Advisory Board

Tom Gilmartin

Have you experienced meeting someone for the first time and feeling like you’ve known them your whole life? That’s how it was, and remains, for us when we met Tom. Tom has spent 20+ years schooled in the art of bridging the power of strategic creativity of Madison Ave with the power of ever-evolving creative technology in Silicon Valley. He spent the last decade earning a deep understanding of how to grow, nurture and guide large teams through the volatile, chaotic and rocket-pace of a platform like Facebook. Tom has shared conference rooms, trans-global jetliners, production vans, VR headsets and sleepless nights with leadership teams from Sony, Audi, Lexus, ESPN, Hulu, Disney, EA, Levi’s, Microsoft, Hyundai among many others. Along the way he has wielded almost every tool in the new media toolkit, from the completely digital to the somewhat traditional to the AR/VR/MR/AI landscapes now being unveiled in the Metaverse. He lives in Palos Verdes CA with his wife, Sara, their three children and the family quarter horse, Biggs. And now he is part of Vista Caballo. And his horse is too.

John Romer

John is a lifelong learner and Healthcare innovator with 25+ years leading enterprises. We met and became fast friends when he was President of DaVita RX where he lead an enterprise growth strategy and expanded the business from $200 million to $1.3 billion in revenue in 5 years and brought us in to work with his leadership team. His experience also includes healthcare information technology, revenue cycle, management and launching entrepreneurial ventures. John has an AB in Economic Theory from UC Davis, and an MBA in Finance from California State University-Hayward.