John Thomas founded Logical Systems International (LSI) in 1982 and has been an entrepreneur in the computer business for past twenty-eight years. In 1992 he also founded Texas Telemedicine, Inc. (Texas Telemedicine) as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for many computer hardware and software and Applications Service Providers (ASP) vendors, now emphasizing delivery of Health Care Solutions to Hospitals and Physician practices. We market Health Care Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management solutions from major software vendors and provide implementation and consulting services.
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Under his leadership, Texas Telemedicine now markets its Telemedicine, Telehealth and Distance Learning solutions using Broadband Video-Conferencing products and professional consulting services in the Central Hill Country of Texas near Austin and San Antonio with an emphasis on the Health Care Industry.

Before becoming an entrepreneur in 1982, Mr. Thomas was a manager for Ernst & Whinney's (E&W) Dallas office in Management Consulting Services. He was responsible for the development, execution and administration of the E&W information systems consulting engagements for manufacturing, health care, oil and gas, banking/finance, construction, and transportation clients. On a national basis, he was responsible for E&W's proprietary oil and gas and banking software packages. He has managed and successfully completed numerous large mainframe computer systems, planning and selection engagements.

Prior to joining Ernst & Whinney, Mr. Thomas was employed at Armour Chemical Company as Director of Management Information Systems where he was responsible for the development of an on-line data base inventory/order system on an IBM mainframe computer.

As manufacturing systems manager at Northern Telecom Systems Corporation, Mr. Thomas' group developed new systems and implemented a Material Requirements Planning System to support manufacturing using IBM mainframe computers.

Mr. Thomas was a Corporate Financial Systems Manager for National Semiconductor Corporation after graduate school. There he was involved in long-term corporate systems requirements planning; and designed, developed, and implemented several financial systems worldwide on IBM mainframe computers.

After graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering (BS) from Bangalore University in India, he earned an MBA with emphasis on Operations Research and a Masters Degree in Computer Science (MS) from Santa Clara University. He has taken courses at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in a Computer Science doctoral program.