Tom Sampson
Consulting, Franchise Sales & In-house Infrastructure at The Riddiough Group and also My Best Franchise Consulting Group
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolTom Sampson is a seasoned franchise consultant and operator with over three decades of experience helping brands scale through franchise development, sales, operations, and compliance. Based in Portland, he transitioned from a corporate marketing role at PepsiCo-Frito-Lay to owning and advising multiple franchise concepts, balancing family-first priorities with hands-on business building. Tom has led master franchise launches, broker networks, and franchisee support programs across industries—from urgent care to nutrition and coaching—often acting as an outsourced liaison to parent companies. He combines strategic franchise systems design with practical start-up execution, including award-winning small business projects like experimental aircraft building that reflect his hands-on, creative problem-solving. Known for mentoring future franchise leaders, his long-term clients credit him with life-changing guidance that multiplied impact across owners, employees, and communities. Practical, relationship-driven, and disciplined in operational detail, Tom focuses on aligning franchise economics with quality-of-life outcomes for owners.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Degree - Business Development / Marketing, Management, Consumer Products, Food Industry, Dean's List, Graduate Degree - Business Development / Marketing, Management, Consumer Products, Food Industry, Dean's List at University of Southern California - Marshall School of BusinessBachelors of Science - Business, Bachelors of Science - Marketing, Bachelors of Science - Business, Bachelors of Science - Marketing at California State University-Long BeachStudy towards Bachelors of Science - Business, Bachelors or Science Marketing, Study towards Bachelors of Science - Business, Bachelors or Science Marketing at California State University-Dominguez Hills
Github Skills (16)
bitly9
tinyurl7
lumen-framework7
php7
shorturl6
url-shortener6
yourls4
java2
raise1
crossword1
workspace1
javascript1
waterfall1
azerothcore1
adventure1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mel177/Project-one
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 4 PRs, 16 pushes in 7 days
tbsampson/MyRunUO
Dec 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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