THOMAS H. PYLE
50 Balsam Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540
T : 609-924-7895 C: 609-658-2008 E: thpyle@psychodyssey.net
LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/thpyle
Summary
Senior executive with broad professional experience in banking, business, and nonprofit management and funding
and deep family lived experience with mental illness. Rededicating career to improving health services and
advocacy. M.B.A. (Harvard) and M.S. (PsyR) (UMDNJ/Rutgers). Seeking opportunities to help significant
management teams advance an impactful health services agency or advocacy organization facing strategic,
management, financing, promotion, or sustainability challenges.
Mental Health Sector Experience
Since 2010
PSYCHODYSSEY SERVICES, INC.
PRINCETON, NJ
Founder and Director of this non-profit media, education, and consulting entity based in the principles of
psychiatric rehabilitation serving families of loved ones with psychiatric disabilities. (See
www.psychodyssey.net.)
Since 2011
TRENTON PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
TRENTON, NJ
Co-leader, Family Monitors. Rebuilding volunteer advocacy inspection program for benefit of patients, staff, and
family members. (See: http://www.psychodyssey.net/?page_id=2507.)
Since 2010
ACCESS FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
FREEHOLD, NJ
Board Member. Start-up non-profit corporation advancing psychiatric rehabilitation through financial wellness.
Organizing platform for the proposed Access of NJ Federal Credit Union of, by, and for individuals with
psychiatric disabilities. (See: www.supportivebanking.net.)
Since 2010
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (MERCER)
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ
Board Member. Participate in all aspects of governance of the largest of NAMI’s 22 affiliates in NJ. Chair,
NAMI Mercer Advocacy Committee. Instructor, NAMI Family-to-Family Education program. (See:
www.naminj.org.)
2013
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NJ
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ
M.S in Psychiatric Rehabilitation (Leadership Track) (conferred in May, 2013). Academic interest: The
Business, Management, Economics, and Advancement of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Redeveloped and taught
university-level course (see: “The Family Role in Rehabilitation”). Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Gill.
Non-profit sector experience
2003 to 2009
STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
NAIROBI, KENYA; PRINCETON, NJ
Founding Executive Director of a foundation for an independent Kenyan business university educating 5000
Africans for leadership in commerce, finance, and information technology. Established alumni organization. Led
resource development, and project implementation. Achievements included: Africa’s first Hills Center for
Governance (Strathmore Governance Centre). SubSaharan Africa’s first private sector student loan scheme with
World Bank/IFC. Strathmore Business School’s partnership with Balanced Scorecard Institute. Expansion of
Strathmore University Library by 80,000 books sourced and shipped from North America. (See
www.strathmorefoundation.org.)
2001 to 2002
UNITED STATES ROWING ASSOCIATION
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Director of Development of nation’s oldest sport governing body and organizer of U.S. National Rowing Team.
1980
U.S. CCOMMERCE DEPARTMENT
BEIJING, CHINA
Founding Delegation Member at China’s first modern business school at the Dalian University of Technology.
Researched Chinese management practices in over 30 factories and communes. Prepared Chinese case studies.
1976 to 1978
NANYANG UNIVERSITY
SINGAPORE
English instructor at Mandarin speaking university. Princeton-in-Asia Fellow.
Corporate and Financial Sector Experience
2003 to 2007
TERRACYCLE, INC.
TRENTON, NJ
Chairman of a start-up eco-capitalist enterprise producing organic liquid plant food made from solid waste,
packaged in reclaimed plastic bottles, and sold in Home Depot and WalMart. Mentor to all members of
management. Supervised governance and strategy. Assisted in fundraising initiatives with investors and venture
capitalists. Featured in July 2006 cover story of Inc. (“The Coolest Little Start-Up In America.”) (See
www.terracycle.net.)
1998 to 2000
SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN
NEW YORK, NY
Head, Project Finance. Built and led team for power generation, telecommunications, infrastructure.
Transactions included: $650MM receivables financing for L.M. Ericsson in Sweden, wind power plant in MN,
power plant acquisition financing in China, gas-fired merchant power plant in ME, electricity transmission project
in Mexico.
1993 to 1997
WM SWORD & CO., INCORPORATED
PRINCETON, NJ
Managing Director of small investment banking firm. Co-managed project finance advisory, divestitures, capital
placements. Transactions included: divestiture work for Fortune 500 company, project advisory work for gas
pipeline in Central Asia, merger of two business information firms, sale of internet software company to publicly
listed corporation, valuation for $100MM foods business.
1992 to 1993
PRINCETON PACIFIC GROUP
PRINCETON, NJ
Director of this training and consulting entity. Designed and taught project finance executive education courses
throughout Asia for midlevel bankers, on behalf of Euromoney Institute of Finance.
1989 to 1992
1985 to 1989
1981 to 1984
BANK AUSTRIA
DEUTSCHE BANK
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
HONG KONG
HONG KONG
SEOUL, KOREA; NEW YORK, NY
Head of Merchant Banking. Recruited to build a merchant banking team in project and export finance, aircraft
leasing and syndications. Associate Director. Project finance, syndications, aircraft leasing, financial advisory
work throughout Asia. Also developed and taught finance courses for Deutsche Bank Regional Training Centre
in Singapore. Head, Capital Goods Team, Korea. Managed local team and bank exposure of $450 million to
major industrial clients.
Education and Other
UNIVERISTY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY, Candidate, M.S., PsyR, 2013.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, M.B.A., 1980.
NANYANG UNIVERSITY, Certificate, Mandarin Chinese, 1978.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, B.A., History, 1976.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Addiction Counselor Training Certificate Program, Advisory Board Member.
COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT PROGRAMS OF NEW JERSEY, Community Board Member.
CONSUMER PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY (peer professional association), Advisor.
ACADEMY OF THE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCATION, Advisory Board Member.
NEW JERSEY PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION, Board Member.
FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE, Board Member.
October 2013