Tom is a nationally known, award-winning speaker-author (Speaker of the Year, Success Builders International and BusinessAcademy.com). Tom is a sales coach and personal/professional coach. He is a faculty lecturer at Academy of Art College, San Francisco (whose graduates often work for George Lucas) He speaks for the National Association of Broadcasters Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a guest lecturer in venues California State University - Los Angeles, Stanford University, and De Anza College. His book Communicate to Win is a required textbook at Cogswell Polytechnical College, Silicon Valley and in the Cogswell Time Capsule. His private workshops and public seminars have benefited professionals from IBM,The Gap, Charles Schwab, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Lucent Technologies, Circuit City, The Olive Garden, and many other firms.