Tom Donahue's ability to establish and grow organizations and departments is the theme that unifies his career in both education and business. He thinks and acts as an entrepreneur whether he is working as a CEO, corporate manager of instruction, college vice president, superintendent of schools, principal, counselor or teacher. Supported by skills in strategic planning, leadership, facilitation, consulting, and educational technology, he:

• founded and lead a successful educational technology company;
• established a new corporate training department (a corporate university) in a software company;
• created a successful computer  training company for employees of Fortune 100 companies;
• rebuilt an international school's legal charter, curriculum, campus, and financial base;
• established the first counseling program in a German public school - a new concept in German education;
• helped found the Residential College at the University of Michigan as a Resident Director of Prescott House;
• first resident director of Lee House, a new graduate dorm at the University of Michigan;
• started a music department in a new high school, and established a band and choir;
• restructured and resurrected the student services division of a college;
• published cutting edge training materials on the Internet, CD-ROM, laserdisc, for corporations, publishers, and colleges;
• worked in leadership capacities in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Speaks fluent German, some Chinese and a little Dutch.