Full Name
Cathy Tompkins
Job Title
Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant
Company
Foreword Consulting
Speaker Bio
Cathy Tompkins is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Foreword Inc., a leadership development and strategy consulting firm located in Oklahoma City. She is a transformational C-suite level executive with more than 30 years of experience inside Fortune 500 companies and a passion for helping individuals and organizations achieve positive outcomes through healthy organizational dynamics, strong business processes, and value-add technology. At Foreword, Cathy combines her corporate and consulting experience to enable growth by integrating the power of strategy, technology, and culture.
Cathy is an engaging and collaborative leader who coaches, mentors, and develops talent as the most essential asset in any organization. She has been recognized as an award-winning CIO who has guided organizations through periods of significant change to achieve their strategic objectives and now leverages this wealth of experience to specialize in leadership and organizational development and technology advisory services.
Some of Cathy's recognitions and achievements throughout her career include Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Oil and Gas, CIO Insight 100 Most Influential CIO's, CIO Transformers List, Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader, Computerworld Best Places to Work, and the Information Systems Leaders of Oklahoma (ISLOK) Lifetime Achievement award.
Ms. Tompkins is active in various IT and industry associations and boards that share her commitment to representing the interests of the industry, shaping future leaders, and advancing women in business. Cathy currently serves on the advisory board and as a founding member of the Greater Oklahoma chapter of Women's Energy Network (WEN), the advisory board of start-up digital technology and IT advisory firm Innate Intelligence, the chairperson of the board of trustees for Heritage Hall college preparatory school, and as an adjunct professor of MIS and Executive Academy facilitator for the Price College of Business at The University of Oklahoma.
Cathy is frequently asked to speak on topics ranging from executive leadership, organizational health, enabling business through technology, and women in leadership. Cathy is dedicated to helping organizations and individuals achieve their objectives through a supportive and authentic approach.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of Alabama.
Cathy is an engaging and collaborative leader who coaches, mentors, and develops talent as the most essential asset in any organization. She has been recognized as an award-winning CIO who has guided organizations through periods of significant change to achieve their strategic objectives and now leverages this wealth of experience to specialize in leadership and organizational development and technology advisory services.
Some of Cathy's recognitions and achievements throughout her career include Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Oil and Gas, CIO Insight 100 Most Influential CIO's, CIO Transformers List, Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader, Computerworld Best Places to Work, and the Information Systems Leaders of Oklahoma (ISLOK) Lifetime Achievement award.
Ms. Tompkins is active in various IT and industry associations and boards that share her commitment to representing the interests of the industry, shaping future leaders, and advancing women in business. Cathy currently serves on the advisory board and as a founding member of the Greater Oklahoma chapter of Women's Energy Network (WEN), the advisory board of start-up digital technology and IT advisory firm Innate Intelligence, the chairperson of the board of trustees for Heritage Hall college preparatory school, and as an adjunct professor of MIS and Executive Academy facilitator for the Price College of Business at The University of Oklahoma.
Cathy is frequently asked to speak on topics ranging from executive leadership, organizational health, enabling business through technology, and women in leadership. Cathy is dedicated to helping organizations and individuals achieve their objectives through a supportive and authentic approach.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of Alabama.
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