Thomas is a Y Combinator alumni and a product startup guy who has been on both sides of the table. He started his engineering career at Apple and has since worn different hats from founding a Y Combinator-backed startup in San Francisco to growing Stripe's adoption in Hong Kong to scaling the team at GoodNotes. He has also served as a venture partner and a technical advisor for multiple venture funds in Asia. Thomas received his master degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia.