Many in the higher education and business community regard Dr. Tom Denham as a leading authority and much-sought-after speaker on career development, marketing, entrepreneurship and work/life balance.  His enthusiasm helps him to quickly connect with people and make an impact on them to take action.

Dr. Tom has over twenty years of experience in career services including positions at Skidmore and Union Colleges, Harvard, St. Lawrence and Boston Universities.  As the Director of the Siena College Career Center, students honored him as the 2000 Administrator of the Year.

He founded Careers In Transition LLC, a private practice in career services, which focuses on career counseling for individuals and consulting services for institutional clients in business, education and government.  Dr. Tom also founded Northeast Public Radio’s award winning talk show, The Career Forum. He appears regularly as the ABC-News10 Career Development Contributor.  He has published over 100 articles and writes a weekly career column for Albany.com and TimesUnion.com.  He is currently working on his first book to be published by Melange Press.

In 2006, he was selected as one of the Albany Business Review’s “40 Under Forty” honorees, that recognizes young professionals making a difference in business and in the community.  The Guilderland Chamber of Commerce unanimously honored him as the 2008 Small Business Person of the Year.

Academically, Dr. Tom earned his bachelors from St. Lawrence University, his masters from Boston University and his doctorate from Nova Southeastern University.  He is also a Certified Lay Speaker in the United Methodist Church.

Athletically, Dr. Tom has run the New York City Marathon in less than 4 hours.  He has climbed over 180 mountains including some of America’s most iconic peaks: Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainier, The Grand Teton, Mt. Shasta and the Adirondack 46.  His charity climbs have raised over $7,000 for children’s causes.

Dr. Tom lives where he grew up in Albany where he would rather be ice and rock climbing and raising his 11 year old daughter, Rachel.