Tom Patti is a second-generation Stocktonian. He graduated from local schools and attended Delta College. He is a five-time state and Golden Gloves boxing champion who once considered a professional boxing career, spending time training with the legendary boxing coach Cus D’Amato. He returned to Stockton in 2001 to work beside his father to build Delta Cranes into the preeminent crane company in the San Joaquin Valley.