After moving into Williamson County in 2001, Tom met his wife, Angie, while helping to start Rolling Hills Community Church, where he continues to serve. Angie and Tom have 2 kids – JT, a student at UTK and Lily, a student at FRA

Lily has Down Syndrome, which has given the Atemas a firsthand experience with High Hopes for over 10 years. The entire Atema family is involved with the special needs community by serving in various ways with various organizations.

Tom has served on several nonprofit boards including as treasurer and secretary for both locally- and internationally-facing organizations. He currently serves on the Williamson Inc. Board of Directors. 

Tom founded Atema Partners in 2008 with a vision of offering Audio Visual and production services in a new and better way. Since then, ATEMA Partners has done exactly that, expanding into a boutique brand that operates AP-Live, AP Presents, AP Xpress and OCD Labs.  All four of these companies have become premier providers to hundreds of clients in dozens of industries all over the world, including multiple Fortune 500 companies and some of the biggest musical acts in the world today. Tom believes that being the best in your field is better than being the biggest, a belief that plays out daily in each of his companies.