The Multipronged • Multifacted Approach
Example
In this example, three of six THOS. advocacy organizations, each independently licensed and branded, would be activated and deployed to build a combination of constituency-specific support. As with any considered initiative, Tom (or the THOS. team) would engage local decision makers directly with new and innovative, or even unknown means to collaborate, incentivize, and approve, all while maintaining public-interest demands and setting leadership examples for other local leaders and jurisdictional governments. The Rural National Defense Initiative would advance necessitative, geo-diversification appeal, such as locating in a rural or more rural location; DC Frog (Data Center Frog) would bring attention to end-user, data center value and future, building-use transition possibilities, while Farmed would propagate the consequential economic development opportunities and broadband benefits such a project represents. In other examples of the THOS. approach, these organizations and/or other subsidiaries, such as P3Yes, Gridvocate, and Local Gov ("LGOV"), may be utilized for similar advancement purposes.
| A Better, Rural Data Center Project
"The aggregation of our nation's data infrastructure in a single region presents a tempting target for adversaries."
— former NSA Director, Gen. Keith Alexander
Every success of major significance is predicated upon an effective message and messaging campaign, the latter of which is subject to the oft-overlooked fact each chosen platform of conveyance* is a critical decision subject to equally-critical nuances that cannot be recognized without the included subject matter expertise. Secure the elusive advantage afforded when the strategic messaging, in-person representation, and creative force behind the production and delivery of each expertly-chosen path of message propagation is all, one and the same.
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In Person, Canvassing, Public Presentations
Direct Mail, Placards, Billboards, Print Items
Newspaper, News-, Social-, Earned-Media
Radio, Television, Video, Electronic
• Infrastructure
• Economic Development
• Capital Improvements
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Issue-Based Advocacy & Advancement
Any of the six THOS. subsidiary advocacy organizations, and urls shown, are among those which can be turned on, customized, and "deployed" by initiative, project, or geographic location.
Ask Tom for a free, initial consultation. He and the THOS. team stand ready to meet the most challenging and ambitious of both public and private development initiatives, as well as public-private partnership (P3) pusuits.
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THOS.
| A Most Unique Collective of Expertise
When you really need to bring it. THOS. is a true "A-Team" of exclusive, most uniquely-experienced professionals holding very specialized capabilities. Everything is created, managed, and contained in-house. Tom was regarded and featured in the Washington Post for creating this then first-of-its-kind, hybrid consultancy operation when he left Capitol Hill some twenty years ago. (Tom's then employer had resigned his position as Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives to run for President of the United States.) Consulting ever since, Tom truncated his long-standing business name, rebranded, expanded sevenfold, re-formed, and became what is now THOS. in 2024. The THOS. team has worked together in various combinations and capacities for decades We are all subject matter experts in a wide array and near all-encompassing scope of large-scale development initiatives, public-private partnerships (P3s), local-government operations, public-, government-, and media-relations, professional campaign strategies, and multi-platform, media and marketing production. We are a deft and agile team of seven established pros, each having held senior and executive positions in major American jurisdictional governments, the U.S. Armed Forces, and both the U.S.Senate and House of Representatives. We are accomplished entrepreneurs and owners of multiple businesses in varied, overlapping sectors. We have unprecedented access where it matters most, and hold long-established, trusted relationships among C-Suite and elected leaders of consequence. We engage, work with, extend to, and command the respect of competing political parties, disparate interests, and those unified under pursuits of progress. Our data center, cyber- and data-security experts hold both advanced degrees and coveted, in-demand certifications of distinct capabilities. Our in-house digital media, print marketing, film, television, and video production work is award-winning, (e.g., Emmy® award-winning); thank you, Greg. THOS. holds a long track-record of notable accomplishments, and we are most proud to incorporate and meaningfully promulgate Indigenous Knowledge in the land-use considerations of our clientele. We really can, and really do cover all the bases.
Eric Martin holds a decades-long track record of major economic development achievements. His successes represent hundreds of millions of dollars in locality-based commerce and new tax revenues. He has also represented national U.S. interest groups and political organizations, including the Republican Party. He has managed dozens of successful campaigns for compromise-oriented candidates, including Democrats and Independents. Having worked numerous times with (and against) THOS. founder and president Tom Byrnes, in political-related campaigns, Eric is now a longtime THOS. partner and executive director of all THOS. subsidiaries and operations. With critical work experience inside America's most secure data centers, Eric further leads the THOS. Local Gov, LLC's Advisory Committee for Data Center Infrastructure and Rural Broadband Initiatives. Eric is a licensed real estate broker in Virginia and is the executive vice president in the THOS. organizational hierarchy.
