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Tom Hamilton

Tom Hamilton

Birmingham, MI, USA

Founder, Open Tee | Builder. Translator. Operator. | Helping $5-50M businesses actually adopt AI | Ex-McKinsey | Michigan Engineering

Founder at Open Tee

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    Background

    I'm a builder. Always have been. Systems engineering at Michigan, problem decomposition at McKinsey, then first executive hire at a proptech startup where I built the product, ran ops, and took it through an acquisition. I wasn't the founder. I was the person doing everything. Every stop taught me the same lesson: the hardest problem is never the technology. It's getting people to actually change how they work. Now I run Open Tee, where I help mid-market companies ($5-50M) adopt AI by building the tools and training the people myself. Construction, dental, trades, service businesses. The companies too big to wing it, too small for big firms like McKinsey. I speak both languages. I can talk strategy with a CEO at breakfast and build the software their field leader uses by lunch. I also have taste. I care about how things look and feel, not just whether they function. If your business does $5-50M and you know AI should be doing more of the work but don't know where to start, that's exactly who I built this for. Detroit. Michigan Engineering. Kellogg MBA. McKinsey. Startup Executive & Operator.


    Job experience

    • December 2024 - present
      Founder
      Open Tee
      Detroit, MI
    • January 2022 - January 2025
      Head of Product
      Mezo
      Chicago, IL / Austin, TX
    • February 2020 - February 2022
      Director
      Relativity
      Chicago, IL, USA
    • August 2012 - September 2019
      Sr. Engagement Manager
      McKinsey & Company
      Chicago, IL, USA

    Education

    • Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University
      M.B.A.
      2015 - 2016
    • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
      Industrial & Operations Engineering - BSE (‘11) & MSE (‘12)
      2007 - 2012