Tom Hale (born 1968) is an American technology executive. He is the

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of Oura Health Oy, maker of the Oura

smart ring A smart ring is a wearable electronics device with advanced mobile components that combine features of mobile devices with innovative features useful for mobile or handheld use. Smart rings, which are typically the size of traditional rings or la ...

. Hale is the former president of SurveyMonkey and

COO COO or coo may refer to: Business * Certificate of origin, used in international trade * Chief operating officer or chief operations officer, high-ranking corporate official * Concept of operations, used in Systems Engineering Management Process ...

HomeAway HomeAway was a vacation rental marketplace. It operated through 50 websites in 23 languages through which it offered rentals of cabins, condos, castles, villas, barns, and farmhouses. Founded in February 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, ...

. Hale is an independent director for

Cars.com Cars.com is an automotive classified website focused on the United States that launched in June 1998 and now is the second largest automotive classified site. Its headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois. History A 2003 ''Library Journal' ...

, RocketReach and Noiseaware. Past board roles include

Intralinks Intralinks Holdings, Inc., founded in 1996, is a global technology provider of inter-enterprise content management and collaboration solutions. Its products serve the enterprise collaboration and strategic transaction markets, enabling the excha ...

and

ReachLocal ReachLocal, Inc. (ReachLocal) is an online marketing and advertising provider for advertising to consumers in local markets. It provides Internet and mobile Internet marketing to business clients in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. ...

. He was Chief Product Officer of Linden Lab, the company that operates

Second Life ''Second Life'' is an online multimedia platform that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and then interact with other users and user created content within a multi player online virtual world. Developed and owned by the San Fra ...

, from 2008 to 2010. He was previously the General Manager of the Knowledge Worker Business Unit at

Adobe Systems Adobe Inc. ( ), originally called Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Jose, California. It has historically specialized in software for the crea ...

with responsibility for the Acrobat and web conferencing businesses. He served in various management positions at Macromedia, before its acquisition by Adobe. After leaving Adobe he joined Redpoint Ventures as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence. Hale earned his

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

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Macromedia Executive Bio
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