Tom was previously the President and CEO of Ontario Centres of Excellence for 10 years. His background includes over 40 years of experience in the venture capital, start-up, technology transfer, entrepreneurship, and academic sectors. Tom is a leader in bridging together the worlds of entrepreneurship, academia, financing, and industry.
Prior to joining OCE in 2010, Tom was CEO of the Accelerator Centre and AVP – Commercialization at the University of Waterloo. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, he served as Director of Technology Transfer at the University of Toronto – Innovations Foundation. Before joining the University of Toronto, he spent 25 years in the private sector as an entrepreneur and as an executive with several major international technology corporations.
He holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Henley Management College/Brunel University in England, an MBA from the University of Toronto, the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and an Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Consultancy from Henley Management College.
Tom currently also serves on the boards of C-FER Technologies (Alberta Innovates), Ontario Centre of Innovation, Tyromer Inc, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Laboratory (SNOLAB) and AI Partnerships Corp.