Eric
Amal Shanker holds an M.B.A. in information technology and supply chain management from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), as well as advanced licenses and certifications in program and project management. He serves as THOS.’s lead client advisor in data center dispersal, future conversion, and present infrastructure initiatives. With approximately a decade of experience representing or contracting with both state and jurisdictional governments, Amal also serves on the Local Gov and P3 Yes, LLCs teams. Amal's referenced certifications and licenses include AWS (Amazon) Certified Cloud Practitioner, ASQ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CLSSGB) and Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM). Amal is multilingual professional and further mines new THOS. Ventures opportunities internationally. He is a senior vice president in the THOS. organizational hierarchy.
Amal
Retired US Navy LCDR Josh Clements serves as THOS.’s subject matter expert and client advisor in strategic technological and national defense initiatives. He holds an M.S. in Network Operations and Technology from the Naval Postgraduate School.and a B.S. in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Josh has over two decades of experience in network-related technology security and administration. He directs or co-directs multiple client initiatives for THOS.’s Rural National Defense Initiative (RNDI) and Data Center Frog (DC Frog) LLC subsidiaries. His Department of Defense (DoD), cyber-security and other certifications include Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), among numerous others. Josh is also a Navy-trained helicopter pilot and is a vice president in the THOS. organizational hierarchy.
Josh
As the principal and founder of WoLakota Lab, James Rattling Leaf, Sr. works with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, and current U.S. Congressional leaders. He advises, including with THOS. Group, LLC, to advance use of geospatial-related applications and the establishment of equitable indigenous / non-indigenous partnerships in the land-use decisions of national and international government bodies. THOS. shares James’ most-worthy conviction that Indigenous Knowledge is critical to both success, and proper respect of indigenous sovereignty in all federal, state, and local government land-use considerations. James holds a B.A. in Lakota Studies from Sinte Gleska University (SGU) and is a former member of the National Science Foundation’s Space Grant Consortium EPSCoR* Technical Advisory Committee, where he liaised with NASA to advance opportunities in aerospace research. He is a Lakota, CQ® Certified Facilitator and THOS.'s senior land-use advisor. *Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
James
Based in The Hamptons region of Long Island, NY, Zane Robinson brings a combination of uniquely paired and specialized assets to THOS. leadership. His B.A. in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), plus extensive field and community engagement experience on behalf of prodigious, two-term (2009-2016) Richmond, VA Mayor Dwight Jones, as well as his subsequent leadership advisory experience to the city's then CAO (Chief Administrative Officer), brings critical experience and knowledge to THOS. clientele. Zane's ownership and operation of two, client-rich, independent digital and broadcast media companies, including Life's Interpretation serving clients in NYC and the Washington, DC, DMV area (D.C., Maryland, and Virginia), further expands THOS.’s media-production capabilities and in-studio locations. He works in close collaboration with THOS.'s Director of Media Production, Greg Wilson and is a vice president in the THOS. organizational hierarchy.
Zane
Film and Emmy® award-winning television producer, director, and writer Greg Wilson is the co-founder of Wilbro Films, Inc. and oversees most production needs for all THOS. clients and each THOS.subsidiary. A graduate of the Hollywood Film Institute with an FAA certification to pilot UAV drones, Greg holds a B.A. in Business Marketing from Stockton University and has produced, directed, and contributed to numerous independent and feature films. Greg's wildlife documentary work crosses the globe, including Kenya, the remote South Pacific Cook Islands, Belize, and Mexico, among others. Greg’s client work in television includes assignments for CBS, MTV, NBC Universal, and more. Greg is based in the Greater Orlando Metropolitan Area with production facilities in Virginia, outside the historic City of Fredericksburg. He is THOS.'s director of media productions.
Greg
Interested in the referenced "seemingly impossible made possible?" Email Tom and ask for available case studies, including how he compelled officials who made "no new tax" pledges to vote for a new tax – to beget a profit via a new, $37M commuter rail infrastructure project – and how he enabled a brought a $20M P25 emergency communications, land mobile radio (LMR) systems capital improvements plan (CIP) project to fruition.
Interested in the referenced "seemingly impossible made possible?" Email Tom and ask for available case studies, including how he compelled officials who made "no new tax" pledges to vote for a new tax – to beget a profit via a new, $37M commuter rail infrastructure project – and how he enabled a brought a $20M P25 emergency communications, land mobile radio (LMR) systems capital improvements plan (CIP) project to fruition.