Tom Flenderson is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer of Usual Industries.
Tom leads People, Culture, Talent, Employee Listening and Organizational Effectiveness.
Before joining Usual, Tom held senior human-resources roles at Meridian Consumer Holdings and Calverton Systems. His work has included executive succession, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness and the design of employee-experience programs with names that tested particularly well in leadership workshops.
Tom serves on the board of the Center for Workplace Belonging and the advisory committee of the Eastern Lakes University School of Applied Employment. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Eastern Lakes University and a master’s degree in labor and organizational studies from the Belden School of Labor Relations.
Tom maintains the occupied-position register across the company’s operating efficiency and enterprise talent programs. His team reports departures, arrivals and net movement separately, coordinates the onboarding cohorts and leads the workforce experience review.
- Affiliations
- Center for Workplace Belonging; Eastern Lakes University School of Applied Employment
- Education
- Eastern Lakes University; Belden School of Labor Relations


