About Tom

Tom Drauschak

A Practical Approach

Visionary Developer • Owner’s Representative • Golf Course Designer & Expert Witness • Author

A multidisciplinary leader in real estate, golf, and hospitality—bridging design, construction, and strategic representation for complex, high-value projects worldwide.

Tom Drauschak creates enduring value by turning complex sites and stalled projects into high-performing, long-term assets. He combines hands-on engineering and construction leadership with strategic real-estate development to deliver projects on accelerated timelines, resolve difficult site challenges, and reduce costs without sacrificing quality. His pragmatic, solutions-first approach is built on decades of leading multidisciplinary teams across engineering, architecture, construction, earthwork, surveying, and sales.

Raised on a farm in Sanatoga, Pennsylvania, Tom learned early the discipline of working the land. He holds a B.A. in Land Use Planning and Geography from Mansfield University and completed professional surveying coursework at Drexel University. He began his public-sector career in Washington, D.C., serving in the Federal Railroad Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Early in his career, Tom supervised major railroad construction as a Roadmaster with Missouri-Pacific Railroad (later Union Pacific). He then joined McKinney Associates under Robert McKinney, P.E., helping expand the firm (from 6 to over 25 professionals) and co-founding Earth Enterprises, a civil-engineering, excavation, and real-estate development division.

After acquiring Earth Enterprises, Tom grew it into a full-service real-estate, engineering, and earth-moving operation. He applied his golf-course design and management expertise to deliver two major turnkey private golf projects—Stonewall and Bellewood—while continuing to provide land-planning, civil, structural, environmental, and large-scale earth-moving services to hundreds of clients. At peak activity, he directed teams of more than one hundred professionals, including engineers, architects, surveyors, operators, and support staff.

In parallel, Tom’s real-estate division developed high-end residential and commercial communities, performing design, engineering, and construction internally. He balances technical skill with stewardship and adaptive reuse—conserving significant properties and revitalizing historic buildings across Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire. His work has transformed distressed estates into distinctive, marketable residences and revived village centers through major infrastructure and mixed-use redevelopment programs.

Tom continues to design, build, and manage residential and commercial development projects throughout the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions, and consults internationally in Germany and Costa Rica. Concerned by long-term declines in golf participation, he published The 12-Hole Standard, Plus 6-Hole Half Round and introduced the concept at the PGA Merchandise Show. Building on that foundation, he is advancing 6G — The Next Evolution of Golf through the World Golfing Federation (2026), with pilot programs in the U.S., Costa Rica, and Germany.

Today, Tom is principal of Bellwether Solutions Inc., providing strategic consulting and owner’s representation to investors, owners, and public agencies worldwide. He leads major hospitality and development initiatives—including a Hyatt hotel with an integrated medical component in Ohio—and provides specialized project-management and administrative support for clients involved in complex commercial or personal litigation. (He coordinates the engagement of outside counsel as needed; he is not a practicing attorney.) His practical experience and entrepreneurial discipline deliver creative, executable strategies that produce measurable results.

Tom is also authoring a forthcoming book, The Leash, on ethical AI design and sentient responsibility—how to keep advanced systems aligned between the MANY and the FEW.

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Thomas Drauschak Resume

East Coast USA & Germany · 561-358-3526 · tomdrauschak@gmail.com

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Owner’s Representative and developer with decades of end-to-end delivery across residential, commercial, industrial, hospitality, mixed-use, and complex site development. Combines land-use planning, civil and utility coordination, and construction leadership to move projects from concept through approvals, design, build, and operations—on accelerated timelines. Author and innovator (6G Golf; AI-enabled hospitality). Currently leading multiple projects across Ohio and the Northeastern U.S. through Bellwether Solutions, Inc., while maintaining a transatlantic presence (USA / Germany).

Provides strategic technical and operational analysis for complex development, construction, and investment matters—often serving as an expert witness or consulting authority in disputes involving engineering, site design, contract performance, and construction liability. Coordinates specialized legal counsel as needed; not a practicing attorney.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Owner’s Representation & Development Management · Entitlements & Permitting · Civil / Utility Coordination · Contractor & Vendor Oversight · Budgeting & Scheduling · Risk & Claims Strategy · Expert Witness & Litigation Support · Hospitality & Golf Assets · Stakeholder & Agency Negotiation · Turnarounds & Value Engineering

EXPERIENCE

Founder & Principal — Bellwether Solutions, Inc. | 2015 – Present | USA (Ohio & Northeast), Germany
Lead Owner’s Rep and development manager for hospitality and mixed-use assets, overseeing design teams, general contractors, and specialty trades. Direct project scope, budget, schedule, and risk.

Hyatt House (136 keys, West Chester, OH):Owner’s Rep from preconstruction through delivery; coordinated tenanting of adjacent 5,000 sf white-box space; managed claims, insurance issues, and close-out/brand compliance.
Manage a multi-project portfolio across Ohio and the Northeastern U.S., including site acquisition support, entitlement strategy, utilities, and municipal coordination.
Develop innovation layers for guest experience and operational efficiency (wellness retrofits; AI guest-interface systems).
Provide litigation support and expert analysis for construction, development, and golf-related disputes.

Founder & President — Earth Enterprises (Development & Construction) | Pennsylvania
Delivered full-scope civil engineering, land development, and construction—residential, commercial, and hospitality—providing turnkey oversight from concept and approvals to sitework and vertical construction for both internal initiatives and hundreds of client projects.

Stonewall Golf Course (PA):Visioning, site planning, mass-earthwork coordination, and conversion of clubhouse and maintenance facilities from historic dairy buildings.
Bellewood Golf Club (PA):Golf architect of record; designed course layout integrated with surrounding estate development; designed, built, and opened the full course (including grow-in) in under twelve months.
Peters Village (PA):Master-planned and managed infrastructure for mixed-use redevelopment of a historic village (water, sewer, roadway, and streetscape improvements).
Expanded operations to 100+ professionals, including engineers, architects, surveyors, operators, and support staff.

Vice President — McKinney Associates (Engineering)
Supervised a 25+ member team of professional engineers, project managers, drafters, and surveyors delivering major civil and site-design programs.

Roadmaster — Missouri Pacific / Union Pacific Railroad
Directed large-scale track-construction and maintenance operations.

Federal Railroad Administration — U.S. Department of Transportation (Washington, D.C.)
Early career in rail-infrastructure analysis and program support.

AUTHORSHIP & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Author — 6G – The Next Evolution of Golf: Instructional and operational manual introducing the World Golfing Federation six-hole format and pro-shop integration.
Forthcoming — The Leash: Ethical AI and sentient responsibility—ensuring advanced systems remain aligned between the Many and the Few.