Meet The Team

Thomas Miranda is a visionary technology executive, strategic advisor, and investor with over two decades of leadership driving innovation, growth, and digital transformation across startups and global enterprises alike.

Thomas began his engineering career at HP Labs 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 leadership not only helped define Cisco’s innovation edge during a period of rapid global expansion but also steered large-scale enterprise transformations—modernizing IT architectures and resolving operational complexities that had accumulated across more than 100 acquisitions, ultimately powering Cisco’s next era of growth.

As Cisco’s first Latin American employee CTO, Thomas founded and led the CTO Office for the Americas and Europe, partnering closely with Cisco Ventures to identify, and accelerate emerging technologies. His efforts bridged the gap between innovation and market impact—championing next-generation solutions in AI, cybersecurity, and cloud ecosystems across global markets.

As President of Sparkovation Advisors, Thomas works with founders, CEOs, corporate executives, and investors to unlock growth and enterprise value through innovation, product strategy, and digital reinvention. His clients span early-stage AI and SaaS startups to Fortune 100 companies seeking to accelerate transformation and scale intelligently in the age of disruption.

A serial entrepreneur since age 15, Thomas combines a lifelong passion for technology with a pragmatic, results-driven approach to leadership and advisory. He brings a unique blend of deep technical acumen, strategic clarity, and hands-on operational experience—helping organizations translate bold vision into measurable business outcomes.

Beyond his corporate and entrepreneurial work, Thomas is deeply committed to advancing leadership, and opportunity. He has served as a director, board chair or interim CEO for numerous mission-driven organizations, including UFCU, Texas Lyceum, Capital Area Workforce, Austin Area Research Organization, KUT, GABC, the Austin Chamber, Leadership Austin, and UT’s College of Natural Sciences (CNS).

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.