Thomas Layton

Thomas H. Layton is a businessperson who founded MAPLight.org and CityGrid Media LLC and who has been at the head of 8 different companies. Mr. Layton occupies the position of Executive Chairman at Upwork, Inc. and Executive Chairman of Upwork Global, Inc. (a subsidiary of Upwork, Inc.). Thomas H. Layton is also on the board of Doxo, Inc. and MAPLight.org. Mr. Layton previously held the position of President & Chief Operating Officer at Bluefoot Ventures Inc., Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer at Score Learning Corp., Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc., Executive Chairman at oDesk Corp., Chairman at OpenTable, Inc., Chief Executive Officer at Metaweb Technologies, Inc., President & Chief Operating Officer at CityGrid Media LLC, President, Chief Operating & Financial Officer at SCORE! Educational Centers, Inc. and Vice President & General Manager at MicroFinancial, Inc. He received an undergraduate degree from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.