Tom formed this Professional Services Firm to provide executive level support to senior executives of firms seeking to drive results through effective leadership of management teams. 

The firm helps executives, senior managers, associates and their coaches develop an in-depth understanding of each team member's innate talents upon which individual strengths and engagement are developed.  Since 2011 the firm has helped more than 350 individuals each year discover their unique talents as a basis for developing and applying their strengths in working with others.

For more than thirty years, Tom, through Teamwork Dynamics, has mentored, coached and advised executives, senior managers and MBA candidates as they have focused on their career transitions and the development of their leadership skills. 

Since 2010 the firm has focused on the application of leadership and career development processes based on Gallup's StrengthsFinder assessment tool.  Gallup's research and the experiences of Teamwork Dynamics both reveal that when leaders and organizations focus on helping individuals become "the best possible versions of themselves" through the development of their strengths, then employee engagement and results soar.

Tom has developed tools and processes that help individuals discover their talents, develop their strengths and advance their careers.  He has developed additional tools and processes that help team leaders discover and develop the talents present in the members of their teams which in turn help each individual "become the best possible version of themselves."

Tom is engaged by individuals to help them discover their talents as a focus of their potential as they transform their careers. 

He is engaged by team leaders to help them create a team culture where each team member, through their innate talents, maximizes their contribution and engagement in the team's work 

Organizations engage Tom to guide them in the creation of a culture which maximizes the strengths of leaders and team members throughout the organizations.

Tom was a member of the Associate Board at the Cox School of Business of SMU for 33 years.  This group of more than 200 Dallas area executives provides MBA students with business contacts, career advice, and industry insight that only experienced professionals can offer.  Nearly 150 MBA students have been mentored by Tom since he was asked to join the Associate Board.

A number of Tom's mentees have engaged him to continue mentoring and advising them as their careers and professional responsibilities have evolved over the years.

He also developed and delivered a seven week course on teamwork for SMU's Professional MBA program.  Several of the participants in this class have distingusihed themselves as powerful leaders in their organizations.

The Legacy Center for Public Policy was a regional, non-partisan think tank of prominent civic and business leaders providing public policy analysis and recomendations for the benefit of the North Texas community.  Tom participated in the following research projects:

• The Crisis of Public Education
• Sustainability
• The Repeal of the Wright Amendment

During the Legacy Center's 2006 annual retreat Tom was presented the organization's "Distinguished Fellow Award".

Served as independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors for this startup hydrogen fuel cell development and marketing company.  While serving on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee, the Company began the process of its initial public offering of stock.

President and Owner of this professional services firm providing executive level management of operations and projects for CEOs and CIOs of firms seeking to make significant changes in information systems and executive teams. Projects included interim corporate management roles, organizational studies, marketing studies, recruiting services, outsourcing information services, and retained searches for senior executives. Major assignments included:

• Management Action Programs (MAP) (Dallas, Texas) 1998-1999
  Executive Consultant.  Led management leadership workshops in this management development company. Provided support to more than 100 client executives and senior managers as they focused on personal development issues and organizational goals.

• World Boulevard.  (Fort Worth, Texas) 1998
  Acting CEO.  Assisted directors of this start up company in assessing viability of the company’s E-Commerce concept which was focused on marketing and selling up-scale gift items through a features-rich web portal site. Guided the management team and investors in reaching the conclusion to terminate the project when it became apparent the risk of failure was quite high. Led the orderly shut down of operations.

• Pro Staff Personnel Services (Irving, Texas)1997-1998 
  National Director of Information Staffing Services.  Defined current capabilities, developed strategic and tactical plans to implement and grow national information services staffing segment within an established staffing business. Provided assistance to general managers of more than a dozen markets in the implementation of plans.

• Distribution Data Management Systems, Inc. (Keller, Texas)1993-1996
  President and CEO of this 75 person software services company in the office products industry.  Appointed to role after the company's owner-operators were killed in a private plane crash. Stabilized company, expanded key relationships in the office products industry, introduced new revenue sources, and directed transition of the company's leadership to an employee led management team.

• Tuesday Morning, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) 1991-1993 
  Interim CIO of $160 million retailer specializing in high end close outs of giftwares distributed through more than 200 retail stores throughout the United States. Directed total replacement of existing systems and development of a new IT team.

• VlSystems Inc. (Dallas, Texas) 1990-1991
  Vice President of Operations. Managed 30 software engineers and specialists carrying out research, development, and customer support for UNIX based transaction processing software.  Directed completion and launch of three year old company’s first product within six months after assuming role.

Conducted retained searches for executives to lead technology companies and technology functions in medium to large companies.  Assisted in the development of strategies and processes to establish an on-line, centralized data base of all individuals contacted by the firm during search assignments.

Assisted the founders of this startup company in creating a successful software venture to develop and market the ACT! contact management system.

Partner in Charge of the Arthur Young Technology Center at the INFOMART where he led professional teams delivering services to the microcomputer industry, end user organizations, and microcomputer users. Developed large-scale projects in product marketing and litigation support for microcomputer vendors.1985-1987 (Dallas, TX) 

Partner in Charge of Microcomputer Technology for Dallas Office. Developed and delivered a wide range of microcomputer consulting and training services.  Assisted start up companies with microcomputer product assessment and business planning.1980-1984 (Dallas, TX) 

Regional Partner in Charge of Computer Auditing.
Organized and directed the computer auditing support activities in seventeen offices in the southwest and southeast part of the country that included recruiting, training, and managing more than 100 individuals who specializd in supporting the audits of computerized accounting systems.1974-1979 (Dallas, TX)

National Director of Computer Auditing. 
As the firm's first Director of Computer Auditing, Tom organized and directed a national office team that provided support to the Firm’s computer auditors, management consultants, and timesharing users.  He represented the Firm on American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) committees which developed the accounting profession's initial auditing and control standards that guided the work of public accountants in auditing computerized accounting records and systems.  1971-1974 (New York, NY)

Computer Audit Manager.
Member of the firm's team that developed the accounting profession’s first Computer Auditing Specialist program.  Led the development of audit processes and techniques necessary to deal with computerized accounting systems.  Led the development of training programs for individuals selected to become computer audit specialists.   Led the development of training programs designed to introduce all of the Firm's auditing professionals to the challenges of auditing computerized accounting records.  1968-1971 (Santa Ana, CA)

Senior Auditor.  Conducted public accounting firm audits of numerous private and public companies.  Developed numerous processes and techniques for dealing with computerized accounting records and information encountered during the course of audits. 1964-1968 (Kansas City, MO) 

Staff Auditor.  Participated in conducting public accounting firm audits of numerous private and public companies 1961-1961 (Kansas City, MO) 

Commissioned as an Ordinance Officer upon graduation from Creighton University.  Served at Fort Campbell as the Post Transportation Aircraft Maintenance and Supply Officer where he supervised a civilian contractor company supporting aircraft maintenance for the 101st Airborn Division, supervised a post-level aircraft parts warehouse, and managed the Fort Campbell Post Transportation inventory of vehicles.

Majored in Accounting.

No longer actively practices as a CPA