Tom Montgomery is an experienced business professional with nearly twenty years being involved in broad financial and leadership roles in diversified industries.  He has led major departments and organizations, created new business processes, established and defined corporate objectives and identified and implemented strategic initiatives for small and mid-size companies.  He adeptly understands business concepts and corporate initiatives and provides comprehensive solutions and momentum.  He is a team player and a catalyst for growth and change for an organization.

Tom graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1988 with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and immediately joined the JCPenney Company as a corporate compliance and financial auditor.  He studied, tested, and obtained his Certified Internal Audit (CIA) certification in 1991.  He was placed on a management track very early in his career and became the Audit Manager for JCPenney’s $2B pharmacy retail operation, which

was subsequently purchased by Eckerd Drug, Inc.  He developed a significant amount of skill and expertise in the healthcare and pharmacy business and was promoted into financial leadership positions within the pharmacy subsidiary.  Ultimately, Tom became the Chief Financial Officer of a $35M pharmacy business that specialized in servicing long term care, rehabilitation, and nursing home customers.
 
After helping to develop a start-up company in 1997, Tom moved back to his native city, Cincinnati, to work for Comair Airlines, the best regional airline in the commercial, short haul market.  After only one year as Audit Manager, he was recognized as a strong business asset and turnaround guy; Comair’s senior leaders asked Tom to take on a two-year Vice President/CFO assignment in Orlando, Florida to turn around a $25M aviation flight school.  Tom temporarily relocated his family to Florida, and it was shortly thereafter that he realized he had a passion for the aviation business and was determined to lead Comair Aviation Academy towards stronger objectives and results.  He assembled a strong management team, developed and communicated achievable goals and metrics, and transitioned the company towards varied product offering and better profit margins.   He obtained his commercial multi-engine pilot ratings to ensure he best understood the flight training business, in addition to validating his belief that the Academy was the best school in the country.  After the purchase of Comair Airlines by Delta in 2002, the Academy was renamed.  Tom continued for four more years as CFO, but was then promoted to President of the school.  He held that role for nearly a year before the Delta bankruptcy proceedings became tenuous and a distraction.  Tom severed from the organization in 2006 and immediately began work in the high-volume, professional finance and accounting staffing business.
 
Tom has solid business acumen in retail, pharmacy/healthcare, distribution, aviation, service, education and sales.  He is a “big picture” individual who easily understands sales, operations and finance.  He brings multiple disciplines and personalities to common ground.  He is an experienced leader with proven results, and has built departments and teams as well as re-organized and improved others.  He is passionate about the details and the strategy, and encourages participation from all levels of the organization.  Most importantly, he has strong values and integrity, and business partners find it enjoyable and rewarding to work with Tom.
 
Tom has been married to his high school sweetheart for 18 years, and his wife, Joyce, teaches at their church pre-school.  They have two daughters, Sydney (age-14) and Carley (age-11); both are strong students and are overall “good citizens”, and both participate in premier soccer at the State Cup level.