Tom started his engineering career as a lab technician working his way up through the various levels of responsibility to include project designer, project engineer, and project manager. After 24 years of work in design, construction management, and material testing, Tom founded M.T. Hall & Associates, Inc.; a fast-growing materials testing and inspection company in Northern California. Now Tom applies his strong technical design abilities, construction experience and leadership skills to helping local governments and private construction companies build safe, beautiful communities.