Tom Olson is a Sackbut player at Freelance. Colleagues describe them as "I've been participating in the OpenGL ES workgroup in Khronos for about as long as Tom's been chairing it. He is extremely conscientious about separating his viewpoints as a member participant from his duties as chairperson. He is also relentless in his quest for group consensus, remaining sensitive to minority viewpoints to make sure everyone is heard and we all end up on the same page and pointed in the same direction. Tom is a very organized and effective leader for our workgroup, and I hope he'll continue this often thankless job for many years to come. The OpenGL ES standard owes him a debt of gratitude for his service."