Dan was born and raised in Dover, Ohio, graduating from Muskingum College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication, preparing him to embark on aspirations and dreams.

His first administrative position with Michelin Tire in Chicago, Illinois taught the importance of efficient logical processes necessary for any size organization to succeed. Dan’s first outside commercial sales experience as Territory Manager for the (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island) boroughs of New York City, was a maturing experience dealing with all types of people. His stint as a District Truck Manager in the Baltimore – Washington D.C area brought the first experience “managing and mentoring” people.

Fulfilling his dream to live in Southern California led to becoming Bridgestone Tire’s first Fleet Sales Rep for that area. After several promotions, he became their first National Fleet Sales Manager, hiring, training, and mentoring a growing substantial sales force. Additionally, he designed Bridgestone’s first rendition of National Account billing programs so prevalent in today’s way of doing business with major fleets, instrumental in earning business from many of them.

After spending time in Japan with Bridgestone’s International Management Team, during a long flight back to Los Angeles he made the decision to become an entrepreneur, working for two family-owned commercial tire and retread companies, eventually buying a small one that became Tarulli Tire Inc. TTI grew to become the second largest Bandag Retreader throughout California, eventually selling due to Bridgestone’s purchase of Bandag and plan to move forward shrinking the number of commercial truck tire dealers and retread plants throughout the United States.