About Us

Tom Long, President
Solid Oak Consulting, LLC

Tom Long is the President of Solid Oak Consulting, LLC.

He is a seasoned executive with 30 years of experience in starting, managing and turning around business groups both domestically and internationally.

He has started groups at Procter & Gamble, Nastec Corporation, Ernst & Young and R.R. Donnelley & Sons. And has worked to turnaround groups at Cincom Systems, Nastec Corporation, Oracle, KPMG, Andersen Consulting and Computer Associates.

His involvement as an executive in a Venture Capital backed startup, Nastec Corporation, is where he first had the opportunity to work in a turnaround situation. But since then, he has consistently sought out opportunities to work in growing businesses, start-ups and turnarounds.

  • Tom is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rutgers University and The Stanford University School of Business.
  • He is certified in Business Dynamics and Dynamic Systems Modeling from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
  • He holds certificates in Change Management from ODR and The Australian Graduate School of Management.
  • He is trained as an Executive Coach and certified by Andersen Consulting.
  • He is trained and certified as a Senior Mentor by CMT International.
  • Tom is Accredited by the Institute for Independent Business.
  • He is a member of the BizMach Professional Partners Program, trained in business growth and exit strategies for closely held companies.
  • He is trained and certified as a Guerrilla Marketing Coach.

 

Business Values

In addition to ethical codes established by the IIB and the IMC, I believe the following points are important in how Solid Oak Consulting conducts business:

  1. Delivery of value is the basis for our continuing relationship.
  2. While we both will work hard, we should also be having fun.
  3. We will respect the confidentiality of information revealed during our work together.
  4. If a piece of work does not meet your approval, we will work hard to fix it.
  5. If we do not have the expertise needed, we will work to find one or more resources who do.
  6. We will keep our commitments.

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