Born in 1976 in Vienna, Austria, Thomas studied economics at the Danube University Krems. He started his career in the Telecommunication business of Siemens Austria and in 2000 he became Product and Sales Manager at Alcatel-Lucent before he was appointed Business Development Manager Central and Eastern Europe for transmission systems. After 10 years in the Telecommunication industry Thomas moved to the UK to join Motorola as Global Business & Marketing Manager for government and public safety solutions. In this role he was also co-chairing and representing Motorola in the Dimetra User Forum, a European wide forum of customers using the Motorola technology. In 2008 Thomas started as the Chief Marketing Officer of APRICO, a technology venture of Philips, where he is responsible for the marketing and sales agenda of the company on a global base.

Thomas gained his technical education in Telecommunications and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Business School Krems, Austria.