As VP Sales & Business Develompent, Tom is responsible for Ephox’s worldwide sales and partner activities. Prior to Ephox, Tom was a strategic consultant with Global Apperture and his own Providence Place Ventures. During his career Tom has been the leader of a $140M IBM Global Services team with 250 staff, a managing director for the private equity group at Silicon Valley Bank and the executive in charge of the IBM Venture Capital Group for almost 6 years. Tom is adept at opening new markets and has extensive background in building partnerships between high-tech companies and multi-national corporations. And, just in case, Tom also has a top-secret security clearance.