{"id":2252,"date":"2022-08-12T11:54:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdisoftwareprd.wpengine.com\/?page_id=2252"},"modified":"2023-10-24T10:04:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:04:10","slug":"thomas-wightman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/our-story\/executive-team\/thomas-wightman\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Wightman, SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-mbm-container alignwide has-blue-base-background-color\" style=\"padding-top:32px;padding-bottom:32px\"><div class=\"mbm-container\">\n<div class=\"mbm-spacer mbm-spacer__0 mbm-spacer__sm-0 mbm-spacer__md-32 mbm-spacer__lg-32 wp-block-mbm-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-blue-alt-1-color has-text-color has-golf-font-size\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Leadership Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mbm-spacer mbm-spacer__12 wp-block-mbm-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-base-color has-text-color\" id=\"h-thomas-wightman\">Thomas Wightman<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mbm-spacer mbm-spacer__0 mbm-spacer__sm-0 mbm-spacer__md-24 mbm-spacer__lg-24 wp-block-mbm-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-mbm-container alignwide\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px\"><div class=\"mbm-container\"><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span class=\"yoast-breadcrumb-link yoast-breadcrumb-home\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/\">PDI Home<\/a><\/span> <span class='yoast-breadcrumb-separator'><i class='fas fa-chevron-right'><\/i><\/span> <span class=\"yoast-breadcrumb-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/our-story\/\">Our Story<\/a><\/span> <span class='yoast-breadcrumb-separator'><i class='fas fa-chevron-right'><\/i><\/span> <span class=\"yoast-breadcrumb-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/our-story\/executive-team\/\">Executive Team<\/a><\/span> <span class='yoast-breadcrumb-separator'><i class='fas fa-chevron-right'><\/i><\/span> <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Thomas Wightman, SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mbm-spacer mbm-spacer__16 mbm-spacer__sm-16 mbm-spacer__md-16 mbm-spacer__lg-48 wp-block-mbm-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-mbm-container alignwide\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\"><div class=\"mbm-container\">\n<div class=\"mbm-row wp-block-mbm-grid-container mbm-row__all-normal mbm-row__sm-normal mbm-row__md-normal mbm-row__lg-normal mbm-row__all-reverse-column mbm-row__sm-reverse-column mbm-row__md-standard mbm-row__lg-standard\">\n<div class=\"mbm-col mbm-col__12 mbm-col__sm-12 mbm-col__md-6 mbm-col__lg-5 wp-block-mbm-grid-column\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-bravo-font-size\" id=\"h-thomas-wightman-1\">Thomas Wightman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-svp-strategy-and-corporate-development\">SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Wightman joined PDI in 2018 as part of PDI\u2019s acquisition of Excentus, and is responsible for strategic planning as well as strategic partnership and acquisition work. Thomas joined Excentus in 2007 and held several leadership roles before ultimately becoming the CFO. Before Excentus, Thomas spent over a decade in the Investment Management industry, holding positions at Carlson Capital and JPMorgan. He has over 25 years of experience in strategy development, M&amp;A, and other corporate finance activities. Thomas holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Texas Christian University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mbm-spacer mbm-spacer__16 wp-block-mbm-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<a class=\"custom-social-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thomas-wightman-a5614213\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"is-text-hidden\">LinkedIn<\/span><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mbm-spacer mbm-spacer__24 mbm-spacer__sm-24 mbm-spacer__md-32 mbm-spacer__lg-48 wp-block-mbm-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mbm-col mbm-col__12 mbm-col__sm-12 mbm-col__md-6 mbm-col__lg-6 mbm-offset__lg-1 wp-block-mbm-grid-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Wightman.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Wightman, SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development, PDI Technologies\" class=\"wp-image-13170\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:350px;height:350px\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Wightman.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Wightman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Thomas-Wightman-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mbm-spacer mbm-spacer__24 mbm-spacer__sm-24 mbm-spacer__md-0 mbm-spacer__lg-0 wp-block-mbm-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mbm-spacer mbm-spacer__16 mbm-spacer__sm-16 mbm-spacer__md-16 mbm-spacer__lg-48 wp-block-mbm-responsive-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":13170,"parent":1950,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2252","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thomas Wightman, SVP, Strategy &amp; Corporate Development | PDI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thomas Wightman, SVP, is responsible for strategy &amp; corporate development and joined PDI in 2018. 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