Tom Thayer is a Global Leader, APN Customer Engagements Program at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He possess expertise in web design, web development, pre press, graphics, adobe creative suite and 45 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Tom's deep knowledge, creativity and excellent work ethic make him an asset to his employer and a valuable consultant for us. Time and again he and his team are responsive, attentive and results oriented. I would recommend him to anyone.", "Tom is an exceptional educator who recently taught a CSM Web Graphics class. He was well prepared and extremely organized. Tom created an online content management space where he could post the class syllabus, and all resources for the class including PowerPoint/discussion notes, a message board, and all the files we used for class projects. The ability to communicate and collaborate with Tom and other class members was very valuable. Tom had a high level of expertise and most importantly, he was able to explain and teach the concepts in a way that "adult learners" could easily understand. He was incredibly patient and always willing to answer questions. Tom had well defined and measurable learning objectives and he did a great job evaluating each students progress. Tom went above and beyond to also teach HTML skills that students had not obtained from "poor instruction" in previous CSM classes.Tom was flexible, with a great sense of humor, and committed to the learning process and success of his students. I can honestly say that Tom is an exceptional and outstanding educator and I highly recommend him as a faculty member for CSM. Sincerely, Sandy Rosenbaum", and "I was a member of RIT's TAGA student chapter while Tom was the chapter president. Tom provided organizational leadership that brought together a diverse group of students to create an award winning research journal that highlighted student scholarship, design and print production skills."