Tom Kandris is a regional business leader from Northern California, and a serial entrepreneur and investor. Kandris spent the first half of his career entrenched in the semiconductor industry where he held domestic and overseas senior executive and board level roles in major American, Japanese and European corporations. In 2000, Kandris cofounded PackageOne, an innovative and agile manufacturer of corrugated packaging products, which grew from a self-funded startup to an over $60 million enterprise. He led the company to a successful exit in 2017. He sits on several for-profit, nonprofit and government boards, including on the Comstock’s editorial board.