Tom Oliver has been an employee of Lockheed Martin since July 1977. During this time he has been in the thermal physics group and done thermal analysis for programs, such as Solar Thermal Power Systems, Peacekeeper Missile System, Space Station, Peacekeeper Advanced Basing, Commercial Titan, Titan II, Minuteman III Safety Assessment, Mars Global Surveyor, and EELV Atlas V.

He was a radarman/operations specialist in the US Navy from 1969 to 1973.

Tom received a B.S. Degree in General Enginerring for Oklahoma State University in 1977. He was born in Houston, Texas, in 1950.