Education
Thomas was educated at Mexborough Grammar School, South Yorkshire, York Saint John University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Hull. Following a Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Hull in the applications of social science to computing, he lectured in Human-Computer Interaction at Brunel University, West London between 1990–1992 and became Professor of Information Management and Director of the Centre for Personal Information Management at the University of the West of England, Bristol in 1993.
Career
During 1999-2000 he was Executive Director of the Interactive Information Institute (III) at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Melbourne, Australia, and in 2000-2001 was Chief Technology Officer of Serco"s e-Business consulting group, and adviser to Serco Usability (now Serco ExperienceLab). In 2004 he founded the user experience research company CareyThomas in Melbourne, Australia and in 2007 he founded the Manifesto Group which operates in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Between 2009-2013 he was a Senior Fellow at The University of Melbourne, Australia where he taught entrepreneurship in the Department of Information systems, a visiting Professor at Brunel University, West London in the Department of Information Systems and Brunel Business School, visiting Professor of Financial Innovation at Falmouth University, and visiting Professor of practice at Newcastle University.
