ABOUT

I learn complex domains deeply—and build the structure that makes them work.

I'm a product leader, systems thinker, people leader, founder, and artist. The connective tissue is a bias toward useful structure: enough rigor to scale, enough judgment to move with confidence.

Vicki Tomich

I’m from Charlotte, North Carolina, and lived in Honduras through high school and college, earning a degree in Marketing and International Business. I’m an artist at heart and a Muppet fan—which may explain some of the references below. In my free time (what free time?), I tend to my houseplants and an aquarium with a hand-sculpted background, fish, and a shrimp colony.

Where I come in

The pattern in my career has been taking on the unwieldy problems that others have struggled to solve or written off as hopeless.

Platform

I've been given broken platforms whose architecture has grown into an out of control labyrinth David Bowie, as the Goblin King, couldn't find his way out of.
The Goblin King faces a tangled labyrinth of broken platforms.

Teams

I’ve been wished “the best of luck” while inheriting teams that felt like backstage at The Muppet Show: hecklers in the balcony (unconvinced stakeholders), performers scrambling to wrangle the chickens (closing tickets, without understanding the why), and 5 minutes to curtain! (a hard deadline on the horizon) —with no shared direction or clear path to getting everyone working together.
Kermit and Fozzie face backstage chaos as Scooter counts down to curtain.

Governance

And I think one of my favorites, ungoverned systems with rogue builds and unclear integration paths because the terms of engagement (governance) was never established, and who owns decision rights is completely unclear.
Three pink masked figures point at each other while builders wait for sign-off.

AI-generated illustrations. About the artwork

I'm who you call to handle the most challenging situations.

Currently, I manage a small product team and own a multi-product portfolio in pharma market access, including platform strategy, a redesign and build of a new API commercialization framework, and I'm rolling out a revitalized AI-era data strategy which has earned strong ELT buy in and support.

I previously co-founded a real estate brokerage. I hired and managed the team, built the operational and technology infrastructure, and ran the business. I learned what it takes to build something when there is nowhere to hide from the outcome. And I handled the fallout when life had other plans.

Today, I own and run my own glass art business, forging colorful borosilicate glass work in 1000+ degree flames in my home studio, and managing the full operational processes and systems end to end behind the scenes.

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