Thomas M. Darrow, SHRM-SCP, is the founder and principal of Talent Connections, LLC. He has more than 29 years of experience in the human resources and recruitment profession, including nine years with the global professional services firms of Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).

He was the 2006 and 2007 president of SHRM-Atlanta, the largest city chapter in the country. Under his leadership as president, SHRM-Atlanta's membership increased 60 percent, to over 2,600 members, and the chapter won a SHRM Pinnacle Award for membership growth and a Pinnacle Award for the Mayor's Youth Program. Tom also served on the SHRM Staffing Management Expert Panel and the SHRM Cost per Hire Standard Review Committee. Tom earned a bachelor’s of business administration degree in accounting from the University of Notre Dame.

Tom lives in Murphy, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Anne, and parrot, Mango.