About

Tom Sexauer, Managing Member

Thomas Sexauer, St. Petersburg, FL, grew up in Brookings, South Dakota, and attended the University of South Dakota, majoring in Fine Arts.

After college, Tom became the Director of Audio/Visual Services and the staff specialist in industrial development with Forward Metro Denver, a privately funded arm of the Denver Chamber of Commerce. He explains this is where all his creative switches were turned on. On the advice of several national companies which he had helped relocate to Denver. Tom founded Mixed Media Advertising. Mixed Media grew rapidly, landing accounts in the surrounding Rocky Mountain area. The company then expanded through the Midwest, with prestigious contracts in banking, ski wear, hot air balloons, politics, and agriculture.

For the last decade, Tom’s work has been concentrated on the environment, both from a planetary perspective and sociologically. Currently, Tom is the founder and one of the managing partners of NEWTWIST, LLC, a company based on Tom’s recognition of the seriousness of the environmental disaster our planet faces, consequently, NEWTWIST prioritizes its efforts on developing and marketing eco-friendly products.

Tom Newmaster, Managing Member

Over the past 25+ years Tom has proven himself where it counts – in the trenches. Tom is currently the owner of FORCEpkg. Prior to this latest business endeavor, he managed multiple titles, including principal/co-owner of WFM, head of new business development, account service representative, chief operations officer, art director, designer. Tom has worked with a variety of consumer products companies helping them develop effective packaging & branding solutions. These companies include Adelphia Seafood, Dorman, eatKeenwa, Fresh Solutions Network (Side Delights), Klamath Basin Fresh Organics, Koch’s Turkey, Stoner (Invisible Glass & Stoner Car Care), and Tom Sturgis. In addition, Tom’s award-winning package/brand design firms have served national and international clients including The Hershey Company (Breath Savers, Brookside, Cadbury, 5th Avenue, Jolly Rancher, Kit Kat, Krave, Kisses, Miniatures, Ice Breakers, PayDay, Reese’s, Scharffen Berger, Twizzlers, York and more), Pfizer (Advil, Caltrate, Centrum, ChapStick, Dimetapp, Emergen-C, Nexium 24HR, Preparation H, Robitussin, ThermaCare), Ronzoni, San Giorgio, W.L. Gore (Gore-Tex), and Zippo.

As the founder of FORCEpkg, he has become a leading voice in the packaging industry and has written for publications such as Brand Packaging, BXP, Flexo Magazine, Food Safety Strategies, and Packaging Strategies. He and his company(s) have been featured in Fast Company Magazine, Package Design Magazine, Inc. Magazine, Candy Business Magazine, New Products Magazine, noAH Directory of International Package Design Vol. 8 & 9, Market Smart Design, and Package Design China.

Tom has been honored with over 45 design awards, Awarded Berks County Shining Star 2012, Project 2020 Finalist 2011 & 2010, Flexo Magazine Author’s Excellence Award 2006, and #16 in Fast Company Fast 50 2005.

For Tom’s latest articles and to spend some time with “Mr. Reality Check”, visit Packaging Straight Talk