David Chandler Thomas (1954–2021) was an American economist and technology executive. He taught at

Ball State University Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public university, public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers, Indiana, Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, indust ...

, where he researched public health and business cycles, and served on the

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of the College of Health and Human Services at

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Business and Corporate Experience

CYMA

Thomas created CYMA Software, one of the earliest PC accounting software companies, which he sold to McGraw-Hill in 1984.

Intacct Corporation

In 1999 Thomas, along with co-founder Odysseas Tsatalos, launched Intacct Corporation, which was acquired by Sage Group in 2017 in a deal purported to be 850 million dollars.

Industry Associations

Thomas transitioned to the public sector in 2004, serving as the executive director for the

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through 2009 and then as Executive Vice President of

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in Washington, DC.

Education and personal life

Thomas was born in 1954 in Phoenix, Arizona. He graduated from California State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 2010 and received his

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in economics from

in 2015 with his dissertation titled '' Empirical Studies of Emergency Response Services (9-1-1) and an Examination of Moral Hazard in Health Insurance''. At George Mason, he was mentored by econometrican Thomas Stratmann. He was married to Gayle Bradshaw Thomas.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, David Chandler 1954 births 2021 deaths 20th-century American economists 21st-century American economists George Mason University alumni Ball State University faculty