About the Author
Books by Thomas A. Tinsley
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Enterprise Architects: Masters of the Unseen City describes how Enterprise Architects can facilitate changes to allow innovative business managersto visualize their Corporate IT, leading to higher revenue, lower costs, and reduced delivery time.
Follow Hope the intern and the Enterprise Architect as they excavate IT. Like archaeologists, they plan their dig, select their tools, uncover models, and discover IT artifacts. Their adventure takes them into the territory of the “Lords of the Underworld”. They show how to protect their dig and bring all the models together into a holistic model as a virtual city,providing the Corporate Office full visual access to their use of IT. They discover that cloud computing, social networking, and virtual reality are mixing and exploding into an unprecedented level of innovation. |
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Self-Service IT: Just Plug In v.1 Business Managers want self-service IT. The cartoons and commentary in this book describe how they will be able to just plug in with the help of their Enterprise Architects.
(Available in paperback and on Kindle.) |
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Deadlines and Duct Tape: A Manifesto for the Business Managers to Understand and Direct IT describes the communications gap between thebusiness and Information Technology (IT). The book presents a Manifesto for Business Managers to understand and direct IT.
If you are a business manager that is in the dark on how IT performs critical functions and you feel that IT is running your business, then this book is for you. If you are an IT manager that feels like life is nothing but a series of deadlines, then this book is for you. |
Author and Speaker
| Tom Tinsley is an Enterprise Architect who has a personal goal to promote the value of his profession and its promise through a series of books, blogs, articles and lectures.He has worked in IT, including senior management positions for banks, state government and other companies and organizations.
After years of managing Information Technology as a Vice President in Banking and as a Director in State Government, Tom turned to strategy and mentoring as an Enterprise Architect. |
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| He has led Enterprise Architecture in the retail industry and the media industry to achieve a common vision for the use of computing technology to meet businessgoals.
His personal passion has been to bridge the gap between Business Management and Information Technology. Tom has published books and given multiple speeches and presentations to further the awareness of new opportunities and the application of best practices. He recognizes the need for business management to play a greater role in the actions of Information Technology. He sees this as a win-win where Business Management can focus on servicing their customers and Information Technology can focus on providing reliable, high-performance, automated services. |
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