Leadership
Dr. Baldwin H. Tom, MBA, Ph.D., CMC®
President & CEO
Dr. Tom is the founder of TBG and began his professional life in academia. He first served as a clinical immunologist at Stanford University Medical School, followed by faculty positions at Northwestern University and University of Texas Medical Schools, where he set up several diagnostic laboratories. He received a patent for his work in developing a diagnostic reagent for colon cancer and published 60 papers and proceedings with 30 peer-reviewed. Dr. Tom was awarded a Research Career Development Award by the NIH, National Cancer Institute. He was cofounder of a Space Bioprocessing Research Laboratory with a NASA contract to produce large-scale pharmaceuticals in space. He retired from academia after 18 years and transferred his analytical and investigative skills to the business arena. Dr. Tom served as Executive Director of an elite leadership program and went on to develop leadership programs and numerous management courses to train adult learners – executives, managers, and others. He won a national award as a leadership trainer and one of his leadership programs also received a national award. For nearly a decade, Dr. Tom was also the trainer for Strategic Thinking and Planning for the United Way of America.
Prior to founding TBG, Dr. Tom was VP of marketing for an international consulting firm where he developed performance metrics for intangible issues such as morale. He has lectured in both business (MBA) and law schools. His team most recently developed and provided a successful customer service training for a large federal agency that they converted into an electronic learning one, allowing continuous access. Dr. Tom graduated in Biochemistry from the University of California Berkeley, received his Master and Doctorate degrees in Biochemistry and Immunology from University of Arizona, Tucson. His MBA is in Organization Development from Houston Baptist University. He is one of about 800 management consultants in the U.S. who is a Certified Management ConsultantTM, and is the past National Board Chair of the Institute of Management Consultants USA.
Neil Marshall, BA
Executive Vice President
Neil Marshall began his professional career as a software developer for the U.S. Army at the Pentagon. After his discharge in 1970, he joined a small business with six employees. The company competed for, won, and successfully executed contracts at Justice, State, and U.S. Navy, growing to 120 employees by 1974. In 1974, Mr. Marshall sold his share in the small business and left to become Manager of the U.S. Navy Computer Performance Evaluation Group (CPEG). The CPEG sent teams to Navy computer installations around the world assessing and improving the performance of large mainframe systems. In 1979, Mr. Marshall left the Navy and became one of the founding members of Magnavox Data Systems, Inc. (MDSI), a subsidiary of Dutch giant N.V. Philips. As Manager of digital optical recorder product development, Mr. Marshall and his team customized digital optical recording for the Federal government, leading eventually to the birth of CD and DVD jukebox technology. In 1982, he sold his share of MDSI and joined GTE Government Systems as Manager of Research and Development in Rockville, MD. For three years, Mr. Marshall and a team of 15 research scientists developed a prototype digital voice processing system for use by intelligence analysts. The system pioneered such capabilities as variable speed-pitch normalization, background noise cancellation, and both speaker identification and keyword recognition in 10 different languages. Mr. Marshall was promoted to Manager of Business Development for GTE Government Systems, Intelligence and won $150M in new business from 1985 to 1995. In 1995, Mr. Marshall was hired by User Technology Associates, Inc. (UTA) as Director of Business Development. From 1995 to 2005, UTA won $200M in new business. From 2005 to 2011 Mr. Marshall consulted to the Federal Government on a $500M aviation safety program. In 2011, Mr. Marshall joined The Baldwin Group as Executive Vice President.
Madeline R. Tom, B.A., M.Ed.
Senior Vice President and Senior Chaplain
Madeline Tom began her professional career as a certified Special Education teacher in four different states. She resigned from teaching to become the co-founder of TBG. She was the critical element in TBG being awarded government licenses and certifications and set up all operations for the company including IT. She is responsible for overseeing TBG's policies and procedures, benefits package, and government and subcontracting agreements.
Prior to joining TBG, Ms. Tom was a certified teacher for 14 years and a clinical therapist in speech pathology and audiology, as well as a Realtor and property manager. She designed and co-produced a middle and high school youth leadership curricula currently used in Houston, Texas public schools. She collaborated to design workshops such as High Performance Team Retreat, Take Control of Your Life, and Communication Strategies for Supervisors and Manager. Ms. Tom received an A.A. in Business from Armstrong College in Berkeley, CA, as well as B.A. degree, cum laude, and a M.Ed. degree from the University of Arizona with a focus in Special Education. She holds a State of Texas Lifetime Teaching Certification in Language/Learning Disabilities and Deaf and Hard of Hearing and served as a Master Teacher.
Tina Page
Vice President of Finance
Ms. Page is Vice President of Finance for TBG. With 25 years of experience in financial and contract management, she oversees and maintains all general accounting functions and institutes internal controls for contract and project cost management. She maintains the cost-accounting systems for government and commercial contracts, and has an extensive background in researching and identifying cost-saving measures.
Ms. Page's responsibilities include, but are not limited to, financial and contract management. She also assists in the business development for TBG. She is instrumental in the success of the on-going performance-based contracts. Tina is highly skilled in bank negotiations and creating and negotiating government corporate rate agreements. Her areas of strength include financial administration, problem solving, cash control and the ability to provide extremely reliable financial projections.
She thrives on being able to accept a challenge, identify the problem and resolve it. She is recognized as a strong decision-maker and problem solver with excellent communication skills who can effectively relate at all levels within an organization.
David West, B.S, M.S.
Vice President of Environmental Services
Mr. David West is the Vice President of Environmental Services and brings over twenty years experience in the field to TBG. He is the on-site manager for TBG's technical support services contract with the NOAA Coastal Services Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. West began his career working for an aerial surveying and mapping company as a terrain analyst developing land cover and land use maps custom made for use in what was then an emerging technology – geographic information systems (GIS). Mr. West subsequently worked for 12 years a GIS Analyst and GIS Team Leader with the United States Environmental Protection Agency's, Region III office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, helping to introduce GIS technology in the Regional and apply its capabilities to address a wide range of environmental issues. Mr. West has been at the NOAA Coastal Services Center as the Program Manager since 1999. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Geology from Brigham Young University and a Master's of Science in Geology from the University of California, Riverside.