Meet The Team

Thomas Miranda is a seasoned technology executive and advisor with over two decades of leadership experience driving product innovation, enterprise architecture, and transformational growth across high-performance Fortune 100 environments and startups alike.

He began his engineering career at HP Palo Alto, and later at Cisco, where he led global product development and engineering teams responsible for delivering multiple billion-dollar flagship products from inception to market. His work helped define Cisco’s competitive edge during a period of rapid scale. Beyond product, Thomas was instrumental in architecting large-scale enterprise IT transformation strategies in response to Cisco’s complex post-acquisition environment, aligning people, process, and technology across more than 100 acquisitions.

As Cisco’s first Latin American employee CTO, he founded the regional CTO office serving the Americas and Europe, collaborated with Cisco Ventures to scout and seed next-gen innovation, and championed emerging technologies tied to strategic investments across global markets.

Today, as President of Sparkovation Advisors, Thomas advises founders, CEOs, corporate executives, and investors on high-growth strategies across product, talent, enterprise IT, and digital value creation. His clients span early-stage startups to large corporations seeking to navigate disruption and scale effectively.

A serial entrepreneur since age 15, Thomas blends a deep-rooted passion for innovation with a hands-on approach to leadership, growth consulting, and strategic advisory. His work sits at the intersection of product vision, technical execution, and operational scale.

In parallel, Thomas has been a committed advocate for inclusive economic growth, serving as a director, board chair, and transition leader for numerous mission-driven nonprofits. His leadership includes past service as Board Chair of the Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Mission Capital, Austin Ed Fund, and EGBI, and current roles on the boards of UFCU, Workforce Solutions Capital Area, GABC, Texas Lyceum, Austin Area Research Organization, and UT’s College of Natural Sciences.

Thomas holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at San Antonio, with advanced credentials in project management and executive leadership from George Washington University, Stanford University, and MIT.