Paul DiMaggio 2012

Name: Paul DiMaggio Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: Wallscape Vinyl Wallcovering Location: 646 State Rte. 18, East Brunswick, N.J. Place of birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. Family: The youngest of four children and now a bachelor with nieces and nephews College: Education - Mechanics Institute, Licensed Pilot & Boat Captain. First job unrelated to your current field: Deckhand: Moran Tug Boats at 18 years old First job in current field: Union Plasterer, then Wallcovering Business for 30 years What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Wallscape provides commercial wallcovering to Office, Hospitality, Residential Corridor & Healthcare Facilities at value engineered pricing. Building into related product lines offering the price point approach with premium quality goods serving building managers & owners nationwide. Hobbies: Invention, Airplanes, Boating, Jet Skis & Racquetball. Favorite novel: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" Favorite film: "Dead Poets Society" Keys to success: First there is God- Then the customer- Then everything else. Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Tom Edison, Ben Franklin, George Washington, Warren Buffet, Jonas Salk. If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Designer/inventor.