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Tom Y

Founder & Product Leader | Board Director | Fractional CPTO

About Me

25+ years building, scaling and commercialising technology products and businesses. As a co-founder at TVM I spent eight years as CPTO, helping grow the company from inception through multiple funding rounds, significant value creation and international expansion. My role spanned product and company strategy, fundraising, US expansion and partnerships, including playing a key role in securing multi-million-dollar commercial deals. Business sectors are adtech, iGaming, advertising (programmatic and direct), AI. Previously, I built consumer technology at scale at Skype and Microsoft and worked with companies including Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone across mobile, streaming and telecommunications / VOIP. Today, I work with founders, investors and leadership teams on product strategy, scaling, commercialisation, fundraising and international expansion, both as an operator and in strategic advisory and board roles.

Jurisdiction

Region: Europe
Country: United States

Notable Employer

  • Principal Product Manager at Skype / Microsoft

Experience

Seniority LevelBoard
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Board DirectorTVM
2025 - Present

Co-Founder and Board Member of a digital media & adtech company operating internationally. Following transition from an operational role, continuing to support the company at the board level with focus on governance, strategic direction, and executive support.

Co-Founder & Chief of ProductTVM
2016 - 2024

Spent almost eight years working with an incredible team to build and lead our tech product from scratch to multi-million-dollar revenue. Relocated the team to our European office and set and executed on the Product Roadmap with the CEO and the rest of the C-Suite. Played an important role in our expansion into the U.S. market, securing key sales deals and laying the groundwork for success. Along the way, we built out a full programmatic stack that transformed our offering and positioned us for even bigger opportunities, and handed over a Product & team ready to be taken to the next level by our superb US Leadership.

Principal Product ManagerNotableSkype / Microsoft
2012 - 2016

Working with some of the smartest people in the world at one of the most well-known companies in the world. Responsible for spearheading a new cross-team Agile approach to Product Quality which achieved all-time best performance in some of our key products, delivering double-digit (up to 40%) improvements in our key business metrics for three quarters in a row. Led an internal 'Hackathon' competition project which finished 3rd in its category from 1400 entrants, as judged by Satya Nadella and his team. Selected to attend a Strategy Conference for the highest performing employees at Microsoft presenting directly to CEO Steve Ballmer and other Microsoft executives

Education

Masters of Computer ScienceManchester University
1995 - 1999

Certification

Total Certifications1

Effective Company Directorship

Styrelseakademien / Board Academy Sweden

2026

Credential ID: 520999

Skills

Core skills8
Interests0
Languages1

Skills

Product
Technology
Mobile
Board
iGaming
DOOH
Leadership
Founder

Languages

English