Tom Ferrio is a thought leader for

       Designing strategies for competitive advantage
       Designing efficient marketing strategies and programs

Tom Ferrio is known as the strategic leader for the educational calculator business at Texas Instruments from 1988 until he left in late 2003. With his strategic guidance this product area grew to over $350 million dollars in annual sales by 2003 with over 30% net profit.

Tom combines solid engineering/technical training and experience with an MBA and 20 years of marketing, strategy development, and leadership.

Tom has numerous associations with other firms and individuals to apply additional talent as appropriate for a specific project.

Selected Publications
T.H.E. Journal, Learning From Teachers Beyond the Classroom,
November 2001

Inside Education magazine, Handheld Technology in the Classroom (Business and personal profile article written by Rachel Rasmussen),
August 2001

Texas Instruments Technical Journal, Article: Building a breakthrough business concept, January 1997

Selected Presentations
Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) conference, Panel discussion: Leveraging our Customers and Exceeding their Expectations, May 2003

Educational Industry Investment Forum, panel discussion: Thinking Inside New Boxes, Latest Technologies and Devices that Reduce the Cost of Content Delivery and Improve the Collaborative Environment of Classrooms, March 2003

International Technology Education Association (ITEA) conference, Keynote speech: Separating Spin from Substance: Trends in Student Computing, March 2003

National Alliance of Business (NAB) conference, Panel discussion: Business Efforts in Support of Quality Math/Science Education, November 2001

Eduventures Digital Education Marketplace, Panel discussion: Relationship Building for More Effective Educational Technology, May 2001
 

Detailed CV

Memberships
American Marketing Association
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education