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Tom has had a love for food and beverages since he was a kid.  On a trip to Spain in 1989, during his senior year of college, he discovered a peach nectar that would inspire his entrepreneurial drive and eventually help him to transform the juice drink industry in the United States.  He and his future business partner and friend, Tom Scott, began mixing fruit drinks out of an ice cream store on Nantucket and sold them off their delivery boat, and with that, Nantucket Nectars was born.

Over the course of 14 years, under the leadership of Tom and Tom, Nantucket Nectars grew from a grass-roots start-up company to one with national prominence. For five consecutive years, the company was named to Inc. Magazine’s “Inc. 500″ list of fastest-growing U.S. companies. While building Nantucket Nectars, Tom won several awards, including the Mercury Award for Advertising, Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award, and several leadership and design awards.

Nantucket Nectars was sold to Cadbury Schweppes (now Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS – NYSE) in 2002.  A serial entrepreneur, Tom went on to found and lead several other ventures including Owater and Eleven Technologies, which was sold to Trimble (TRMB – Nasdaq) in 2005.  For years, Tom has invested in and advised emerging businesses in the food and beverage industry.  He has a passion for product development, branding and team building. 

Tom graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in American History in 1989. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts with his wife and three children, Olivia, Tim and Luke.  Tom is a runner, swimmer, races sailboats, and plays golf (and any other sport or game where competition can be found).

 

 

 

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