Thomas Shaffer

Managing Director
Experienced executive and leader
Drives financial and operational efficiency and transformation
Makes private sector companies and government agencies more transparent
Washington, D.C.
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Tom Shaffer is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Public Sector Services in Washington, D.C. He brings a hands-on approach to helping private sector companies and government agencies increase fiscal transparency and improve performance and efficiency.

Mr. Shaffer serves frequently as an interim executive and recently served as the Interim CFO of a $3 billion transportation and capital delivery agency. He has also served as the Interim CFO of two private equity owned firms.

Mr. Shaffer also has notable advisory experience. He co-led a comprehensive operational and financial review of a $70 billion organization and the transformation of a multi-billion-dollar transportation organization. Mr. Shaffer is currently the lead executive and serves as a third-party fiduciary overseeing federal funding for a large educational entity.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Shaffer served as a Special Advisor to the CFO of the FBI, leading strategy and business process re-engineering projects. In this role, he was nominated by the CFO for the Director’s Award for Special Achievement. He has also been an adjunct finance lecturer at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and George Washington University’s MBA program.

Mr. Shaffer earned a bachelor’s degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). 

 

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