John Wendell Thompson holds the position of Independent Chairman at Microsoft Corp. and Venture Partner at Lightspeed Management Co. LLC. Dr. Thompson is also Member of National Infrastructure Advisory Council and on the board of 6 other companies.

In his past career Dr. Thompson occupied the position of Chairman of NortonLifeLock, Inc., Chief Executive Officer & Director at Virtual Instruments Corp. and General Manager at International Business Machines Corp.

John Wendell Thompson received an undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University and a graduate degree from MIT Sloan School of Management.