Thomas M. Brandt, Jr., Audit Committee Chair

Mr. Brandt is a retired corporate financial professional and investor. He was CFO and a board member of TeleCommunication Systems (TCS; NASDAQ:TSYS), an Annapolis-based wireless communications technology company and MBE, from 1997 until its sale in 2016. He has served on several public and private company boards. Prior to working for TCS, Mr. Brandt was a financial officer for several other companies. He began his career with Price Waterhouse, where he worked for 12 years. He is a Maryland CPA (inactive) with a Bachelor’s degree in Management Science from Duke University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Brandt is a venture investor and is Chair of the Maryland Sports Wagering Application Review Commission. Other board work includes the YMCA in Central Maryland, where he is a past chair, and the Maryland Center for History and Culture. Past civic work includes a study of the Baltimore schools budget process for the Greater Baltimore Committee, service on Governor Ehrlich’s technology commission, and a nonprofit enabling west Baltimore after-school and summer programs. He has also been a vestryman, warden, and day school board member at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ellicott City.

Tom and his wife Nancy live on the Severn River in Maryland and in Sarasota Florida. They have 2 adult children and 5 grandchildren – all in Maryland.