Tom Krieglstein

Current

• Co-Founder at Swift Kick

Past

• Facilitator at QLN
• Founder and CEO at Online Retail Business (Sole Proprietorship)

Education

• Aurora University
• College of DuPage

Recommended

4 people have recommended Tom

Connections

90 connections

Industry

Education Management

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• Red Rover Facebook App

Tom Krieglstein’s Summary

I was born on a farm in MI and lived the first 9 yrs of my life there. My family then moved to a suburb outside Chicago and I now happily live in Chicago with my fiancé, Annie Colbert, and our 2 cats Oscar and Layla Beans.

I consider myself a life long explorer and live to create. I started my first company as a college junior at the age of 20. I grew that company, an online retail store, to $1.5 million dollars in annual sales. I used most the money to pay for all my college debt and living expenses for my first 2 years out of college. I also traveled for 8 months with Annie around Europe and Asia.

I was the first person from my university ever named to the prestigious national ALL USA Academic First Team. This award is given to only 20 students each year from around the entire United States. I graduated from College of DuPage and Aurora University as a two time Valedictorian. My profile was featured in a full page spread in the USA Today paper distributed internationally.

Since graduating, I worked for 3 yrs as a professional facilitator for Quantum Learning Network, which is considered the premier company for accelerated learning techniques. Through this company I spoke to thousands of students around the US and the world including South Korea, Indonesia and Bermuda.

In 2004 I co-founded my second business, Swift Kick, with the goal of increasing student's engagement in education. We use both training and technology to accomplish our mission and are building an educational model suited for the future.

Our latest project is Red Rover which is a free online student orientation that integrates with Facebook.

Tom Krieglstein’s Specialties:

Facilitation, Keynoting, Speech Writing, Curriculum Writing, HTML, CRM Design, Financial Management, Classroom Management, Technology, Social Networking, Myspace, Facebook

Tom Krieglstein’s Experience

• Co-Founder

  Swift Kick

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

  January 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)

• Facilitator

  QLN

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

  January 2004 — January 2007 (3 years 1 month)

  As a facilitator I ran a 10 day excellerated learning camp for about 100 highschool and junior highschool students. I also facilitated programs around the country and several international programs located in South Korea, Indonesia and Bermuda.
  
  The program included sessions on speed reading, memory tricks and life skills.

• Founder and CEO

  Online Retail Business (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)

  January 2001 — January 2005 (4 years 1 month)

  I ran an online retail business I started while still in college. It was a drop shipping operation where I never touched the product between the manufacturer and customer. At its peak, we were selling $1.5 million in product annually. We used a big portion of the profits to reinvest into automation software so we could run the business with as few employees as possible. We started with old edition textbooks and moved to electronics.

Tom Krieglstein’s Education

• Aurora University

  BA, Business Management, 1999 — 2003

• College of DuPage

  AA, Applied Science, 1999 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Theta Kappa, SAPB

Additional Information

Tom Krieglstein’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• Red Rover Facebook App

Tom Krieglstein’s Interests:

I try not to ever limit my interests because there is too much I am interested in, but in case you are wondering here is a short list. Reading, Skiing, Hiking, Chess, Computer Games, Business, Entrepreneurship, Skydiving, Horseback Riding, Farming, Writing, Biking, Walking, Swimming, Oceans, Gadgets, Gadgets and more Gadgets, People, Friends, Healthy Food, Weather, Ants, Cats, Dogs, Computers, Politics, History, Slam Poetry, Camps, Youth, Clothes, Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Helping, Old People, Parents, Pens, Free Food, Sushi, Peanut Butter and Jelly... and so on.

Tom Krieglstein’s Honors:

APCA Campus Speaker of the Year
All-USA Academic First Team
Centennial Illinois Scholar
2 time Valedictorian (College of DuPage and Aurora)

Tom Krieglstein’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch