Speaking / Advisory

Tom speaks and writes on regulated software development — how engineering organizations move faster inside IEC 62304, FDA design controls, and cybersecurity requirements, and what it means to adopt AI in environments where evidence is not optional.

He currently leads platform transformation, Agile/SAFe adoption, agentic engineering, and knowledge engineering across Baxter Healthcare's Front Line Care division — a ~$1B regulated medical device portfolio. Every engagement draws from active work in production regulated environments, not from research or retrospective analysis.

Core Topics

• Regulated AI adoption — governance, traceability, and verification when generation is no longer the bottleneck
• Platform engineering as economic strategy — shared capability, portfolio economics, and the compounding return on consistency
• Technical acceleration in regulated environments — CI/CD, automated testing, and harmonized architecture that shortens review cycles rather than adding to them
• Engineering operating models for medical device software — cross-functional ownership, evidence-during-build, and governance that serves velocity
• Building engineering doctrine that outlasts its authors — multiplying technical leaders, creating programs, and leaving organizations more capable
• Crossing technological inflection points — lessons from thirty years of transformational technology adoption

Audiences

• Engineering executives (CTO, VP Engineering, Technical Directors)
• Distinguished engineers and principal architects
• Medical device and safety-critical software leaders
• AI governance and standards participants
• University engineering programs and accreditation bodies
• Conference organizers and executive search

Formats

• Keynotes and invited talks
• Executive briefings and working sessions
• Engineering leadership workshops
• Conference panels on platform, AI, and regulated development
• Advisory conversations on technology strategy

Selected Engagements

Industry and Professional

• Johns Hopkins University (2026) — Guest lecture on cybersecurity and commercial off-the-shelf software management in regulated environments
• Baxter Healthcare (ongoing) — Regular internal executive briefings on platform strategy, AI adoption, and technical transformation across the Front Line Care portfolio

Academic and Education

• PASSHE Board of Governors — Engineering degree program proposals
• PASSHE Advocacy Days — Student research presentations at the Pennsylvania State Capitol
• Shippensburg University Foundation Board — Engineering program development update
• IEEE FIE — Engineering education research
• AAAI — Composite kernel learning for interpretable SVM models (2005)
• AGILE Conference — Engineering practice
• ALA Annual Conference (San Francisco, 1997) — Authenticated remote access to copyrighted materials
• Voyager User's Group Meeting (Chicago, 1999) — Statewide library systems migration and WebAdmin tooling
• PACISE, CCSC, HSSE — AI, active learning, and engineering pedagogy

Inquiry

For speaking or advisory inquiries: thomas.h.briggs6@gmail.com · LinkedIn