ABOUT RANDALL
THE CONNECTOR WHO DECIDED TO STOP HIDING.
Randall Thomas spent thirty-seven years wearing a mask — the ultimate people pleaser, shape-shifting into whoever each room wanted. Then he made one decision, and everything after it is the story he tells now: on stages, on the PB+JAX podcast, and in his upcoming memoir, While It Sucks.
The Navy brought him to Jacksonville. The community kept him. Today he’s one of the city’s best-known connectors — spotlighting its pioneers and builders, hosting its tech events, and helping its companies find and keep great people.
THE SHORT VERSION
U.S. NAVY
Service that carried him out of Texas and landed him in Jacksonville — the city that became home.
STAFFING & TALENT
A career built on people — matching Jacksonville’s companies with the talent that grows them.
PB+JAX
The podcast spotlighting the city’s pioneers and builders — plus live events that bring them together.
THE BOOK
While It Sucks — the memoir about the decision that changed everything. Coming soon.
“The worst things imaginable can happen to a person, for years, with no one stepping in — and that person can still, eventually, pick up a decision and carry it. Badly, at first. Scared the whole way. And still build something real.”
WHAT HE BELIEVES
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