Tom Erickson has over 25 years of experience in software products and services and is currently CEO of Acquia. Prior to Acquia, he was the CEO of Systinet Corporation, a privately held software company recognized globally as a leader in providing a foundation for service oriented architectures (SOA) in Global 2000 companies.

Systinet was sold to Mercury Interactive in 2006, which itself was acquired by Hewlett Packard (HP).

Before Systinet, Tom was the executive vice-president, international for webMethods, a Nasdaq listed company recognized as the fastest growing software company in the USA from 1998 to 2003. During the time that Tom was at webMethods, their international business averaged 90% annual growth.

Before webMethods, Tom was President, Asia Pacific for the Baan Company, also based in Sydney. Tom joined Baan in 1997 and before his posting to Sydney was President, MSO Division, based at the corporate head office in Reston, Virginia. In that role, he had worldwide responsibility for all maintenance management and field service business.

Prior to Baan, he held a variety of worldwide executive positions in enterprise application software companies, including Watermark Software / FileNet, Delrina, Thomson Software and MRO Software. Tom serves as a Non-Executive director for SeeWhy and also for Quickcomm Software, a leader in telecom expense management (TEM) software.

Thomas Erickson earned his honors degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.