Tom's Bio
I am the Founder and CEO of Gather, the social network that helps people find and form new social circles. At Gather we bring people together around the things they love to do and want to talk about -- making it easy to make new friends.
In addition to running Gather, I am Founder and Chairman of SMAC, the Social Media Advertising Consortium. I launched SMAC in September 2008 -- teaming up with agency representatives, industry thought leaders, social network executives, and brand marketers to create standardized social media advertising industry vocabulary, metrics, and values. Over 100 Executives from both the buy side and sell side have since joined SMAC and are working together to evaluate the issues facing social media advertising standards.
Before founding Gather, I served for two years as Senior Vice President, Marketing, for National Leisure Group (NLG), a $1.0 billion annual seller of travel. Prior to joining NLG, I founded and served as President of Be Free, an online marketing services company. I served as Chief Marketing Officer through the company´s initial public offering.
