Tom was the former COO of prominent eVTOL startup BETA Technologies, where he collaborated with Mark Page on the design of the BETA Alia eVTOL. He was an early senior executive (Director of Sales and Marketing) at Tesla, putting in place much of the innovative market facing infrastructure for that pioneering mobility company. He is well versed in taking startup technologies and companies from their early stages to maturity. His entire career has been in mobility, starting at Autoweb.com, working at eBay Motors and with other innovators.