Thomas Lewis
Tom Lewis is the chief executive officer of The Green Exchange Venture. Previously, Mr. Lewis was the founder of Tom Lewis & Co., a consulting firm that assisted companies in gaining economic leverage where technology is central to the success of the business. Mr. Lewis also served as an executive in residence and assistant professor of environmental finance at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School where he was responsible for creating a new MBA course in environmental finance.
In addition, Mr. Lewis was a general partner of Roomtag, LLC, a provider of breakthrough technology for commercial office space and asset management. Mr. Lewis was also on the Board of Directors of the New York-based environmental and energy financial services firm, Evolution Markets Inc.
Formerly, Mr. Lewis was chairman and CEO of APX, Inc. from 2003-07, where he successfully led a four-year turnaround and repositioning of the company as the leader in technology infrastructure for renewable energy and environmental commodities in every major market in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Previously, Mr. Lewis was CEO of Ameritrade Holding Corp.
Mr. Lewis was also the director of technology for the Executive Office of the President of the United States at the White House under the Ronald Reagan Administration, where he received the highest civilian award, the Distinguished Service Award of the Office of Administration.
He currently serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Henry Lee Institute of Forensic Science and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of New Haven. He has taught at California Polytechnic University (Pomona), California State University (Dominguez Hills), and the University of New Haven, and has lectured at Cornell University.
Mr. Lewis holds an honorary doctorate, a master’s degree in computer and information science, and a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in business administration from the University of New Haven in Connecticut.
