Tom Shields is an experienced technology founder and operator with 14 years in senior roles and a multi-decade career building adtech and platform businesses from engineering to exit. Currently SVP Strategic Integration at Hippocratic AI and CEO/CTO of Eridani Ventures, he blends hands-on coding (including Solidity for stealth projects) with board-level strategy across climate, agtech, and finance startups. He founded and served as CTO/CEO of companies that reached IPO and acquisition, and now focuses on coaching, mission-driven investing, and product strategy. Based in the Bay Area, he pairs deep engineering roots (BA in Computer Science from Harvard) with practical M&A and integration experience, and—less obvious—continues shipping code while chairing boards to align technical roadmaps with commercial impact.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Phillips Academy, Andover
BA Computer Science, BA Computer Science at Harvard University
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