Tom Schaeffer

Thomas Schaeffer & Co.

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 & 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 is a boutique agency providing ghostwriting and content strategy for executives who want to amplify their voice, sharpen their positioning, and expand their influence.

We work with leaders at pivotal moments—whether building thought leadership, leading a transition, or shaping a second act beyond corporate. Our services combine high-level ghostwriting, content systems, and selective coaching to help executives turn experience into leverage and build a presence that creates real opportunities.

Founder

Executive to Entrepreneur

𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿 is a coaching and content platform for midlife professionals ready to leave the corporate grind, clarify their next move, and build a business that fits their life. We offer 1:1 coaching, frameworks, and practical guidance for reinvention.

Float Left

Float Left Interactive was a pioneer in TV app development and the first company to build Roku apps for media brands.  For over 12 years, Float Left has enabled media brands to deliver and manage the next generation of TV experiences on every screen.

🏆 2022 Streaming Media 50
🏆 2021 Streaming Media 50
🏆 2017 Streaming Media 100
🏆 2016 CableFax -> Most Innovative People in Multiscreen
🏆 2015 Streaming Media 100

Co-Founder, CEO (acquired)

The Weiss Group, Inc.

Developed internal and external web applications in direct support of company’s marketing initiatives.

Senior Software Engineer

Teledata Inc.

Developed EPA compliance software, specifically targeted to address fuel tank leak detection.

Software Engineer

Bridgeway Benefit Technologies

Provided programmatic and logical fixes for technical problems on ISSI’s Benefit Fund Administration System.

Account Representative /  Programmer

Ghostwriter for Influential Executives and Entrepreneurs || Transforming Ideas into Influence Through High-Impact Writing || Former CEO, 2x Founder, 1x Exit

I’m a former CEO turned writer and coach. I help midlife professionals turn experience into leverage—through writing, clarity, and reinvention.

After scaling and selling a 7-figure software agency, I walked away from the startup grind to build a simpler, more intentional life.

Along the way, I discovered something powerful:
Most executives don’t need another job.
They need clarity—and a path that’s finally theirs.

Today, I work with high-achieving professionals in transition—those ready to move from corporate to consulting, from founder to writer, or from executive to entrepreneur.

Here’s how I help:

1. Executive Ghostwriting
For founders and CEOs who want thought leadership that drives inbound demand—without spending hours writing content. You bring the insight. I bring the structure, clarity, and voice that earns authority and attracts opportunity.

2. Executive to Entrepreneur Coaching
A 12-week 1:1 experience to help you reinvent your career, clarify your offer, build a simple content system, and land your first client.
It’s for professionals who are ready to turn experience into independence—building something of their own, on their own terms.

At the core of both is a simple idea:
Use your expertise to build leverage and freedom—because your next chapter should serve your life, not the other way around.

[Coaching: exectoentrepreneur.com]
[Substack: exectoentrepreneur.substack.com]
[About Me: thomasschaeffer.me]

Writer

A ghostwriting agency for founders, CEOs, and business leaders looking to build influential personal brands.

Parikh Ventures LLC

Aligned and improved clients' (ranging from Amazon, Walmart, Chewy) day to day operational effectiveness to achieve their long term strategic goals. Analyzed current challenges at hand, identified trends & opportunities for growth, and designed strategies that aligned with and ensured operations are optimized to meet strategic objectives.

●	Implemented operational improvements for 50+ managers with strategies that ranged in best practices for frontline leadership to up C-Suite leadership.

●      Improved team engagement by over 50% in 1 month through insights gained from implementing and monitoring weekly data that drove strategic approaches.

●      Drove cross functional alignment across departments and operational improvements that led to the business being top 1% in their district.

●	Turned around an org that was missing SLAs to achieving 100% of KPI metrics.

Strategy & Operations Consultant

XPO Logistics, Inc.

Directly managed a team of 40+ employee, 6 exempt managers, and 6 nonexempt leaders. Collaborated with global cross functional teams to design and execute a strategy to implement a new Warehouse Management System across the entire Healthcare enterprise. Tracked and presented weekly progress to the President of Supply Chain and conducted quarterly business reviews with executive leadership and client. Drove process improvement for day to day operational excellence in order to achieve long term strategic objectives.

●	Efficiently developed and managed operations, policies, and processes to optimize and improve KPIs by 50%. 

●	Effectively reorganized segmentation strategy for facility with 78,000 SKUs and record count strategy to achieve 100% cycle count completion in 3 months to pass 2 audits.

●	Designed and implemented customized reports to monitor KPIs for feedback and analysis for the newly implemented WMS.

