Tom McDowell is widely considered as the foremost authority in the barter industry, and has recently retired as Executive Director of the National Association of Trade Exchanges (NATE), the barter industry's premier association. Tom founded ATX The Barter Company in Cleveland in 1982, and operated what was considered by his peers as one of the strongest trade exchanges in the nation.

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