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• Residence: Dallas Fort Worth Texas USA
• Family: Pre-Native Texan - Cousin - Davy Crockett - Alamo in Texas; Family - American Revolutionary War; Father - Marine Corp World War II; Cousin - Former Head of White House Security
• Education: PhD - Brunel University - HBS Henley Business School in England
• Career: teacher - author - consultant - executive - family business owner - investor
• Business: GroomsGlobal
• Political: Page US Congress - Economic Development Commission Board - Leadership Chamber of Commerce
• University Teaching: International Business - Marketing - Management - Leadership - Economics - Law - Entrepreneurship
• Speaking Engagements: International Chamber of Commerce Dallas - Siemens - China - Russia - Hungary - England - Churches - Colleges - Universities - Small Business Chambers - Dallas Export Roundtable
• Societies: EX Sigma Chi Fraternity - Charter Member Eta Delta  
  PAD Phi Alpha Delta
  Petroleum Club
  DABE Dallas Association Business Economists
  Chairman: Henley United States - Canada Alumni Association
  

“Like my cousin Davy Crockett said, You people who do stupid things just because you can in Tennessee may all go to Hell and I will go to Texas.” - Thomas Fletcher Grooms

Some Quotes By Tom Grooms “You can not see where you are going, until you have already been there.” - Tom Grooms “Do not live your life as a result of other people's thinking or opinions - follow yourself.” - Tom Grooms “Knowledge is useless if you don't have the money to use it.” - Tom Grooms “The more cash, the more opportunities.” - Tom Grooms “Without money, you are just a piece of meat in a meat grinder.” - Tom Grooms “A businessman without money is like trying to play poker without any chips.” - Tom Grooms “Unless you are in a position of influence to effect change, make change - it doesn't matter what you think.” - Tom Grooms “The future controls us, we do not control it; yet what we become is within our power to create.” - Tom Grooms "If you were told that you had one only hour to cut down a tree, how many of you would spend the first forty-five minutes sharpening their ax - much like an education." - Tom Grooms “The problem with trade imbalances is not too much imports, but a lack of exports.” - Tom Grooms “Debt is what turns deflation into a depression.” - Tom Grooms “Excelling - not competing.” - Tom Grooms “Poverty is a mental disease.” - Tom Grooms “Think quietly unto yourself.” - Tom Grooms “If you want to be an entrepreneur, study capitalism. If you want to work for the government, study socialism. If you want to work for a large corporation, study communism.” - Tom Grooms “As population grows, freedom and liberty erode.” - Tom Grooms "Do not take a job because it is available - take it because it is something you like to do.” - Tom Grooms “Arm for peace, disarm for war.” - Tom Grooms “War is the savior from global domination, global government, and global dictatorship.” - Tom Grooms “A perfect solution applied with passion later is better than a good decision applied now with vigor.” - Tom Grooms “Life is like being on a treadmill." - Tom Grooms “Only a rich man can afford to dress poor.” - Tom Grooms “Water seeks its own level.” - Tom Grooms “The base of all change in a community and nation is the family; parents knowing how to be parents - good parents and positive role model for their children. The problem is that how to be a good parent is not being taught in the community.” - Tom Grooms "Elementary and Secondary Education is the Responsibility of the Parent. University Education is the Responsibility of the Student. Lessons of Life are the Responsibility of You. For when You have Learned to Teach Yourself, You will not need a Teacher." - Tom Grooms "More Government is Less Individual Responsibility." - Tom Grooms “Others will forget how fast you did a job – but they remember how well you did it.” - Tom Grooms “Nothing in life is so hard that you can not make it easier by the way you think about it.” - Tom Grooms “Everything is about either money (95%) or sex (5%)." - Tom Grooms “Make it as good as you can, because there is always someone around to make it perfect.” - Tom Grooms “Where there is good, evil lurks.” - Tom Grooms “The only race is that of your fellow countrymen.” - Tom Grooms “If you think you are smart, there is always someone around to show you how smart you really are.” - Tom Grooms “If you were rich, you would be smart too.” - Tom Grooms “Everyone is a genius in their own mind, which is why you should give them adequate space.” - Tom Grooms "The Secret of my Success is to Work as hard as I can, Save all that I can, and Hope for the Best." - Tom Grooms “Marketing is not only life, but the life force of every organization.” - Tom Grooms “All education is self-education.” - Tom Grooms “Governments do and deny.” - Tom Grooms “You can’t eat prestige.” - Tom Grooms “Bad laws create disrespect for the law.” - Tom Grooms “The student hasn’t learned if the teacher hasn’t taught.” - Tom Grooms “The truth is the most believable as a lie.” - Tom Grooms “Men and women fight for freedom; then begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.” - Tom Grooms “The best defense of a country is an educated voter.” - Tom Grooms “Allies are a temporary arrangement for convenience at one