About JTOM, Inc.
Company History
JTOM, Inc. is a small business with extensive planning, management and business experience with public water and wastewater utilities. Tom Jacobs, the principal of JTOM, Inc, brings 31 years of project and program management to your aid.
JTOM, Inc. was formed by Tom Jacobs in 2002 after a successful career in the consulting engineering business. The business in headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, located just east of Denver.
Company Objective
Coach organizations to effectively and efficiently manage projects and programs.
Many organizations, in particular public utilities, struggle with implementing capital improvement programs within budgets and schedules. Challenges such as limited staff, inexperienced staff, or unrealistic expectations cause these capital improvement programs to languish. Consulting organization would especially benefit from JTOM, Inc’s assistance in improving project marketing and delivery systems to improve client satisfaction an ensure repeat business. JTOM, Inc. is specifically devoted to assisting these organizations in effectively and efficiently implementing these programs through focused training and coaching services as well as performing project and program management to augment an organization’s staff.
Unique features of the Company
JTOM, Inc offers the unique combination of knowledge with private business and engineering practice ideas and procedures coupled with public utility management experience.
- Objective Advice: JTOM, Inc does not provide design engineering, construction management, or contract operations services. Therefore, we are not motivated to direct our clients toward a program that would ultimately require these services. Our only motivation is to provide our clients with the advise and assistance that is in the best interest of the public utility and its customers.
- Broad Knowledge: JTOM, Inc’s key principal, Tom Jacobs, has spent 31 years gaining project management experience with public utilities in 10 States (Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, So. Dakota, Missouri). Successfully managed projects for both public water and wastewater utilities worth $500 million. He has also served on program management teams for water supplies with values up to $850 million. Tom has worked in both private industry and in the public sector.
- Business Expertise: Tom Jacobs successfully managed 4 consulting engineering offices in Utah and Colorado for national engineering consulting firms. He holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration as well as being a registered Professional Engineer. He provides the unique combination of bringing private business and engineering practice ideas and procedures to public utilities and public utility owner perspectives to private consulting firms.
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