Tom Pryor is president of Integrated Cost Management Systems, a company that specializes in applying the principles of Activity Based Cost Management to improve the financial results of manufacturing, service, distribution, health care and governmental organizations. Learn more at www.ICMS.net.

During the past 17 years, Pryor has helped hundreds of organizations improve financial results, including Dell, Ralston-Purina, Ford, L.L. Bean, the U.S. Navy and The Dallas Morning News.  He was featured in a Business Week magazine cover story titled “That Old-time Accounting Isn’t Good Enough Anymore.” He’s authored hundreds of articles and numerous books, including his latest release, The Principles, a book about a person who simultaneously rebuilds a broken business and personal life.