From 2002-2007, Project Calibrate delivered successful web projects for clients in the media and finance industries by employing sound project mangement practices and rapid user interface prototyping methods. Project Calibrate utilized a flexible methodology that has proven itself on a wide variety of project types, from content publishing tools for magazine editors to retail e-commerce sites. Project Calibrate serviced clients in the publishing, technology and financial industries by developing web sites and working within client organizations to hire, train and manage effective project teams.

Project Calibrate ensured project success by helping clients define business requirements, manage technology and optimize their web production teams. Project Calibrate consultants designed custom project delivery processes for their technology clients and personally implemented thier recommendations by leading project teams. The results: consistent project delivery that enabled clients to launch web sites that had a significant revenue-generating impact.

Project Calibrate ceased its operations in 2007, as its co-founders moved on to executive management positions in the organizations of their former clients.

Managing Partner, 2002 - 2007

Thomas J. Shelford was a founding partner of Project Calibrate, which operated as a web project management consulting firm in New York City from 2002 to 2007. He has been a web project management consultant since 1996 and is an author on the topic of web development process Real Web Project Management: Case Studies and Best Practices from the Trenches.

Tom's professional expertise includes business development for technology service firms, information architecture, web design, and software development processes. He has a technical specialization in the development of custom content management systems for publishing and media companies.

Tom's diverse educational background supports his leadership of multi-disciplinary project teams. Educated at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis MD, The American University in Washington D.C., and the University of San Diego, he holds a Master's degree in International Relations, a Minor in Mathematics, and has studied physics and mechanical engineering.

Prior to co-founding Project Calibrate in 2002, Tom was the Director of Project Management at iVillage.com where he established a project management office to support a large IT department and its Fortune 500 clients. While at iVillage he instituted a company-wide development methodology for building and maintaining database-driven web sites. He has also worked in the publishing industry in New York City and served in the United States Navy as a member of the navigation team on the USS Cape Cod, a destroyer tender based in San Diego and deployed to the Middle East.

Project Calibrate ceased its operations in 2007. Since then, Tom has served as the Executive Vice President of Business Development at Promotions.com, a leading interactive marketing agency in New York City, which provides technology solutions to agencies, brands and media companies who are seeking to activate and monetize consumers on the web.

Tom is currently President of Corsis, LLC http://www.corsis.com. Corsis is a technology assurance services firm that helps investors and corporations to safeguard their technology systems and maximize asset value leading up to a merger or acquisition.