Tom has been in the automation industry for 30+ years. He spent 13 years in the consulting engineering world with water and wastewater projects all over the united states. He then moved on to distribution for 12 years, involved in tech support and management. He also spent 13 years as an independent sales representative for sensors, machine guard safety, wireless communications, distributed I/O, connectivity, controls, LED lighting, linear motion, power supplies and a few automation related products. Tom has been with Horner APG three times and has been involved with their OCS products since they were a concept many years ago.

Tom has been married for 38 years and has two children and four grandchildren. He lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and spends a lot of time outdoors in his free time.