Tom is a native Georgian living in Auburn, Georgia, just north of Atlantaand is president of Advantage Information Systems, Inc.He has been associated with the insurance industry since 1971, and was anindependent insurance agency principal and owner until 1985, when he sold hisagency in Decatur, Georgia. Since that time he has been selling agencymanagement software to agents all over the United States. He was nationalsales manager for a major agency software vendor when he left them in 1990 toform Advantage Information Systems, Inc. and develop The Agency Advantage.The Agency Advantage was created to provide insurance agents with powerfulagency management software at an affordable price. Today it is a feature richproduct used on thousands of desktops in agencies across the country enablingthem to operate at the highest levels efficiency and profitability.