Tom is a Professor of Interactive Multimedia at the Humber Institute of Advanced learning and Technology in Toronto. Like all faculty in the program, Tom believes his students deserve to be taught by instructors who are regarded as experts in their field and whose knowledge of his subject is current with industry best practice. As such, Tom is the author of 12 books with Pearson Education and friendsofED. Including such best selling books as Foundation Flash CS5 for Designers, Foundation Flash CS3 Video and From After Effects to Flash:Poetry in Motion Graphics . He has also produced an online and DVD video training series for Lynda.com— Fireworks CS3, Essential Training and has written numerous tutorials for layersmagazine.com.

He is also an Adobe Community Professional, a member of Adobe’s Higher Education Advisory Board and an Adobe Education Leader.

Tom is also in great demand as a speaker and regularly does presentations at major industry and education conferences around the world. As well, Tom has conducted expert lectures at such Post Secondary institutions as Rochester Institute of Technology, Pasadena Community College, Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, University of Wisconsin, EMMA Foundation Master Classes for Post Secondary students in Hamburg, Germany and Toronto, and Red River Community College in Winnipeg.