Tom Blackman

Tom Blackman is an accomplished professional currently serving as the Head of Global Accounts for Asia Pacific and Japan at Zendesk, where leadership focuses on driving global account collaboration and support. In addition, Tom works as an Advisor on Go-To-Market strategy for Swarm and holds an executive membership at Pavilion. With extensive experience in sales and strategy development, previous roles include Vice President positions at SingleStore and AI Rudder, as well as significant tenure at Zendesk in various leadership capacities. Tom has also contributed as a mentor at Kickstart Ventures, aiding startups in user acquisition, branding, and marketing. Tom's educational background includes executive education at prestigious institutions such as UC Berkeley and INSEAD, complementing a Bachelor’s degree from the University of South Wales.