Tommy Bombon is an independent IT Consultant offering IT to Business Alignment and Integration Analysis, Automation Planning, IT Project Management leadership and general business process management guidance. He leverages 30 years of multi-functional and cross-discipline experiences culled from working for a major construction and engineering firm based in San Francisco.

From a humbling start as a Junior Draftsman, he worked his way to many roles and responsibilities that enabled him to advance and transition from design and engineering to Information Technology where he honed various credentials that include: technical, supervisory, frontline leadership, organizational, project management, business alignment, and project team building. He has constantly proven his ability to incorporate "just in time" technology solutions to many business requirements and challenges.

Tommy completed two years of engineering studies from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines, prior to immigrating to the US. Two years prior to leaving a distinguished career at Bechtel, in what he considers "the longest but the best college internship anyone could have," he completed a two-year BS degree program in Information Technology while working full-time as a senior corporate IT analyst and specialist. Going through and completing the quite daunting schedule at University of Phoenix (UoP) program has only added current academic acumen to his real-world skills and work experiences. He has completed Bechtel's extensive Supervisory Training Certification Program, a Zenger-Miller Frontline Leadership certification and is also a Six Sigma Performance-based Leadership Yellow Belt trained and tested -- working on four major process improvement projects that resulted in corporate-wide overall work process improvements and major cost savings.

A firm believer of life-long learning, he continues to pursue learning with on going training and programs. His interest in the nascent Biotechnology industry lead him to complete a three months certification course in Biotechnology Manufacturing, gaining foundation knowledge and credentials needed toward his future foray in the Bioinformatics arena. He is in the process of applying for an MBA program at UoP and reviewing for the upcoming December 2005 CISA certification exam.

An authority on remote and wireless access and in pervasive computing solutions that promote virtual access beyond conventional enterprise perimeters, he is well qualified to advise clients on many IT to business aspects. Prior to founding TBBIT, he firmly established his once hobby photography interest into a business and also founded a start up atomicBee Productions - a video, post-production, and multimedia service.

He balances his business pursuits by spending quality time with his wife Catherine and their 1 year old baby girl Sophie. Otherwise, he would normally be seen sailing around San Francisco Bay or maintaining an old 27' sloop named "Sasquatch" docked at the San Francisco South Beach Marina. For him, sailing is the metaphor of what successful businesses should have: sights and direction, flexibility, growth, passion, tools (technology), leadership, management, maintenance, teamwork, and the safety and proper caring of the crew. Of course, the final ingredient is having fun. He quips, "If one of this is amiss, we might as well not sail at all."