Draft:Tom Hale

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Tom Hale is an American business executive who is the current CEO of Oura, the company behind the Oura Ring.{{Cite web |last=Phelan |first=David |title=The Future Of Health: Oura Ring CEO Reveals Predictions For2025 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2025/01/09/the-future-of-health-oura-ring-ceo-reveals-his-2025-predictions/ |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Previously, he held leadership roles at SurveyMonkey, HomeAway{{Cite web |last=Yeung |first=Ken |date=2016-07-21 |title=SurveyMonkey names former HomeAway COO Tom Hale president |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/surveymonkey-names-former-homeaway-coo-tom-hale-president/ |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}} and Linden Lab, and held executive roles at Macromedia and Adobe.{{Cite web |title=Tom Hale |url=https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/3896 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=www.oreilly.com |language=en}}

Early life and education

Hale was born to Linda Locke Howe and Edward Everett Hale IV, who were married{{Cite web |title=MISS LINDA L. HOWE, E. E. HALE 4TH WED |website=The New York Times |date=17 August 1953 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/08/17/archives/miss-linda-l-howe-e-e-hale-4th-wed.html }} in Bristol, Rhode Island. He attended The Thacher School, where he studied from 1984 to 1986. Following his time at Thacher, he attended Harvard University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree between 1986 and 1990.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-09 |title=Tom Hale, SurveyMonkey |url=https://www.cnbc.com/tom-hale-surveymonkey/ |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=CNBC |language=en}}

Career

Hale began his tech career in 1994 at Fauve Software until the company's acquisition by Macromedia in 1995. At Macromedia, he held multiple roles, overseeing product launches like Studio MX and strategic acquisitions, including Allaire. After Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005,{{Cite web |title=Adobe Buys Macromedia for $3.4 Billion |website=The New York Times |date=19 April 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/technology/adobe-buys-macromedia-for-34-billion.html |last1=Flynn |first1=Laurie J. }} Hale became SVP, overseeing the redesign of Acrobat 8.

In 2010 to 2017, he was chief product officer and later COO at HomeAway/VRBO, before the company's sale to Expedia.{{Cite web |title=Expedia to Acquire HomeAway for $3.9 Billion |website=The New York Times |date=4 November 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/05/business/dealbook/expedia-to-acquire-homeaway-for-3-9-billion.html |last1=Picker |first1=Leslie }}

From 2017 to 2023, Hale was president at SurveyMonkey, guiding it through an IPO{{Cite web |title=SurveyMonkey surges 42% in market debut, ends trading at $17 a share |website=CNBC |date=26 September 2018 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/26/surveymonkey-svmk-ipo-stock-starts-trading-on-the-nasdaq.html }} and a rebrand to Momentive. In 2023, he became CEO of Oura.{{Cite press release |title=ŌURA Names Tom Hale as New Chief Executive Officer |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220422005497/en/%C5%8CURA-Names-Tom-Hale-as-New-Chief-Executive-Officer }}

References

External links

[https://www.crunchbase.com/person/tom-hale Tom Hale] at Crunchbase
[https://openviewpartners.com/blog/advice-tom-hale/ Interview with Hale] during 2008 Dot.com and financial crisis