Thomas C. Kwon, Founder

Thomas C. Kwon is the founder of Altruik, Inc., and focuses on the company’s vision as well as overseeing strategic initiatives for the company, involving sales, product and business development programs.

Mr. Kwon is a veteran Web technology executive and a serial entrepreneur who during his 19-year career has founded and led a number of successful Web technology and application ventures. In 1996 Kwon founded DMIND with a mission to help organizations leverage the Web to improve their marketing and business operations. From 1996 to 2002 DMIND developed and implemented more than 700 websites and applications and built one of the industry’s first multilingual content management systems. Prior to DMIND, Kwon co-founded Avon Computing Company, a network integration company. Before Avon Computing, Kwon founded DynaMind, a web technology company that created an education market-specific browser for that provided ancillary information for learning at all grade levels.

Kwon has been involved with the Web since its advent, and his experiences range from connecting every school and library in the state of Connecticut to the Internet to establishing the White House's initial Web presence. He was the finalist for Ernst and Young's Entrepreneurial of the Year Award in 2001 and recipient of the "50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Business" Award in 2005.

Tom attended Northeastern University and completed coursework from MIT's Sloan School of Management and NYU’s Stern School of Management sponsored by JP Morgan Chase and Marsh McLennan. Tom serves on the Board of Business for Diplomatic Action and is an advisory member for the American Advertising Federation’s Mosaic Counsel.