About Thomas Prommer
Thomas Prommer is an enterprise AI strategist, Group CEO and Chief Technology and AI Officer (CTAIO) of We The Flywheel, and a hybrid athlete, with more than 20 years of experience leading engineering and technology strategy. He is an advisor to boards, including adidas, where he was Global SVP Engineering from 2019 to 2025, and he has served as President, Technology Strategy at Huge and Chief Information Officer at sweetgreen. He founded CTAIO, a community for next-generation technology and AI leaders, and The AI Strategy Guide on enterprise AI strategy for executives. On prommer.net he writes the Compounding CEO series on the systems he uses to run companies, health and training. He is also a marathon runner training for his first full-distance triathlon, Challenge Roth 2027, trains for HYROX, and founded the Hybrid Athlete Guide. He treats companies and training plans as systems and tests ideas against real outcomes.
Thomas Prommer is the enterprise AI strategist and Group CEO and CTAIO of We The Flywheel. He is not either of the attorneys with the same name at Kirkland & Ellis and Milbank, and not Austrian M&A consultant Mag. Thomas Prommer of Prommer Business Consulting in Vienna.
Key facts
- Name
- Thomas Prommer (also Tom Prommer)
- Born
- Nationality
- United States, Germany
- Languages
- English, German, Spanish, French
- Current roles
- Founder of We The Flywheel; co-founder of Flywheel Motion; technology and AI advisor
- Previous roles
- Global SVP of Engineering at Adidas; Chief Information Officer at Sweetgreen; President, Technology Strategy at Huge
- Education
- M.Sc. Computer Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; research at Carnegie Mellon University; executive certificates from MIT Sloan, Harvard Extension School and Wharton (full list)
- Recognition
- HotTopics Global CIO 100 2026, presented by HotTopics on 22 June 2026; Fast Company World Changing Ideas 2026 (Flywheel Motion, which he co-founded); Webby Award winner
- Sport
- Marathon runner; training for Challenge Roth 2027
Photos
Facets
Each part of Thomas Prommer's work has its own page with the full, dated record.
- Career and announcements: Every role from Lufthansa Systems to We The Flywheel, degrees and certificates, plus awards and appointments with dates.
- Race results: Marathon finishes with official dates and times, and the road to Challenge Roth 2027.
- Publications: Articles and research papers Thomas has written, from INTERSPEECH 2006 to Adweek.
- Recommendations: Recommendations from colleagues, reports, managers and clients, word for word from LinkedIn, 2010 to 2024.
- Press coverage: Interviews, quotes, and press releases about Thomas and his companies.
- Speaking: Keynotes, panels, and conference appearances.
Profiles
These are Thomas Prommer's official profiles.
- X
- YouTube
- IMDb
- GitHub
- Medium
- We The Flywheel
- Flywheel Motion
- CTAIO
- findmynextrace.com
Contact
Reach Thomas through the contact form or on LinkedIn.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Thomas Prommer?
Thomas Prommer is a technology and AI advisor and the founder of We The Flywheel. He was Global SVP of Engineering at Adidas, Chief Information Officer at Sweetgreen, and President, Technology Strategy at Huge.
Is Thomas Prommer the attorney at Kirkland & Ellis or Milbank?
No. This Thomas Prommer is the technology and AI advisor and founder of We The Flywheel. The attorneys with the same name at Kirkland & Ellis and Milbank are different people.
What races has Thomas Prommer run?
Thomas has finished the Berlin, Valencia, Shanghai, and Fürth marathons, the Los Angeles half marathon, and HYROX Singapore 2024 (1:26:49, Open 40-44). He is training for his first full-distance triathlon, Challenge Roth in July 2027. The full list with times is on the race results page.
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