Tom Simpson
Tom is the SVP for AdColony in APAC, and one of Singapore’s most prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders. He has been described as a mentor in the start-up space, a serial entrepreneur, and a futurist. He has predicted and driven many of the large consumer and industry shifts such as big data, programmatic, the rise of gaming, esports, and the metaverse.
Tom has actively coached thousands of founders and CEOs through his website DigitalinAsia which has monthly traffic of 15K. He has launched, built, and exited multiple companies - including MediaQuark, Gamma, and Ambient Digital - across the Asia Pacific region. And in each of these companies, he has left a legacy that continues to shape them today. Tom is active in the startup community with a focus on the next Web3 wave of the internet and The Metaverse, including businesses in Gaming, Esports, Online Retail, NFTs, and Blockchain.
He has amassed numerous accolades with the most notable being on the Asia Pacific board for MMA (Mobile Marketing Association), the Gaming & Esports Committee of the IAB, listed on Campaign Asia’s 40 under 40, and nominated as Exchangewire AdTech Personality of the Year.