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'''Tom Hayes''' is an American [[marketing]] executive, and is the founder of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, a public-private economic consultancy and think tank. Hayes formerly worked as an executive at [[Applied Materials, Inc.]] He is the author of two books on digital business and culture including ''Jump Point: How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business'' and ''[[No Size Fits All: From Mass Marketing to Mass Handselling]]''. Hayes is a frequent contributor to the [[Wall Street Journal]] and the [[Huffington Post]].<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayes|title=Blog Entries by Tom Hayes|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=2012-02-16}}</ref>

In 1992, Hayes founded and served as chairman and CEO of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, a public-private effort tasked with rebuilding Silicon Valley's struggling regional economy.<ref name=fastcompany/> The organization's work was the subject of the book, ''Grassroots Leaders for a New Economy''. In 1996, Hayes pioneered what is widely considered to be the first online entertainment event - WEBSTOCK '96 - as "a combination TV show, rock concert and theme park." He joined forces with ''[[Melrose Place]]'' actor [[Andrew Shue]], to combine the creative talents of [[MTV]], [[Disney]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], and [[Nickelodeon]] for a 96-hour marathon event in conjunction with [[Rock the Vote]] and to benefit the charity, [[Do Something]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Walters|first=Barry|title=Webstock '96 to be on-line extravaganza|url=https://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Webstock-96-to-be-on-line-extravaganza-3135880.php|date=1996-06-26|accessdate=2018-06-22}}</ref> Hayes also served as an executive at [[Applied Materials Inc.]] throughout most of the 1990s.<ref name=fastcompany/><ref>{{cite news|last=Markoff|first=John|title=Silicon Valley May Have Lost Its Way|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/28/business/silicon-valley-may-have-lost-its-way.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|date=1992-09-28|accessdate=2012-02-16}}</ref>

After hours entertainment was produced by [[Live Nation]] and featured musical performances by Grammy-award Award winners [[Weezer]], [[Thievery Corporation]], Kongos, Young Rising Sons. DJ [[Dash Berlin]] was presented by sponsor [[T-Mobile US|T-Mobile]] in a special show.

In September 2015, Hayes was named Senior Vice President/Head of New Media at [[Paramount Pictures]] where he is responsible for new technology, new distribution, new content and new media talent.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite news|last=Malone|first=Michael|title=Hollywood and Silicon Valley: ReKindling a Failed Romance? |newspaper=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemalone/2015/11/18/hollywood-and-silicon-valley-rekindling-a-failed-romance/|accessdate=2015-11-18}}</ref> <ref name=Deadline>{{cite news|last=Cieply|first=Michael|title=Paramount Flirts With Kino’sKino's Interactive Film ‘Late'Late Shift’Shift'; Gives A Lesson In Movie Logic|url=httphttps://deadline.com/2017/10/paramount-kino-industries-ctrlmovie-late-shift-movie-logic-tom-hayes-tobias-weber-joe-sowerbutts-1202188829/|accessdate=2017-10-17}}</ref><ref name=ESPN>{{cite news|last=Khan|first=Imad|title=Former WME/IMG executive Tobias Sherman creates game studio Foundry IV |url=http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/21341084/former-wme%7Cimg-executive-tobias-sherman-creates-game-studio-foundry-iv|accessdate=2017-11-08}}</ref>

[[Category:21st-century American businesspeople]]