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.