After graduating with a Mechanical Engineering degree in 1978, Tom designed, developed, and tested tires for 3½ years for BFGoodrich. For more than 30 years since then, he has offered consulting engineering services in tire failures, vehicle accident reconstruction, human factors, and heavy truck brakes, steering, suspensions, tires, wheels, and wheel mounting systems. Specializing in commercial vehicles for more than a dozen years, Tom went to truck driving school and holds a current CDL.