A businessman in the electrical services sector, Thomas Everett Seidel joined the U.S. Army in 1969 and served as a certified instructor and tech controller. He received training at the United States Army Airborne School in Fort Benning, Georgia, as well as the Jungle Operations Training Center in Panama. After his honorable discharge in 1975, Thomas Everett Seidel earned an associate of arts in electrical engineering from Hartnell College. Early in his electrical services career, Mr. Seidel worked as an instrument tech electrician at Kaiser Refractories and provided industrial electrical support for seawater plant level calibration and motor controls. He went on to serve as an electrical supervisor at Foremost-McKesson, Inc., until 1982, at which time he founded Seidel Electrical Services in Salina, California. In the following years, he implemented strategies that have since grown it into a business with annual sales of more than $5 million. Today, he oversees 25 employees in rendering industrial electrical services to commercial clients. Beyond his professional endeavors, Mr. Seidel is passionate about flying and has a private pilot’s license. His other recreational interest include classic Corvettes and fly fishing.