point in time.” - Tom Grooms “Before 55, money is more important, after 55, time is more important.” - Tom Grooms “You are going to work like 'hell' all your life unless you are rich; so you can either work like 'hell' and be rich; or work like 'hell' and be poor.” - Tom Grooms “Wealth does not come from sweat and hard labor, but rather from doing it by the numbers.” - Tom Grooms “Effortless way is best. Reflection is the key. Easy does it.” - Tom Grooms “Stay on good mental terms with others.” - Tom Grooms “Capitalism to work depends on honesty and ethics of those who work and prosper.” - Tom Grooms “No political ideology can work with an unethical citizenry that is capitalism, democracy, fascism, socialism, communism or even a dictatorship.” - Tom Grooms “Character is what you choose to do when others are watching; Integrity is what you choose to do when no one is watching.” - Tom Grooms “We talk when we are not at peace with our thoughts or we fear being alone.” - Tom Grooms “Daily life is our religion.” - Tom Grooms “We are told that we are as strong as our weakest link, but the truth is we are as strong as our strongest link.” - Tom Grooms “We are each measured by our smallest deed.” - Tom Grooms “Test your generosity by giving to the undeserving.” - Tom Grooms “Wisdom is not what we give to others, but what we take from others.” - Tom Grooms “Silence and tranquility is a self-chosen life.” - Tom Grooms “Just be one of us.” - Tom Grooms “Life is work, and work with indifference is bitter bread from the baker, sour milk from the farmer, filth from the sweeper, and ignorance from the student.” - Tom Grooms “In business, the hypocrisy of giving is low pay to your own employees and giving generously to charity.” - Tom Grooms “The Art of Business is #1 the cost of doing business (O/H and ROI) and access to markets (channels of distribution, logistics, and value chain integration.” - Tom Grooms “The greatest learning is done outside the classroom.” - Tom Grooms “Success is hard work, hard thinking, and a considerable amount of luck.” - Tom Grooms “Do things as best you can yourself.” - Tom Grooms “The main consideration is the liking of the business, not if you are going to make a little money or a lot of money.” - Tom Grooms “Business is currency and trading - specifically the speed of the deal.” - Tom Grooms “Customers do not want to wait; you have to decide in a few hours or minutes.” - Tom Grooms “The World still functions under blind assumptions.” - Tom Grooms “Banks are for saving money and markets are for gambling.” - Tom Grooms “Knowing, not knowing what to do, and not being able to do anything about it, leaves one in the same situation.” - Tom Grooms “Assets are provisional, but liabilities are unceasing.” - Tom Grooms “The best way to have money is to never spend it; the best way to cure disease is to never get it; and, the best way to have a clear conscience is to never violate it.” - Tom Grooms “There is more to life than investing; there is more to life than work; there is more to life than school.” - Tom Grooms “Everyone is a Democrat, until they own a home and business.” - Tom Grooms “Everyone is a Republican, until they own a home and unemployed.” - Tom Grooms “The only way to live your life is take control of your life away from others.” - Tom Grooms

Latest Research Journal Publication
‘A Paper on the Differences Between Scientific and Artistic Cross-Cultural Communication Understanding of Forks (Russia) - Chop Sticks (China) – Hands (Iran)’ - Journal of Central Russia as a Unique European Centre of Lingua-cultural and Intercultural Interaction: Materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference - March 29-30, 2010

Research Interests
Market Intelligence
CEO Issues
Entrepreneurship Family Business

Research
World Center for Market Intelligence Studies, Business Policy Analysis and Business Science
Business Problems Researched and Analyzed in Client Confidentiality
China Research for China Government - Large Company Corporate Advantage to Small Business Entrepreneurship Advantage  
Newfoundland Research for Newfoundland Government - World Fisheries Industry - New Foundland and Japan
Russia Incubator Entrepreneure Specialist for Russian Government
November 29 - December 15, 1998 appointed as the only academic on the 5-person team as a Business Incubator Consultant representing the United States to help establish the first entrepreneurial business incubator program for  economic stimulus through the sponsorship of ACDI.VOCA Washington, D.C. It was my responsibility to provide strategy and analysis for the Russian government, economic assessment to improve the entrepreneurial and general business environment and deliver a completed master business plan. My responsibility to my Russian sponsor Igor Eryshev for the city of Orekhovo Zuyevo and his social business center was focused on their textile factory to create future employment opportunities where 90% of the employees had lost their jobs. This period in history benched marked on October 17, 1998 is wrapped around an economy that experienced an economic eruption comparable to October 29, 1929. My assessment and recommendation was for Russia to first and with foremost consideration to rewrite its tax laws. Later Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, adopted a flat tax.    