●	Led the process mapping, documentation, creation of SOPs, and training for implementation of new WMS.

●	Scheduled and rolled out hardware deployment and training for 250+ employees on new WMS and processes.

General Manager

Iron Mountain

Directly managed a team of 80+ employees, 3 exempt managers, and 5 nonexempt leaders. Drove cross functional initiatives and operational alignment at an organizational level. Partnered with Product, Marketing, Strategy, Sales, and CX to grow from 4 markets to 31 markets post joint venture. Partnered with Product and IT to develop a knowledge database for all teams. 

●	Partnered with Director of Quality to develop 12 new KPIs, design and monitor dashboards to monitor performance, capture feedback, and personalize KPIs based on market specific relevance. 

●	Drove significant annual savings (over $300K or 85% YoY) in concessions from quality defects through improved handling processes, successful delivery, and inventory accuracy all within 98-99%. 

●	Established inventory categorization strategy for oversized freight and loose stowing items which helped increase storage utilization by 36%.

●	Mentored and developed 2 direct reports into leadership and management level roles.

Senior Operations Manager

MakeSpace

Directly managed a team of 60+ employees, 2 exempt managers, and 4 nonexempt leaders. Led programs with cross functional teams to improve processes, products, and strategy. Collaborated with executive leadership to develop documentation, training, implementation, and standardization for all aspects of Operations. Oversaw $12MM P&L for NY and NJ markets. 

●	Partnered with the Product team to develop 2 apps and a WMS website that played a key role in joint venture.

●	Increased productivity 400% (from 30 UPH to 120 UPH) and drove significant annual savings (over $500K YoY) to come ahead of target goal through headcount restructuring, streamlining processes and improving quality defects.

●	Oversaw and executed project to insource operations and eliminate 3PL inefficiencies. Expanded 75k sq ft to over 500k sq ft. This added 2MM cu ft of physical storage space and increased daily capacity by 50%. 

●	Saved company $600k through the implementation of a zoning strategy for field team that improved lean practices by eliminating travel time, idle labor, and disruptive delinquencies.

●	Created and implemented a demand planning product to assist in forecasting workload and headcount scheduling.

●	Mentored and developed 3 direct reports into leadership and management level roles.

Amazon

Directly managed a team of 500+ employees, 3 exempt managers, and 10 nonexempt leaders in a 1.1MM sq ft facility. Drove operational efficiencies through optimizing processes, systems, and cross functional collaboration with teams in order to achieve long term strategic goals. .

●	Drove initiative for defect injection reduction that collaborated with UI/UX teams, product teams, and senior leadership which led to process improvements and reducing quality defect by 73% year over year.

●	Designed project to reconfigure 6 floors of 1.1 sq ft facility for 8000+ associates which led to an increased 23,000 cu ft of storage, 80% productivity YoY, 66% safety incidents YoY, and 70% quality YoY.

●	Designed, documented, and implemented onboarding and training program for new hires reducing learning curve by 75%, from 4 weeks to 1 week to hit KPI goal. Program was adopted region wide.

●	Mentored and developed 12 direct reports into leadership and management level roles

Operations Manager

Area Manager II

Area Manager

I help first time managers in Ops 🦺 close the gap from a lack of training and support.

Professionally:

10 years of experience leading teams to drive operational improvements by designing and implementing frameworks, processes, and systems at startups and enterprise companies like Amazon, XPO Logistics, and Iron Mountain. Skilled in collaborating with cross functional teams to drive alignment, coordination, and execution on initiatives with stakeholders. Proven track record of designing data-driven and scalable processes, streamlining bottlenecks, and developing KPIs to monitor data for actionable insights. Drove efficiencies that led to operational increases of over 80%, proprietary product development, WMS implementation, 7x market growth to scale nationwide, and a successful joint venture.

𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬: Operations Management, Operational Excellence, E-commerce, Management, Leadership, Coaching & Mentoring, Cross-functional Leadership, Collaboration & Coordination, Interpersonal Skills, Stakeholder Management, Process Improvement, Continuous Improvement, Strategic Planning, Program/Project Management, Product Operations, Communications, Data Analysis, OKRs / KPIs, Problem Solving, P&L Management

𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬: MS Office Suite, Google Suite, Looker, Asana, Slack, MS Teams, Trello, Sharepoint, Notion, Canva, Calendly, Zoom, Active Campaign, Dropbox

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Personally: 

I've been lucky enough to live on both coasts (NJ and Cali) but I'll always be a Jersey guy at heart. I enjoy photography (have even done friends' weddings) and video games (huge Zelda fan). Oh and I'm a foodie - I can out eat my wallet which can be a problem.

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