Thomas N. ( Tom ) Newsom – TMA-Director Mr. Newsom has 25 years of experience in the high tech capital equipment business, working for Hewlett-Packard Company, Fluke Company, and Agilent Technologies. During his career, he was Vice President and General Manager of $500M business at Agilent, a worldwide Vice President of Sales and Support with a team of over 500 employees, and a geographically dispersed Business Unit with operations in 4 countries. In addition to managing businesses, he has experience in acquisitions and divestitures.
Tom's experience in large capital equipment for the electronics and semiconductor industries provides a rich background for bringing new innovative technologies from the lab to the marketplace. He served as the product marketing manager the HP 3070, a large Automated Test Equipment (ATE) program which moved HP from #5 to #1 in the ATE market. In addition, he managed a $60M/year R&D budget and was accountable for producing complex systems including hardware, software, and mechanical subassemblies. His experience in mobilizing worldwide design and marketing teams to produce successful products with effective sales and support channels is proven though the success of many automated systems.
Mr. Newsom has been a frequent speaker at the International Test Conference, SEMI conferences in the US, Japan, China, and Singapore, Wescon in San Francisco, Productronica in Munich, and numerous other industry forums. He was recognized by VLSI Research as one of the top marketing executives in the semiconductor industry. He has spoken on numerous occasions to stock analysts and other opinion leader forums.
Tom earned a BS degree in Electrical Engineering with high honors from the University of Tennessee . In addition, he completed the 12 th executive MBA program offered jointly by Stanford and the National University of Singapore. He lives in Fort Collins , Colorado , and travels extensively throughout the US , Asia, and Europe .
