OPDC | Management Consultancy, Development and Training for Individuals and Organisations.
Tom brings a particular expertise to leadership development by combining his experience in both the sporting and business worlds. In 1997, Tom founded and served as CEO of RhinoSkin Inc. manufacturing accessories for handheld computers. Within 3 years, RhinoSkin grew to 20 proprietary products (including two US design patents held by Tom). In 2000, Tom stewarded his start-up through the process of being acquired by a market leading US manufacturing company.
Over the following decade, Tom further bolstered his own leadership development by becoming a successful professional coach in the sporting arena, including five years as a professional men’s basketball coach in Spain and the UK. Along the way he gained university accreditations in Behavioural Science, Applied Sports Psychology, High Performance Sports Psychology and High Performance Sports Sociology.
Since 2015, Tom has led our development of Mindefulness as a tool to support leaders and managers improve memory, increase resilience, creativity, focus and clarity and reduce anxiety.
Tom has a Mindfulness certification from University of Oxford, regularly attends Mindfulness retreats around the world and undertakes ongoing study under internationally renowned masters of meditation Dr. Daniel Ingram and Dr. John Yates (author of The Mind Illuminated).
Tom has accumulated over 3000+ hrs personal Mindfulness practice and delivered over 300 hrs of Mindfulness coaching
Tom´s consulting expertise includes:
Tom is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Greek. His hobbies are yoga, creative writing and trying to keep up with his teenage son (paintball, surfing, living room wrestling, etc).