Tom Mazza who inspired us all, and gave us education within the limousine industry passed away.
This is a sad day for us all who were inspired and motivated by a man who had knowledge, love and passion for this industry.
I pray that his family heals from this loss. He was a legend and an inspiration for all limousine operators.
I got his tapes "limousine 101" and learned the core basics of succeeding in this industry.
Tom; you will be missed:
Tom Mazza, a native of Philadelphia, is a graduate of the journalism school at the University of Pittsburgh.
Mazza was involved in a number of entrepreneurial ventures before joining the limousine industry in 1990. In addition to teaching and outside sales positions, Tom was a color analyst for more than 75 division 1 college basketball games as well as doing sports talk, commercials, and a college basketball coach’s show on WTTM in Trenton, NJ and WFUL in Philadelphia.
Mazza operated a 10-car limousine service with his brother Mark in the Philadelphia area for almost 7 years. While working as an operator Mazza saw a large void for education and training within the limousine industry.
Tom Mazza has filled that void since 1996 with a dizzying array of successful ventures including:
- Self-published “The Complete Guide to Operating a Successful Limousine Service", part 1 and 2 and sold over 1100 copies via direct mail.
- Became Senior Editor of Limousine and Chauffeured Transportation Magazine from 1997-2002.
- Became the most popular seminar presenter at 9 LCT national shows.
- Established “Tom Mazza Consulting” in 2003 with a “Who’s Who” of industry players as clients.
- Launched 3 “industry success groups” where more than 50 limousine company owners shared financial benchmarks and best practices in nearly 100 meetings since 2002.
- Wrote, authored, and starred in the industry’s top chauffeur training program “The Ultimate Chauffeur Training Program” partnering with Eric Alpert and the Modern Technology Group. (MTG)
- Served as Executive Director of the National Limousine Association in 2002 and 2003.
- Trained more than 6000 professional chauffeurs as of 2009.
- Co-authored, Stretching It: The Story of the Limousine with historian Michael Bromley, published by SAE press.
- Narrated Modern Marvels Episode on “The History Channel” on the story of the limousine.
- 2003: Became educational coordinator of The Limousine Digest Show and which instantly became the premiere educational program in the industry.
- Consistently rated TOP speaker at national Show.
- Featured speaker at more than 50 regional and national limousine shows.
- 2006: Released with MTG, “The Ultimate Guide to Operating a Successful Limousine Service.”
- Launched “Tom Mazza Sales and Management Training Seminars” with training programs around the country for Sales, chauffeur managers, reservations agents, and GM’s.
- 2007: Began “Tom Mazza Executive and Sales Search” placing top executives around the industry.
- 2008: Began actively selling “Mergers and Acquisitions” with deals closing and pending around the country.
- TMC has worked with 23 national “Operators of the Year” as designated by national trade publications.
- Quoted by magazines and publications including: FORTUNE, Seventeen, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and New York Times
