Tom Litchford

Founder, Director, President and Secretary

Mr. Litchford is currently a member of the Fauquier Fire & Rescue System where he works part-time in logistics and is a volunteer EMS Officer and EMT/AIC out of the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company.

Before he retired in 2022, Litchford had more than 40 years of experience in systems engineering, sales, product management and marketing of technology business solutions for the retail and hospitality industries. He has led the retail and wholesale distribution industries team at AWS, the National Retail Federation's (NRF) technology communities and its cybersecurity program, and served in various leadership roles with notable technology firms including Microsoft and NCR.

Litchford was recognized as one of Retail's Top 100 Influencers in 2022. He was instrumental in driving the development of the OPOS application program interface (API) set – now a defacto industry standard for point-of-sale application-to-peripheral connectivity. Working with organizations such as ARTS and NAFEM, he was influential in establishing XML messaging standards in the retail and foodservices sectors.

Litchford holds a BAS in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University. A native of Louisiana, he is an avid pianist (although he can’t play one), enjoys hiking, whitewater rafting and just mowing the pastures. He has been involved with numerous community services, including symphony board member, volunteer firefighter and EMT, Red Cross instructor, and Woodinville Fire & Life Safety's CERT team. He also served on the advisory boards for the Retail Orphan Initiative and the Fair Factories Clearinghouse. He is a past director for Seattle/King County's Medic One Foundation and has since founded the Piedmont Medic One Foundation in northern Virginia where he is currently the president. He has held positions in finance, stewardship, and endowment at various churches, and is currently a certified UMCOR Disaster Early Response Team (ERT) member for the UMC Virginia Conference. Tom makes his home in Warrenton, Virginia with his wife Ruthann.