Tom received his BFA in Commercial Music/Recording Engineering from Memphis State and started his career as a Staff and Independent Recording engineer in Nashville where he worked on a wide range of major label Country, Rock, Bluegrass, and Contemporary Christian albums including ones from Ricky Skaggs, Lyle Lovett, and REM. Since 1989 he has worked exclusively for mixing console manufacturers in management and technical sales positions and has been involved in console specification and application support in a wide range of disciplines covering Recording, Broadcast, Film Post Production, Broadway, and of course Live Sound. He has been with Soundcraft for over 20 years.