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Posted: October 9, 2009
Desmond Smyth 2009
Name: Desmond Smyth
Title: President and Founder
Company: SecureWatch24
Location: One Penn Plaza (Suite 4000) New York NY 10119
Birthplace and Year: Dublin, Ireland in 1957; NYC Resident since infancy
Family: Wife and three (3) daughters
College: Undergraduate Studies: NYU & John Jay; and Aircraft Technician
First job outside of real estate: Xerox Corporation (Technical Specialist) and 20 years as an NYPD Detective
First job in real estate or allied field: Real Estate Security Consulting
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Currently the founder and President of SecureWatch24, the largest private internet surveillance network in the country. I have no plans of retiring any time soon. In the future, I plan on taking the success of SecureWatch24 to other cities throughout the country.
Hobbies: Literature; more specifically American History, strong interest in reading biographies
Favorite Book: "The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge" by David McCullough
Favorite Movie: "The Pope of Greenwich Village" (1984). Directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
Key to success: Hire talented people and pay them well
If you were forced to choose another vocation what would it be? Teaching.
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