Tom has 35 years of senior management experience, primarily in the medical device industry, both early stage and public companies.  He is a well known entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and holds nearly two dozen patents.  He has founded over a dozen companies, which in total have created over $2 billion in shareholder value.  Tom is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ponce de Leon Health, a company with a mission to extend the length and quality of human life.  He was also the co-founder and Chairman of a top quartile venture fund, Accuitive Medical Ventures, which raised a total of $230 million across two funds, and is now fully invested.

Tom co-founded The Innovation Factory in 1999 and serves as its Chairman.  Through his role at The Innovation Factory, he has co-founded AcuFocus, AqueSys, LipoSonix, Neuronetics, and Sebacia.  He currently is a director on the RespiCardia board, and was formerly the Chairman of LipoSonix, prior to its sale to Medicis.

Tom received his M.B.A Operations and Systems Management from Indiana University in 1981 and his B.S. Industrial Engineer from Purdue University in 1977.  Tom has been recognized by Purdue University in 2007 by receiving the Distinguished Engineer Alumni Award, Outstanding Industrial Engineer Award in 2006, and the Burton Morgan Entrepreneurship Award in 2005.  He also received the Junior Achievement ImpACT Award in 2003.