Tom serves as President for Accelerent, a business development platform designed for companies that serve the middle market business community. Each Partner (client) is exclusive to its business category or industry and we provide services to assist our Partner’s with revenue growth and market exposure using the company’s proprietary business development platform. We operate in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Kansas City, Phoenix, Indianapolis and Denver and our Partner base includes many well-known brands across 120+ industries. Simply put, we help our Partners get access to decision makers, faster and warmer and that leads to more business and increased brand awareness. Prior to Accelerent, Tom has served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer in a number of industries including retail, real estate development, business services, construction and Big 4 public accounting. Most recently he was CFO and Vice President of Real Estate for Ritz Camera & Image. Ritz was the largest photo and imaging retailer in the US and had more than $1B in revenues and 1200 locations. At Ritz, he directed all aspects of the real estate portfolio comprised of 3.5 million square feet of retail, warehouse, and office locations across 45 states, and provided the financial management for the network of 1,100+ camera and 130 Boater’s World stores on an ambitious expansion plan. He was responsible for controlling the $15MM annual capital budget, occupancy costs of $120MM, and departmental operating budget of $2MM, while leading the legal, leasing, lease administration, store development, facilities maintenance, utility, accounting/financial reporting and tax departments.His vast executive level experience in large national and middle market companies across various industries, positions him to create more value for his hundreds of Accelerent clients across 60+ industries.Specialties: Leadership and team development, strategic planning and execution, sales process improvement, sales management and accountability, business development consulting, negotiation/deal making skills, incisive financial analysis and decision making and profit improvement initiatives.