THOMAS C. PRITCHARD, AInstIB

Thomas C. Pritchard (Tom) is founder and president of STONEBRIAR BUSINESS ADVISORS.  He is an accredited associate of the Institute for Independent Business and associated with 4500 other accredited associates worldwide.   

Tom is a graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree.  While at Purdue he was a member of the varsity basketball team and numerous honorary associations.  During his career he won national honors as a sales representative and progressed through the corporation.  He also had numerous marketing assignments in both domestic and international environments.  His career expanded into distribution, corporate trainee and human resources.  As managing director of Australia and New Zealand, he improved the profitability of the affiliate, by reducing expenses and increasing sales. 

As director of human resources, he was responsible for over 5,000 associates worldwide in manufacturing, engineering, technical services, distribution and product development.  This included domestic and international locations. 

After Tom’s corporate career, he was president of a manufacturing company, his own start-up company and another entrepreneurial venture. Before starting his own consulting practice, he was vice president of human services for a partnership in the food processing business.  He created a strategic human resource function that was driven by the business strategies and facilitated the divisions in meeting their business objectives.

Early in life, Tom learned that one must focus on the customer and deliver value greater than what the customer expects.  He accomplishes this by listening to the customer to be sure he understands what the customer wants and needs.  His breadth of corporate and entrepreneurial experience has given him the ability to understand the needs of the business owner and to formulate actions, solutions and programs that meet the needs of the owner. 

Experiences:  Start-up; Turn Around; Business development; Sales and sales management; Marketing, marketing planning and market research; Distribution; Corporate leadership; Human Resources

Areas of Expertise: Business Start ups and Turn Arounds; Strategic Human Resources including: Organizational design, Succession planning, Management development, Performance management, and Recruiting and retention strategies; Strategic planning; One Page Business Plan; Marketing Planning.

Current Affiliations:  Chairman, North Texas Regional Group (IIB); Charter member of the Frisco Financial Group; Charter member of the Texas Business Group; Member of the Frisco Business Association; Member of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce; Crew Chief for House On The Corner (Christ United Methodist Church); Missions Chairman for Sunday School class.