With over twenty-five years of experience in the financial and customer service industry in management and leadership roles, Dowd started his own business in 2010. “Thomas Dowd Professional Development & Coaching, LLC” uses lessons learned on his climb up the corporate ladder to help people “Transform into who you really want to be professionally.” Dowd’s other books include Displacement Day: When My Job was Looking for a Job...A Reference Guide to Finding Work, The Transformation of a Doubting Thomas: Growing from a Cynic to a Professional in the Corporate World, and From Fear to Success: A Practical Public-speaking Guide. Dowd—National Speaker Association (NSA) member, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), radio host of “Transformation Time”, and award-winning speaker—is available to discuss time management, as well as other professional development topics, with the media or any organization. See “Media Room” on www.transformationtom.com for more details.