Tom is a Principal in the Telecommunications Management Advisory Services Consulting Department of the Roseville office of Olsen Thielen and specializes in financial, regulatory, and business management services for private and publicly-held communications companies. As an experienced former CFO of a diverse communications company, he brings a strong business background.
Experience
- Prepares budgets and long-range financial forecasts, and business models
- Provides assistance in purchase or sale of telecommunications properties
- Performs cost of service, rate of return analysis, revenue requirement studies, tariff services, and rate design for telecommunications companies
- Provides testimony for regulated utilities in commission rate hearings for substantiation of rates and rate of return
- Assessment of safety policy, procedures, and disaster recovery planning
- Provides assistance in project management planning for large scale implementations
- Development of compliance and reporting procedures for awardees of BTOP & BIP broadband funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Participates as a frequent speaker at seminars related to the telecommunications industry
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, Twin Cities
Master of Science in Telecommunications, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona
Core Specializations
- Telecommunications
- Project Management
- Regulatory Compliance Issues