Thomas Layton

Teaching Statement

Thomas Layton co-teaches Innovation and Non-founder CEO’s with Andy Rachleff. Thomas’s goal in teaching is to expose students to real-world issues and challenges they will face as senior leaders in rapidly growing companies.

Bio

Thomas has a long history of successful business leadership, having served as CEO at both OpenTable and Metaweb (acquired by Google in 2010), and having co-founded CitySearch. He is currently a board member for Upwork, ezhome, and Doxo. Additionally, he founded the non-profit organization, MapLight.org.

Thomas is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, and he holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and a BS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Academic Degrees

• MBA, Stanford GSB, 1994
• BS, UNC Chapel Hill, 1986

Teaching

Degree Courses

2017-18

STRAMGT 504: Innovation and Non-founder CEOs

This course examines how companies innovate after the success of their first product, and why non-founder led companies are often less successful at this than founder led companies. We focus on how non-founder CEOs can drive more innovation while...

2016-17

STRAMGT 504: Innovation and Non-founder CEOs

This course examines how companies innovate after the success of their first product, and why non-founder led companies are often less successful at this than founder led companies. We focus on how non-founder CEOs can drive more innovation while...