Tom Ellison

Chief Financial Officer

Originally from: Vincennes, Indiana, USA

Currently based: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and MBA from Indiana University: Bloomington

Mendix tenure: Joined Mendix in 2022

Tom Ellison is the chief financial officer at Mendix, where he is playing a leading role in helping the company achieve its ambition for hypergrowth. Elison is actively involved in expanding into new lines of business with Mendix’s ‘ecosystems solutions’ strategy, which positions Mendix at the center of enterprise application development.

A native of Vincennes, Indiana, with an MBA from Indiana University in Bloomington, Ellison has been based in Europe for the past fifteen years leading financial teams for American and European technology companies.

Ellison joined Mendix directly from ServiceNow, where he was a senior director of finance looking after their international business. Previously, Ellison worked at other high-growth technology companies including Dassault Systemes, General Electric, Hutchinson 3G, and Nortel.

In their own words

Laser focus to succeed: What makes Mendix such an exciting company to be a part of is that we deliver the collaboration, agility, speed, integration with emerging technology, and laser focus on employee and customer requirements that enterprises need to succeed.

Ready for hypergrowth: As CFO, I sit in a unique position to watch both Mendix and our customers reach a new phase of hypergrowth. We are continuing to expand our footprint across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, bringing digital transformation to the masses. Mendix is positioned right in the sweet spot where the future of enterprise software development is playing out.

Moving beyond the market pressures: Market pressures are compelling enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation efforts. In the past, digital transformation sat squarely within the domain of IT departments and every technology advancement created a massive backlog of digitalization projects. But with proper governance, low-code unlocks untapped potential for more employees to get in the game and leverage their expertise to drive business-critical application development in parallel with larger IT-driven transformation projects. Low-code is an equalizer.