Thomas Wimer

Founder, President & CEO

Tom Wimer, the Founder, President and CEO of KnowledgeBank, Inc., has almost 25 years of corporate and entrepreneurial HR and business experience spanning multiple industries and functions. He is particularly adept at linking human resource strategy and operations with organizational goals and objectives.

Prior to forming and launching KnowledgeBank, Tom established and led the Human Capital Solutions practice of the Mid-Atlantic Region of Resources Connection (now Resources Global Professionals), an international professional services spin-off of Deloitte & Touche. In this role, Tom built a solid base of HR professionals, capable of delivering a full spectrum of services in the HR field, including recruitment and selection, compensation, benefits, training, workforce development, and leadership and organization development. Before that, he led the global recruitment organization of ExxonMobil, where he was accountable for all executive, experienced professional and campus recruitment programs in the US, and served as a corporate liaison to international affiliates. Prior to ExxonMobil, Tom founded, grew and sold Miller & Wimer, LLC, a retained executive search firm, and earlier in his career was a senior human resources executive for The Dial Corporation and General Electric.

Tom holds an MS in Human Resource Management from LaRoche College in Pittsburgh, PA and a BS in Business Management from Marshall University. Tom currently serves on the Board of Directors for Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, and has served in leadership roles for the HR Leadership Forum and other organizations focused on advancing the field of human resource management.

In 2006, Tom was named as a finalist by the HR Leadership Awards of Greater Washington for the Human Resources Professional Excellence Award, which recognizes extraordinary leadership within the human resources profession.