Tom is a Marin native, whose family arrived in California during California’s Gold Rush. Fine building comes from Tom’s earliest influencers, his family. Tom’s grandfather Joseph Warton and father George Warton founded Warton Lamp Manufacturing -San Francisco- in the 1930’s. Tom’s mother Arlene studied fine painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. Organization, planning, and constructing combined with creative beauty have become the hallmark of Tom’s best practices in construction. Tom earned his degree in Business, Management, & Economics at the State University of New York -Saratoga-. Formative years were spent in Mill Valley, graduated Tamalpais High School. Tom and Debra raised Catherine and Allison who have since graduated UC Berkeley and UC Davis respectively.