25 Year Anniversary Q&A: Allan Schwartz

Name: Allan Schwartz, CPP Title: President Company Name: Safeguards International, Inc. Year Founded: 1993 Years with Company: 21 Year in Real Estate: 21 Q: The approximate number of years you have been a subscriber and/or how the NYREJ has been a benefit to you and/or your business: A: I have been a subscriber to the NYREJ for 20 years. The NYREJ has benefited my business by keeping me abreast of real estate trends and breaking developments to enable me to respond to real estate developers to be of valuable assistance. Further, the NYREJ has benefitted me personally in enabling me to contribute as a regular featured writer on timely, important topics of security and safety. Q: The approximate year you discovered the NYREJ and what business you were in at the time: A: I discovered the NYREJ in 1993, the year I founded my company. I had just started my own independent security consulting firm after having been in the security industry for 20 years prior. Q: Your most memorable "15 minutes of fame" in the NYREJ: A: My most memorable "15 minutes of fame" is when the NYREJ published my 9/11 Memorial story along with a reproduction of my original memorial painting, "On Wings of Memory," which commemorates the tragedy of 9/11. Having worked on the 92nd floor of One World Trade Center (the North Tower) and having known several who were lost I was highly motivated to create a memorial painting and I am deeply grateful to the NYREJ for this recognition.