TOM SHIPLEY

BOARD MEMBER

Tom’s brands have sold over $2B through Direct-to-Consumer Marketing and Retail. His brands are widely recognized household names that can be seen on TV, radio, online, Amazon, and found in major retailers like Costco, Ulta, CVS, Nordstroms, HSN, and more. Tom raised $100M from private equity to launch FOUNDRY, which acquires, grows and scales omni-digital brands that are essential to the households that buy them.  Most recently, Tom is the co-founder & CEO of AVA - Agency Ventures Aggregator - leading the charge to acquire and scale 30 advertising agencies per year, creating value through programmatic scaling and a people-first approach in order to compete head-to-head with traditional global advertising agency holding companies.