Bio:
Tom started in the environmental markets in the early 1990s and has worked in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Tom has degrees in environmental economics and environmental engineering with specializations in climate change and clean technologies. In 2007, Tom co-founded, and serves as CEO, ClimateCHECK – a greenhouse gas management and clean tech advisory and assurance firm. In parallel, Tom co-founded the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI) – a nonprofit focused on training, research and certification. Following these start ups, Tom led the development of a new web-based software, called Collaborase – the Catalyst for Collaboration and launched the company Interactive Leader. Collaborase is a platform for structured knowledge process content development and applications, and it is being used by companies, governments, associations, climate programs and various experts/stakeholders to develop standards, strategies, policies, codes as well as communicate and implement these best practices.
Previously Tom was Director of Climate Change Services for North America for Det Norske Veritas (DNV). Prior to DNV, Tom led the System of Measurement And Reporting of Technologies (SMART) for the Government of Canada’s Climate Change Technology Fund. Tom is known for his work in the world of GHG standards, in particular the ISO international standards for greenhouse gas accounting as the lead author of the ISO 14064-2 International Standard for GHG Projects and a core contributor to the WBCSD-WRI GHG Protocol for Projects. Tom is involved with
several standards initiatives, including the Climate Disclosure Standards Board. Tom is the Chair of the IEEE Power and Energy Society’s Climate Change Technology Sub-Committee. Tom also participates in the Founder Societies Carbon Management Initiative, a cooperative initiative of several engineering associations representing over 1 million members. Tom is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Environmental Career Organization of Canada. Tom led the development of GHGMI’s Professional Code of Conduct and currently instructs the course on GHG verification. Tom is also an Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Management. Tom is a registered professional engineer.
Intersts:
Tom’s expertise is focused mostly on climate change and with a concentration on innovations with technologies, policy/strategies, and supporting infrastructure. Specifically, Tom expertise is grouped as:
1. Economics, policies and strategies for climate change – working with policy-makers and business leaders in support of pragmatic approaches
2. Technologies and solutions for climate change – working with engineers and technical experts to support new technologies/solutions
3. Capacity building for climate change – working with the spectrum of stakeholders with online collaborative platforms for knowledge creation, sharing and implementation to achieve policy/strategic goals ‘faster, better, cheaper’
e-mail: tbaumann@interactiveleader.com
