Tom Sylvester is a 1982 graduate of the
United States Air Force Academy
with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Academy's Department of Astronautics and Computer Science.
He worked as a "rocket scientist" for the Air Force's
Ballistic Missile Office, then later as a staff officer in Washington, DC,
where he headed the Air Force's Parts Standardization Program for Air Force
Systems Command and was the Air Force's representative to the
Government/Industry Data Exchange Program.
After the Air Force, he consulted with a Washington DC engineering firm
and developed software for the aerospace industry, including Equity Claim
coding for distribution of over $400M in bankruptcy claims to the pilots at
his airline. He is currently an alternate member of the NWA ALPA Merger
Committe for the Northwest Airlines/Delta Airlines corporate merger,
providing data support.
Tom has over 15,000 hours of flying in his pilot log book. He is an
airline pilot and holds three large aircraft type ratings. Over his flying
career he has flown corporate aircraft, executive charters, organ transplant
"life" flights, commuter/regional turboprop aircraft, and has
thousands of hours of pilot time in aircraft such as the BAe-3201, EMB-120,
DC-9, Boeing 757, Airbus A319/A320 and Airbus A330.
Tom holds a dozen software copyrights and his two novels (Amazon) are registered
with the Screenwriter's Guild in Hollywood. A third novel, The Bernoulli
Award, is in work and should be in stores this fall.
Tom is a partner with Cerventis, LLC, and head of the design team of
the MusicJam portable mixer for
the iPod.
Tom is the president of Cerventis Records, who is assisting Marine
Lance Corporal Jeff
Cornish achieve his Nashville dreams.
Tom has two patents pending, one as a result of a project with the
bioengineering department at NC State University.
An avid guitarist, he plays his BulletProof guitar (BulletProofInstruments) when no one else is around.
Tom is married with one daughter, who recently graduated from Harvard
with a degree in Biological Sciences.
Lastly, it is rumored he is running for President:
