Thomas Layton

Thomas H.
Layton was the founder of CityGrid Media LLC, founded in 1995, where the title held was President & Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 1999.
Mr. Layton is also the founder of MAPLight.org..
Mr. Layton is currently Chairman at Upwork, Inc. since 2014 and Chairman at Upwork Global, Inc. since 2014.
Mr. Layton is Director at Doxo, Inc., Hostie Ai, Inc., Just Appraised, Inc., Wholesail, Inc., and Swiftcomply, Inc. Former positions include Chief Executive Officer at Metaweb Technologies, Inc. from 2007 to 2010; Executive Chairman and Chairman at oDesk Corp.
from 2011 to 2014; Chairman at OpenTable, Inc. from 2011 to 2014; Independent Director at Ancestry.com, Inc. from 2011 to 2012; Vice President & General Manager at MicroFinancial, Inc. from 1989 to 1992; Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. from 1986 to 1988; President, Chief Operating & Financial Officer at SCORE!.
Educational Centers, Inc.; Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Score Learning Corp.
from 1994 to 1996; and President & Chief Operating Officer at Bluefoot Ventures Inc. Education includes undergraduate studies at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.