"I kind of backed into it. I was an executive of a local geotechnical engineering firm and, of course, had a lot of interaction with local drilling contractors. I found the industry fascinating and thought it would be more suitable for me so I started Terra as a division of the firm in 1971 and purchased it in 1981," he said.
That decision has proved to be a wise one for Tiani, president of Terra Testing, Inc. of Washington, PA, and current vice president and two-time former president of the National Drilling Association (NDA).