As a Director of the Internet Industry Association (IIA), Chairman of Digital Content Action Agenda Experts Group (DCITA), and a Commissioner of the Australian Film Commission (AFC), Tom is widely regarded as one of the most influential and experienced figures in the Australian interactive community. He has over 18 years experience in media and technology, spanning software publishing and distribution and interactive content creation and management.

In recent times he was CEO of Hyro Limited (ASX-HYO), a digital agency with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore and Bangkok, from November 2003 to December 2004; Managing Director of Beyond Online Limited, July 1999 to May 2003 including leading the company to a public listing in March 2000 (ASX- BYO); and Managing Director of Brainwaave Interactive Pty Limited, which he founded under AAV, a division of John Fairfax Holdings Limited in 1995, before spearheading a management buyout from Fairfax in 1998.

From 2000 to 2004