Tom Stocky

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Advisor at Gates Ventures

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Tom Stocky is an advisor at Gates Ventures and insitro, leveraging his extensive background in building large-scale platforms. His career includes leadership roles as a VP at Facebook and a Director at Google, where he focused on search and commerce products. He holds engineering degrees from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Tom is deeply passionate about applying technology to solve complex problems in biology and healthcare. This motivation guided his career transition from consumer technology to biotech, where he focuses on leveraging machine learning and data to accelerate scientific discovery and drug development.

He co-founded the team that created Google Flights, a widely used travel search product.

Personality Overview

Believer

Enthusiastic

Big Picture Person

They are naturally enthusiastic, so take their promise with a pinch of salt.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are people oriented, friendly and like creating new connections.

Topics They Care About

Tech in Biotech
He deliberately pivoted his career from consumer tech to biotech, driven by a mission to apply machine learning and large-scale data to revolutionize drug discovery at insitro.
Large-Scale Platforms
He has a proven track record of leading teams that build the software, data, and infrastructure platforms that power science at insitro and search at Facebook and Google.
Consumer Search Products
At Google and Facebook, he led the development of major consumer products like Google Flights, Shopping, Image Search, and Facebook Search, impacting millions of users.

Media Appearances

Tom has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Advisor at Gates Ventures
5-2023 - 4-2025
Advisor at insitro
9-2021 - 4-2023
SVP, Lab & Data Platform at insitro
4-2021 - 2-2024
Scientific Advisory Board at Denali Therapeutics
2-2020 - 3-2021
Technology Fellow at Denali Therapeutics

Education

BS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MEng from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Insights For Selling To Tom

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be friendly and entertaining in your conversation
  • Share some stories about how you you have helped people in similar positions succeed
  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side

DONT's

  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Avoid cutting into their flow
  • Avoid overloading them with too much detail

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Tom is

  • Relationship and trust can be vital with them, sometimes more than anything else.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Tom

  • They are unlikely to say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Tom move?

  • They are not the fastest decision makers, their friendly approach can give false positive signals.
  • Can Tom take some risk or not?

  • They can accept limited risks, ones that they think will not impact them personally.

You And Tom

Personality Compatibility


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