Tom Tait

About Tom

• I knew when I was in high school that I wanted to become a doctor, so I went to the University of Wyoming as a pre-med major.
• While in college, I took a business class that I really enjoyed and ended up changing my major to business—I still took a lot of science classes because I still hoped to become a doctor.
• After graduating, I applied to multiple medical schools but was rejected from all of them.
• Getting rejected was a huge blow for me, but I decided to move on and enroll in graduate school anyway—I earned both my MBA and law degree from Vanderbilt University.
• I started my career as a civil litigation attorney at a big law firm.
• After a couple of years at the law firm, I joined my dad at his engineering company, Tait & Associates, where I helped out with legal work and business administration.
• I eventually took over for my dad and have been running the business ever since as CEO.
• Additionally, I serve on various civil and charitable boards, and was elected mayor of Anaheim, California, in 2010!