Tom Franzen
Who? He's the second highest paid employee and is the Assistant City Manager and Director of Economic Development. He's been around since 2013. Has anybody ever heard of him? Seen him?
2/4/20251 min read
Tom Franzen is listed as Assistant City Manager and Director of Economic Development at $167K annual salary (2023), second only to Heck.
He's been Assistant City Manager since 2013.
He's never been mentioned at any commission meeting, not by the panel or the audience or in any presentations.
Who is he? What has he done? What is he doing? Why is he nowhere on the Google? Why does AI not even know who he is, except the job title above?
There was an article about vertical flight at the Springfield airport (lol) in 20....
But that's it. He's a phantom.
I did find a very few Facebook posts:
Facebook said he and Heck went to the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) conference in Austin, Texas in October of 2023. International city manager conference. You read that right. (They attend together every year.)
He was quoted in a 2017 Facebook post about bringing boat racing to Springfield. You read that right, too.
Something about Springfield serving as the industry leader in advanced air mobility technology in 2022. You read that right again!
In 2019, City Manager Bryan Heck and Assistant City Manager Tom Franzen completed the Firefighter Physical Agility test. Because that's what you need in a city manager's office.
From July to September 2024, the airport was testing a vertical drone system. Franzen was responsible for this, I think? In April 2024, Franzen was given an award at the Dayton Business Journal’s Aerospace and Defense Awards ceremony.
Did it happen? Is he running this or something?
He gave a flight presentation in 2023.