Financial Digest Joseph Mueller, President, Rockport Mortgage Corp.

Name: Joseph Mueller Title: President Company: Rockport Mortgage Corp. Location: 17 Rogers St., Gloucester, MA 01930 Birthplace and year: St. Louis, Mo., June 1, 1947 Family: Wife, Eileen; sons: Joseph, Ryan, Colin College: St. Louis University, BS in Economics; Cornell University, MS, Economics; Suffolk University, MBA First job outside of finance: Economist for U.S. Dept. of Commerce First job in finance or allied field: Loan officer for GMAC mortgage What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Together with Dan Lyons and Eric Lubershane, we manage a privately-owned commercial mortgage firm with 20 employees. We're targeting closing $600 million in loan volume in 2009 of which 95% are FHA projects; $120 million is targetted for projects in New York. Hobbies: Golf, fishing, boating Favorite book: "Blood Meridian" by Cormack McCarthy Favorite movie: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Key to success: Provide service to your clients If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Economist in a third world country