Conference Papers
2010 On the Differences Between Scientific and Artistic Cross-Cultural Communication Understanding of Forks (Russia) - Chop Sticks (China) - Hands (Iran). March 2010.  Moscow State Region Institute for the Humanities, Orekhovo-Zuyevo Moscow Region Russia.
1999 “Chinese Industries Impact Entering WTO”. 29 September 1999.  Economic brief for China government. Refereed and published peer reviewd article.
1998 Market Intelligence (MKI): A Researched Definition. 13-15 December. European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference. Dr. Thomas Fletcher Grooms, Henley Ph.D., Professor at Northwood University (Dallas, Texas, USA), and Dr. Eugene D. Jaffe, Wharton Ph.D. Professor at Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, Israel).Refereed article.
1995 Market Intelligence:  Global Industrial Espionage 1995.20 April1995. Northwood University Symposium.
1993 Competitive Intelligence:  A Perspective On America International Competitiveness.         March 1, 1993.  England, U.K.
1992 Creating Values as Visions?  The New Leadership Approach in the Global Multicultural Organization. Presented 6 July 1992 at Sopron, Hungary.  University of Stirling, Scotland,       United Kingdom, Managing Change Conference. Refereed article. 

Published Writings
1999 Orekhovo Zuyevo Russia Master Business Plan for the Regional Oblast Governments in the Moscow Region. Strategic International Marketing Plan for Orekhovo Zuyevo Social Business Center to revitalize 300 jobs immediately and eventually 20,000 jobs lost to economic conditions in Association with DBU.
1997 Establishing The Foundation For Market Intelligence. University Microfilms International (UMI). ProQuest Dissertation Abstracts International (800.521.0600, ext. 7044).           
ISBN: LD 03809  Volume: 23  Issue: 03R  (1998). (416 pages).
Library of Congress © TX 4-731-787.

Published Books
Easy to Use Business Plan Outline: A Step-by-Step Way – 6th Edition 2008 - McGraw Hill.
Practical & Simple International Business Law for the 21st Century Executive – 3rd Edition 2008 - AMI Publications.
Market Intelligence: CEO Attitudes Toward Knowledge Management Systems – 2001 – 534 pages - University Microfilms International (UMI) @ ProQuest Dissertation Abstracts International (800) 521-3042, www.umi.com. 
Marketing Intelligence: Executive Management Perceptions of Value – 2001 – 353 pages – UMI: 3026210, University Microfilms International (UMI) @ ProQuest Dissertation Abstracts International (800) 521-3042, www.umi.com.
Establishing the Foundation for Market Intelligence – 1998 –
416 pages, UMI: LD 03809, Volume 23, Issue 03R, US Library of Congress ISBN: TX 4-731-787 and University Microfilms International (UMI) @ ProQuest Dissertation Abstracts International (800) 521-3042, www.umi.com.

International Travel-Work
Austria: Vienna
Canada: Glacier Bay - Halifax - Icy Strait Point - Juneau - Ketchikan - Kodiak - Saskatchewan - Seward - Skagway - Tracy Arm - Vancouver - Victoria
China: Wuxi - Shanghai
Costa Rica: Puntarenas 
England: London - Henley-on-Themes - Oxford
France: Paris - Normandy
Germany: Munich 
Greece: Athens
Guatemala: Puerto Quetzal 
Hungary: Sopron
Italy: Venice - Genoa - Florence - Pisa - Rome - Naples - Livorno - Civitavecchia - Valletta
Jamaica: Montego Bay
Mexico: Mexico City - Acapulco - Huatulco 
Monte Carlo: Monte Carlo
Nicaragua: San Juan Del Sur
Panama: Cristobal - Panama Canal
Russia: Moscow - Orekhovo Zuyevo - Reutov - Solnechnogorsk - Serpukhov - Yubileyny - Balashikha
Spain: Barcelona
United States
West Indies: St. Maarten - St. Thomas - St. Kitts - Nevis - Dominican Republic

