Education
Northern Illinois UniversityDeKalb, IL
Bachelor of General Studies · Economics
New York University (edX)Online
MicroBachelors · Computer Science Fundamentals
Certifications
Certified Scrum Master · 2021Certified Scrum Product Owner · 2021 SAFe® Product Owner/Manager · 2021Salesforce Sales Operations · 2026