Tom Hudson, MS

Tom Hudson, MS

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
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Global experience developing, implementing, and executing technological breakthroughs to…

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  • Demystifying Meditation
    Dec 16, 2019

    Demystifying Meditation

    Meditation. It’s a word that you hear at the local coffee shop, television shows, posts on LinkedIn, etc.

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Volunteer Experience

  • co-founder, Trustee, Secretary

    Human Action Foundation

    - 3 years 5 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Free in Thought. Good in Deed.

    The Human Action Foundation’s mission is to promote flourishing communities of freethinkers. We provide educational events, charitable services, and infrastructure to communities in which we operate.

    Our activities respond to the needs of those we serve, seeking to help them on their path of self-improvement. Often, community members bring projects to us, and we figure out how the Foundation can help them succeed.

  • co-founder / Board of Directors

    Freecoast LLC

    - 5 years 6 months

    Education

  • Share Our Strength | No Kid Hungry Graphic

    Volunteer

    Share Our Strength | No Kid Hungry

    - 2 months

    Children

  • Share Our Strength | No Kid Hungry Graphic

    Volunteer

    Share Our Strength | No Kid Hungry

    - 2 months

    Children

Courses

  • Backcountry Navigation with A Map & Compass

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  • Chopra Primordial Sound Meditation Enrichment Program

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  • Heroic Public Speaking

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  • Improv - A-Ha! (8-week program)

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  • Lean Sigma Green Belt

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  • Six Sigma Black Belt

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  • Stanford Strategic Decision Making & Risk Management

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  • Wilderness First Aid, NOLS

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  • Wilderness First Aid, SOLO Schools

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  • Winter Wilderness Survival

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Projects

  • New England Meditation Group - New Hampshire Affiliate

    - Present

    The NEMG is a group on Facebook where members are supported and updated on group meditations and events throughout New England.

    Other creators

  • Guest Blog Post for Neil Strauss

    - Present

    Neil was a mentor of mine and one assignment that I took on was a crowdsourced reading/writing project. This blog post is a brief summary of the book On The Red Queen by Matt Ridley that I wrote.

    See project

  • Being Present - Mindfulness Activities to Help Focus Workshop Participants

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    As part of my professional experience, I collaborated closely with the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Fish & Game to create and oversee a comprehensive nature training initiative for various departments in the State of New Hampshire. Throughout 2020, I successfully transitioned the program to a virtual format, attracting participants from NOAA, Parks & Recreation, and Fish & Game personnel spanning over 15 states.

    Other creators

  • 5 Star Awarded Podcast

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    I'm the founder of the Up Rev Ninja Podcast - Discover the Best Version of You, a 5 star rated podcast.

    Founded and hosted a weekly podcast with episodes averaging 60-minutes in length. Interviewed over 70 guests from around the world.

    The intent of the podcast was to interview guests where their stories provided guidance, wisdom, and failure. These stories would cover a myriad of facets of our lives. With the ultimate goal of enabling my listeners to up-level their life by…

    I'm the founder of the Up Rev Ninja Podcast - Discover the Best Version of You, a 5 star rated podcast.

    Founded and hosted a weekly podcast with episodes averaging 60-minutes in length. Interviewed over 70 guests from around the world.

    The intent of the podcast was to interview guests where their stories provided guidance, wisdom, and failure. These stories would cover a myriad of facets of our lives. With the ultimate goal of enabling my listeners to up-level their life by learning through the stories of my guests thus helping the listeners discover the best version of themselves.

    See project

  • Train Shingo Assessment/Model to Global IT

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    Developed training materials and led classroom training workshops globally to IT workforce on the implementation of policy deployment boards and Shingo Model.

  • Oh You Hero - Free-Agent Economy

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    Provided business development and business organization in this Cambridge, MA, based company. The focus of this startup was to combine the power of social media, the ratings of Yelp, the job wanted/help of Craigslist and AngiesList, along with the gig-economy (aka sharing-economy) model to provide individuals access to the marketplace with a minimal setup that enabled them to showcase their services.

    Other creators
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  • World Poker Tour Bootcamp

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    Facilitated leadership changes (using a combination of MBTI & StrengthsFinders) within the organization. Directed weekly founder meetings to discuss project prioritization, project reviews, company financials, etc. Led the development of defining KPIs for the organization to monitor to define success and to drive sales of an online poker training system.

  • The Finishing School (Mastermind Group)

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    Led, organized, facilitated, and participated in a monthly mastermind meeting in Cambridge, MA with the intention of a high-impact accountability group and self-motivated individuals to achieve their many dreams on their bucket list.

  • Merger & Acquisitions

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    Was the IT lead on multiple acquisitions (in the US as well as Italy & Swizterland) which involved the implementation of IT systems, data transfer from the acquired company to parent company and frequently included product transfers and facility closures.

  • Medical Device Product Transfers

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    Provided IT leadership on medical device product transfers from Ireland to Mexico, the US to Ireland, and the US to Mexico.

Honors & Awards

  • CIO Award

    Medtronic

    Winner of CIO Award in 2005 for the design, development, and implementation of a inventory replenishment and reporting system.

  • Star of Excellence

    Medtronic

    Winner (team) of the Star of Excellence award in 2004. The team reduced our work in progress inventory by $2M+ and reduced clean-room manufacturing space by 20% over the course of 3 months.

Organizations

  • SME.org

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    - Present

  • ASQ.org - American Society for Quality

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    - Present

  • AME.org Association for Manufacturing Excellence

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    - Present

  • Kripalu Yoga and Ayurveda Association

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    - Present

  • Yoga Alliance

    Member

    - Present

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