Graduate Teaching Appointments
Northwood University DeVos Graduate School - International Marketing Studies
(Traditional Classroom and Virtual Online Classroom)
Dallas Baptist University International Marketing Economics Leadership Ethics Studies
(Traditional Classroom and Virtual Online Classroom)
Texas Woman's University – Global Business – Management & Organizational Studies
(Traditional Classroom and Virtual Online Classroom)
University of Maryland - Global Business (Virtual Online Classroom)

Undergraduate Teaching Appointments
Brookhaven College – International Studies
Collin County Community College – Business Law
Cox School of Business - Southern Methodist University – International Marketing
Dallas Baptist University – International Marketing Economics Entrepreneurship Studies
Davis Monthan AFB Tucson Arizona – Global Strategy – International Studies (Military)
Fort Carson Colorado Springs Colorado – Global Strategy – International Studies (Military)
Grayson County Community College - Business Law
Holloman AFB Alamogordo New Mexico – Global Strategy – International Studies (Military)
Malmstrom AFB Malmstrom Montana – Global Strategy – International Studies (Military)
Navarro College – Small Business Entrepreneurship
Northwood University - International Marketing Studies
Richland Community College - International Studies 
Texas Wesleyan University - International Studies
Troy State University - Global Strategy – International Studies (Military)
Southern Yangtse University Wuxi China – International Business – World Culture
University of Tennessee – CPU CLU Insurance
Volunteer State Community College - Business Law

Experience
2001-Present 
Online Web Virtual Classroom and Interactive Television Classroom Teaching
Online Certifications: WebTycho of University of Maryland, Educational Technology Organization of Michigan (ETOM)
Online Classes: Dallas Baptist University, Northwood University, Texas Woman’s University Graduate School of Management, University of Maryland Graduate School of Management & Technology

1988-Present     Full Time Professor - Undergraduate Northwood University, Chair - Marketing
Marketing: Principles, International, Management, Industrial, Consumer Behavior, Research, Selling, Sales Management, Fashion Marketing and Merchandising, Lean Distribution, Logistics, eCommerce    
International: Introduction, Business, Marketing, Management, World Culture & Customs, Trade
Management: Principles, Entrepreneurship & Small Business, Insurance, Real Estate, Leadership, Strategic Management, Manufacturing Operations
Economics: Managerial, Macro, Micro, Economic History, Comparative Economic Systems, Trade
Law: International, Business, CPA Review, CLU Review, CPCU Review

1992-Present     Adjunct Graduate Professor - Dallas Baptist University - Graduate & Doctoral Students
International: Business, Marketing, Management, Entrepreneurship
Marketing: Advanced Marketing Strategies
Management: Entrepreneurship & Small Business, Leadership, Business Ethics, Manufacturing
Economics: Managerial, Macro, Micro, International

1990-2010         Adjunct Graduate Professor - Texas Women’s University
Global Business: graduate and doctorate level
Management & Organization: graduate and doctorate level
Organizational Behavior: MDs for MBA Hospital Administration

Before 1990     
Executive Experience - Worked in various Senior Sales, Senior Marketing, and
Senior International Management positions within corporate structures, Successful Turnarounds
Entrepreneurial Experience - Business Owner, Worked in Family Businesses

International Visiting Professor Appointments
China Southern Yangtse University, Wuxi, China. 2005 and 2006
Britain Henley Management College - Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, UK. June 1994
Hungary University of Stirling - Scotland - Sopron, Hungary. July 1992
Russia Orekhovo Zuyevo, Reutov, Solnechnogorsk, Serpukhov, Yubileyny, Balashikha. 1998

Sports
Baseball           9 years - Catcher
Basketball        7 years - Guard
Football           7 years - Quarterback
Track               4 years - 100

Education
2001 Henley Business School (HBS), England - Doctorate, Ph.D., Marketing - AACSB-AMBA-EQUIS
1991 Amberton University, Texas - Master of Science, M.Sc., International Business - SACS
1989 Amberton University, Texas - Master of Business Administration, M.B.A., Marketing - SACS
1970 Tennessee Technological University - Bachelor of Science, B.S., Education - AACSB-SACS

Tom Grooms, Henley Business School Ph.D.
GroomsGlobal@grandecom.net