Tom Gegax has been a Shell Oil executive, a start-up founder, a CEO, and a member of numerous boards. He cofounded and sold the national chain Tires Plus Stores to Bridgestone/Firestone before writing books including “The Big Book of Small Business” (HarperCollins, 2007). Gegax Advisors provides seminars and speaking while Tom serves on the boards of Center for Science in the Public Interest and Bobby Kennedy, Jr.’s Waterkeeper Alliance.