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Tom Phillips
Founder and President
Tom Phillips founded Effective Agreements, Inc. in 1989 to address the need for small to mid market businesses to produce the quality agreements large companies can afford for small market prices. EAI develops and manages fast, practical, and effective business agreements.
For over twenty years, Tom handled mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and other key business transactions for Fortune 500 companies and venture backed start-ups. His experiences, business interests, and easy demeanor make him uniquely qualified to service the small to mid market companies.
Tom was the Vice President, Corporate Business Development, for DSC Communications where he successfully completed major acquisitions, along with several smaller acquisitions and divestitures; in total over $500 Million worth of transactions.
He structured joint ventures and strategic alliances in Germany, Israel, Brazil, India, England, Ireland, Italy, Holland, and the United States. He served on the Executive Boards of an Italian joint venture and a German strategic alliance.
As Vice President, Business Development, with TelOptica, a venture backed telecom software start-up, he led a $15.2 Million "B" round that included premiere VC firms and high net worth individuals.
At LTV Corporation, Tom managed the divestiture of several units and negotiated the relevant definitive agreements.
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Mr. Phillips previously served on the Board of Directors of the local chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, ACG Dallas/Fort Worth, from 2006 through 2008. Mr. Phillips served on the Board of Advisors in 2009. ACG is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions for mid to large companies. Click here for more on ACG Dallas/Fort Worth.
Mr. Phillips is a graduate of Leadership Richardson, Class XV, and a member of the Leadership Richardson Alumni Association. Click here for more on Leadership Richardson.
He is also a member of the Texas/Israel Chamber of Commerce, Click here for more on the Texas/Israel Chamber, the Middle Market Advisors' Network Group, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Arts Incubator of Richardson.
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