Donald Thompson
About
Donald Thompson is from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Donald is currently Managing Director, Center for Organizational Effectiveness at Workplace Options. Donald also works as Columnist at WRAL TechWire, a job Donald has held since Jan 2023. Another title Donald currently holds is Author at Morgan James Book Publishing. In Donald's previous role as a Chief Executive Officer at Walk West, Donald worked in Raleigh, NC until May 2021. Prior to joining Walk West, Donald was a Franchise Owner at High Country Grizzlies and held the position of Franchise Owner at Boone, NC. Prior to that, Donald was a Chair Of The Board Of Directors at ICIDigital from May 2014 to May 2017. Donald started working as Interim CEO at iCiDIGITAL in Raleigh, NC in May 2014. From May 2014 to Dec 2015, Donald was SVP, Head PLM North America at KPIT, based in Raleigh, NC. Prior to that, Donald was a President & CEO at Integrated Industrial Information, Inc. (I-Cubed), based in Raleigh, NC from Jan 2005 to May 2014.
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Donald Thompson's current jobs
- Align enterprise strategy, leadership behavior, and talent systems to drive measurable performance across global clients. - Advise CEOs/CHROs on revenue-aligned engagement, leader development, and AI-era capability building. - Stand up executive programs (assessment → advisory → activation) that translate “engagement” into retention, productivity, and growth.
Columnist on leadership, executive decision-making, people systems, and the future of work.
Author of Underestimated: A CEO’s Unlikely Path to Success, The Inclusive Leadership Handbook: Balancing People and Performance for Sustainable Growth, The Employee Engagement Handbook: A Leader’s Guide to People, Purpose, and Performance, and the forthcoming book Meaningful Work: How Purpose, Mastery, and Trust Drive Performance in a Human + AI Workplace.
- Positioned “employee engagement and leadership performance” as a business lever; built scalable learning and analytics products. - Advised executive teams on trust-building, communication, and leader behavior change linked to retention and results. - Partnered with national associations and F100 executives on culture-performance roadmaps.
Donald Thompson's past jobs
- Transformed a digital agency into a strategy-led firm; expanded enterprise relationships and productized services. - Recruited senior operators; instituted account growth rituals and leadership pipelines. - Launched thought leadership platforms (podcast, reports) to support enterprise deal flow.
Successful Exit: Beringer Capital acquired iCiDigital in May 2017.
- Led and integrated a 300+ person North American engineering/software services organization post-merger (sales, delivery, P&L). - Protected enterprise accounts during transition; standardized operating cadence and governance to maintain SLAs and margins. - Built joint GTM with global counterparts and expanded strategic pursuits using I-Cubed’s domain strengths at KPIT scale.
- Scaled a specialized software/engineering services firm to successful exit. - Built enterprise sales engine, partner ecosystem, and delivery model that supported national accounts. - Installed operating rhythm (forecast, pipeline, utilization, cash) to mature the business and de-risk growth.