Ipinanganak at lumaki sa Iloilo si Tommie Mopia at nag-migrate siya sa Amerika kasama ang kanyang pamilya noong 2008.
Nagtapos siya ng kursong nursing sa Adventist University of the Philippines ngunit hindi niya napraktis ang pagiging isang nurse.
Sa kasalukuyan ay kumukuha si Tommie ng kursong Business Management and Finance sa Northwestern University sa Amerika at isinasabay niya ang pag-aaral sa kanyang pagiging isang entrepreneur/music and concert producer sa pamamagitan ng kanyang Excellence production company.
Aniya, “My main business is in healthcare. I do mostly hospice and home health agencies here and mostly we run it mostly with Filipino staff that I have to help the Asian and Filipino community here in Los Angeles.
“Aside from that, I ventured into the entertainment industry, and it's been almost two years since.”
Ang una niyang na-produce na malakihang show ay ang concert sa US ni Jake Zyrus na dating kilala bilang si Charice Pempengco. Sila raw ang unang team na nakapagdaos ng isang physical concert habang may COVID-19 pandemic.
Dalawang beses naipag-produce ni Tommie ng concert si Jake Zyrus noong November 2021, sa Los Angeles at sa Orange County sa California.
Guests ni Jake sa kanyang concert ang award-winning Fil-American musical director, keyboardist, at producer na based din sa Los Angeles na si Troy Laureta, at ang Fil-American Pop/R&B singer at songwriter na si Cheesa Laureta.
Kinumusta ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) kay Tommie ang reception ng mga tao kay Jake sa concert nito.
Kuwento niya, “Well, I mean, for me as a producer and it’s my first time doing it, a concert for Jake Zyrus, well, the people welcomed him as Jake Zyrus.
"People asked, like, if it’s better if she stayed Charice and this and that.
"But of course, I mean, you know it’s his different personality now, he has his own talent as Jake Zyrus and people love that.
“So I mean it’s a mixed reaction from people. People love him as Jake Zyrus and people loved her when she was Charice.
"But it was a good outcome, it was a full-packed concert. I even had to refuse people to go in because it’s a very small, very intimate concert that we did, so…”
Kumusta naman ang sitwasyon ng mga live concert sa Amerika lalo na ngayon na kahit maluwag na ang mga health protocols ay muling tumataas ang COVID cases, partikular na dito sa Pilipinas?
Sa kanyang tugon, binanggit pa ni Tommie ang tungkol sa Iconic US concert tour nina Sharon Cuneta at Regine Velasquez.
Lahad niya, “I just went to Sharon and Regine’s Iconic last night. We’re there to support some of our producers, some of our friends, they produced it here.
“We don’t need to put masks on in the auditorium, in the congregation, but it’s your call if you wanna do it or not.
“Whatever you’re comfortable with then you’re okay with it but, of course, the cases are rising again.
"As with healthcare, we have a memo again back to our office, all our staff needs to have facemasks when we visit our patients in their house or in the nursing facility or the hospital, so it’s back again.
“But it’s not as crazy as before when everything erupted and started that we need to wear full gowns and everything was like you were an astronaut.
"It’s easing out now, and I think the vaccine works, so I mean, yeah, I’m very happy with that now.
“When everything shut down two years ago, we were the busiest. Healthcare was the busiest business when COVID struck.”
Si Tommie ang nagmamay-ari ng TGM Group of Companies Inc., St. Anthony Hospice, CB Hospice, Tram Hospice, Quad Care Hospice, at ng Comprehensive Healthcare Services na nakabaseng lahat sa US.
At bilang concert producer, ang sumunod niyang iprinodyus sa U.S. ay si Jed Madela nitong July 30 na isang soldout concert.
Sambit ni Tommie, “I co-produced Jed Madela with Starlink Promotion with Garth Garcia.”
Si Garth ay dating finalist sa Star in A Million at ngayon ay sa Amerika na rin naka-base bilang isang performer.
Bukod dito ay nanalo na rin si Garth sa Star Awards for Music ng PMPC bilang New Male Recording Artist of the Year noong 2015 at Best Male R&B Artist of the Year noong 2021.
Saad ni Tommie, “I work with Garth Garcia most of the time, I work with most of his talents now and I think we’re doing his own management now for talents because we have a lot of talented Filipino artists here in the US.
“We have Ethel Booba coming in, Party and Play sa Amerika on September 18, and we have the 6cyclemind tour here in the US.
"They’re coming in, so we’re bringing two legs here in Los Angeles, with Garth Garcia too, Starlink Promotions and with Coco Productions with Cory Miranda.”
Nais din daw ni Tommie na makapag-produce ng concerts sa Pilipinas this year or next year at makapagdala ng local talents mula sa Pilipinas para mag-concert naman sa Amerika.
May inihahanda raw siya na isang malaking event na gaganapin sa Resorts World dito sa Pilpinas at pagkakataon rin daw iyon para makapagbakasyon siya sa bansang kanyang sinilangan.
Dream concert raw ni Tommie na makapag-produce ng isang Justin Bieber concert at sa Filipino artists naman ay nais ni Tommie na makapag-produce ng isang Sharon at Regine concert dahil sobra raw siyang nagandahan sa Iconic concert ng Megastar at ng Asia’s Songbird.
Samantala, tatanggap si Tommie ng Parangal bilang Outstanding Young Enterpreneur of the Year mula sa GAWAD AMERICA 2022.