Thomas Hornbeck

Thomas is a well accomplished, hands on technology executive, with a proven track record of successfully launching high growth, disruptive, technology products in the education space. He was the founding CEO of Tutor Universe (now called GotIt! – a top ranked education app in the U.S. and several other countries). At GotIt! He helped build and lead a team of experienced engineers and famous mentors which include Guy Kawasaki (Chief Evangelist of Apple, Venture Capitalist, and bestselling author) and successfully helped raise several rounds of funding in Silicon Valley.

Prior to Tutor Universe, he worked on a PhD in Computer Science and had major publications in the fields of machine learning, natural language processing, internet security, distributed systems, and computational epidemiology. He is the author of a patent on advanced matching technology, and an active advisor/investor in a handful of technology startups across the country. He also teaches a course on mobile application development in the University of Iowa’s Department of Computer Science.