Senior Management

Jim Thomas

Senior Vice President, Chief Business Development Officer

Jim Thomas is senior vice president and chief business development officer at the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Thomas works across the entire ANSI enterprise, leading efforts to identify and pursue opportunities for strategic growth, diversify revenue streams, and amplify ANSI’s impact across its broad portfolio of work.

Thomas has an extensive track record of experience in the standardization community. Prior to joining ANSI, he was chief partnership officer at Accuris, where he worked closely with standards developing organizations (SDOs) and National Standards Bodies (NSBs) to position Accuris as a strategic partner across their diverse portfolios, in addition to growing their collection of standards, regulations, and other engineering content. Previously, he was vice president of global sales and partnerships for S&P Global Engineering Solutions. Thomas also spent more than 16 years at ASTM International, holding positions including vice president of sales and marketing. There, he established long-term, process-oriented visions and strategies for customer service, marketing, and sales, and provided oversight for developing, implementing, positioning, and pricing new global programs and products.

Thomas earned his MBA from the University of Phoenix, and a Masters Certificate in Organizational Leadership, Business Administration, and Management from Villanova University. He completed his undergraduate studies at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.