Tom grew up in New England but moved to the Bay Area in 1999. He graduated from College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, MA, in 1989 with a B.A. in Economics. Prior to founding Sequoia Signs & Graphics, Tom spent 25 years in Institutional Equity Trading and was a Partner & Managing Director at Thomas Weisel Partners & Stifel Nicolaus. In 2014, Tom chose to pursue a desire to create something on his own. With Sequoia Signs & Graphics, Tom has created a family owned business with a passion for helping its customers succeed .