Tom Slowey feels that wrestling changed his life by instilling many positive life traits that have contributed greatly to his business and personal success. It is because of this that he is committed to giving back to the sport that has given so much to him.  

He has been a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s Board of Governors since 2009 and currently serves as a member of the executive committee. He served as Chairman from 2018 to 2024 after also being secretary and state chapter program chairman for several years. 

Slowey was a standout wrestler and football player at Bethlehem Catholic High School in Pennsylvania. He did not begin wrestling until several weeks into the season his freshman year after Coach Tony Iasiello asked him to come out for the team. Many thought that it was too late for Slowey to be competitive in a sport that most kids had started in third- for fourth-grade. 

His hard work and dedication resulted in him earning the 185-pound varsity spot and being ranked No. 1 in Pennsylvania as a junior and senior. Slowey was a key member of Bethlehem Catholic’s undefeated AAA Pennsylvania state championship team in 1979. 

He continued his wrestling career at Penn State University from 1979-83 where Rich Lorenzo was not only a coach, but also a mentor who taught Slowey valuable life lessons. 

Slowey graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in business logistics with computer science emphasis. Following graduation, he worked in the business information technology/software field for 18 years.  

From 1988-99, Slowey was executive vice president of sales at Platinum Technology, Inc., having joined the company at its inception as a key member of its start-up executive management team. During his tenure, Slowey built and grew the Platinum technology sales organization from the ground up and led a sales force that achieved annual 250% and more growth during its first eight years. 

Platinum executed an extremely successful initial public offering (IPO) in April 1991. Business Week magazine ranked Platinum the #2 Hot Growth Company in its 1992 annual ranking of the 100 Best Small Companies. Platinum continued to grow from a basement start-up to the sixth-largest software company in the world in 1998. Computer Associates acquired Platinum for $3.6 billion in June 1999, marking the largest acquisition in software industry history. 

Slowey continued his career at Divine, Inc., a start-up company that specialized in creating, developing and investing in internet-based business technology companies. Serving as executive vice president, he was responsible for evaluating invested companies and making necessary changes in leadership, management, organization and infrastructure to better prepare them for growth, acquisition or IPO. 

From 2002 to 2022, Slowey volunteered as a wrestling coach at West High School in Torrance, California. During his tenure, West earned nine league championships and was California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section runner-up in 2013. 

Slowy has been a member of the Board of Directors for Beat The Streets Los Angeles since its inception by Andy Barth in 2013. BTSLA cultivates youth development in under-served communities through quality wrestling programs, helping to transform the lives of youth in school, sports and the community. 

He is a generous supporter of Penn State’s wrestling program, including a wrestler student-athlete endowment and being a major supporter of the Lorenzo Wrestling Complex. 

Tom and his wife, Barbara (Petersen), have been married for 38 years and are blessed with two children, Shannon and Kyle.