Services and Solutions

Tom Sawyer & Associates provides consulting services designed to meet each client's specific needs. Highly adaptable and versatile, Tom Sawyer is eager to start a conversation with any prospective client, but in particular:

Entrepreneurs, Owners and Managers, at the start-up stage, who face daunting challenges. Will your idea work? How can you demonstrate its benefits? Which technologies are appropriate? Who will design the system? Who will build it? How much will it cost? Tom also provides personal business and executive coaching.

Process Change Managers who see opportunity in improving internal processes, and need a technology component to support and enhance those new processes. Where do you begin?

Technology Implementers who wish to streamline an existing paper-based process, and need to design and implement a new system. Which technologies will support what you need today and scale to meet tomorrow's needs? What about compatibility with your existing systems? How about user training? Will this solution be durable?

Technology Marketers who need to get the cash register ringing. Maybe a prototype exists, and commercial roll-out challenges must be addressed. How do you select the appropriate platforms and development paths, accurately proof your business model, and rapidly move from idea to prototype validation? Then, through alpha and beta phase testing, core features decisions must be made. And the product needs back-up with user support, documentation and customization challenges. How can you get all this done quickly and secure your niche before the competition moves in?

How Tom Works

Tom is most effective when he gets involved early in the conceptual process, linking the business and technology goals with a solid strategy. He brings a combination of CEO and CTO level expertise to the project, along with a keen understanding of risk assessment and mitigation, technology requirements, cost and budgeting, and hands-on management.

From there he develops a plan that includes time, money and resources required. When agreement on the plan is reached, Tom implements the plan, with a keen eye on the schedule, the budget and above all, progress. Simple solutions overcome complex problems. Work moves forward and desirable outcomes are achieved. Tom's entrepreneurial approach saves time and money while producing high-quality, durable and on-target results.

Tom's disposition works equally well for both technology start-ups--where the business plan is written on the back of a napkin-- and for operating organizations where the status-quo is well entrenched. He is conscientious and steady, providing an objective anchor to reality. He applies creativity to develop innovative solutions that are carefully thought out, comprehensive and precise. Above all, Tom is a people-person. He strives to find the best approach that fits everyone's requirements – from the entrepreneur to the CFO.

Tom Sawyer is driven to produce excellence in his areas of expertise, his interface with clients, and in the technologies and businesses he helps build. He measures his success by the relationships he maintains with business owners who have benefited from his engagement. These business owners are today successful, in no small part because they looked to Tom to help them get where they wanted to go, when they most needed his help.

Tom Sawyer is a Renaissance Man. His technical and business acumen is enhanced by his humanity. He is a student of Eastern religion and meditation, is an accomplished Blues guitarist and world traveler. He reads the classics and seriously studies history, economics, politics, religion and philosophy.

Completely mobile and able to work anywhere, Tom can be found day-dreaming about reforming airport security with advanced information technologies while waiting for his flight to his next engagement.