Tom Drugan

Partner & Vice President, Operations

Based in Austin, TX

Tom is a twenty-year product development, project management and online marketing veteran. He has experience in launching innovative products and businesses, building high-functioning teams, and implementing Agile methodologies to help growing businesses flourish.

Prior to joining Slide UX, Tom was a happy and loyal client for six years across multiple companies.

At HumanN, he was Director of E-commerce where he oversaw web development, UX Design and A/B testing efforts for a leading functional nutrition company.

At A Place for Mom, Tom was Director of Product Management where he built the Product Management discipline and team from the ground-up. He partnered with Slide UX to launch several new products including the CareGivers.com Home Care Marketplace, Senior Living Finder mobile app, and a redesigned A Place For Mom website.

Prior to that, as a Senior Product Manager at RetailMeNot, he developed and executed on strategic plans and product roadmaps for personalization, loyalty, community and member experience.

From 2005 to 2012, Tom founded and ran Naymz.com where he oversaw product development, creative direction, marketing, PR, and member support efforts for a professional social networking community of 1.7 million members.

All the way back in the dot-com bubble days, Tom was the lead project manager for the very first standalone Kraft Mac & Cheese and Oscar Mayer Lunchables websites.

Tom is originally from Chicago and relocated to Austin in 2012. He is a husband and proud father of six-year-old twin boys, and in his spare time tries his best to keep up with his sons.

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