Tom Weithman
Vice President
Entrepreneurship and Investment Services

CIT Tower, Suite 600,
2214 Rock Hill Road
Herndon, VA 20170-4200
E-mail: tweithman@cit.org
Phone: (703) 689-3060
Fax: (703) 689-3051

Tom Weithman is Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Investment Services at Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology. In this capacity, Mr. Weithman oversees CIT's initiatives in assisting Virginia companies in obtaining both federal and private funding to launch and develop their early stage technology businesses. Mr. Weithman also manages CIT's Growth Acceleration Program (GAP) fund, through which makes pre-seed and seed-level investments in high-potential technology start-ups.

Before his appointment as Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Investment Services, Tom Weithman served as CIT's Director for Entrepreneurship Programs. In this capacity, Mr. Weithman advised technology companies on a variety of issues pertaining to business development and technology commercialization. Prior to joining CIT, Mr. Weithman served for three years as Business Development Manager for Hughes Electronics with responsibility for new product and services sales generation, market research and a variety of issues germane to corporate diversification into the information systems business. Before joining Hughes, Mr. Weithman held a series of marketing and program management positions with IBM.

Mr. Weithman's educational background includes a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Notre Dame, an MBA from Michigan State University and a Master's degree in public policy from Harvard University.

Mr. Weithman has served as a Visiting Fellow of Georgetown University's Public Policy Program and in 1997 was appointed to ISAC-13, a private sector advisory panel to the International Trade Administration and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Mr. Weithman's non-profit involvements include service as Chairman of the Alumni Association of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and President of Four Hundred Friends, Inc.