He was an accounting major from Stonehill College, a private Catholic school in Easton, Massachusetts.

At Inovant, he was responsible for all development, support, and maintenance of Visa's global payment system.

[3] In addition, he worked for Coopers & Lybrand, delivering information technology solutions to leading financial services clients such as Wells Fargo.

[4] In early April 2012, Thompson announced and executed a plan to reduce Yahoo!

's filings with the SEC stated that Thompson "holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and computer science from Stonehill College".

issued a press release stating that Thompson was no longer with the company, and would immediately be replaced on an interim basis by Ross Levinsohn, recently appointed head of Yahoo's new Media group.

[20] In 2011, Thompson received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for financial services for Northern California.