Tom currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer for Big Idea Ventures (“BIV”), a New York and Singapore-based venture capital firm. BIV currently operates the Generation Food Rural Partners which partners with US universities to commercialize intellectual property in the areas of food, protein, and agriculture and the New Protein Fund family of funds that makes seed-stage investments in alternative protein companies.

Prior to joining BIV, Tom was a Founding Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods. Prior to Tyson Foods, Tom held senior leadership positions at a number of New York-based private equity funds, including Advance Venture Partners, RedBird Capital Partners and Palladium Equity Partners.

Tom began his career in public accounting and received a BS in Accountancy from Villanova University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (NY-inactive).