Tommy Mello is the owner and operator of A1 Garage Door Service, a leading $100+ million home service business based in Phoenix, Arizona, with over 400 employees in 19 states and 30 markets. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Mello moved to Phoenix in 1999 and began painting garage doors.

Tommy launched his business, which at the time was called A1 Garage Door Specialists, in 2007 while earning his master’s degree in business from the University of Arizona.

Overcoming several obstacles, he was able to shift from being $50k in debt to owning a multi-million home services company, currently the largest independently owned garage door company in North America. In the last two years alone, Tommy has increased annual sales for the business from $40 million to more than $100+ million