Tom started his career at Columbia Pictures in Philadelphia in 1984, followed by promotional transfers to Atlanta, Jacksonville and Dallas, where he was part of the teams that handled Ghostbusters, Karate Kid, The Natural, Look Who's Talking, Terminator 2 and many others. 1997 saw the formation of Polygram Films in LA and Tom was one of their first hires as the western division manager. Shortly after Polygram was sold to Universal Pictures, Tom moved back East and became eastern division manager at Destination Films, and in 2004 he joined Newmarket Films to be part of the team handling The Passion of the Christ (5000+ screens), Monster among others. The Newmarket team was brought on as part of Picturehouse, post the Time Warner acquisition, and Tom made that move handling films such as La Vie en Rose, Pan's Labyrinth, and many others.

Tom began independently consulting on the distribution and release of motion pictures in 2008 and handled among others The Dragon Tattoo trilogy, Killer Joe, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Insidious. He began his collaboration with Abramorama in 2011 with the national release of Peter Weir's The Way Back (650+ screens) and has handled many of the company’s larger releases including The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years. He is particularly proud of Abramorama’s growth over the years and his role in establishing relationships with exhibitors, both major commercial chains and indie arthouses, across the United States and Canada, and working with filmmakers across all genres, and receiving great appreciation And recommendations from that community.