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Posted: December 13, 2010
Steven Free 2010
Name: Steven Free
Title: President
Company: The Bug Stops Here (Pest Control)
Location: Bohemia, N.Y.
Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Family: Wife Emilia and son Connor
First job outside of your current field: Worked as a glazier.
First job in current field: Worked for Scientific Pest Control in 1984.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We service 2,000+ homes/businesses monthly. As a board member of the Pest Control Association, I am starting up a task force with the "Bed Bug Stops Here." This will help fight the epidemic that is hitting America hard (www.thebugsstophere.com). We plan on making the Bug Stops Here a household name and a franchise across the country.
Hobbies: Fishing, coin collecting, football
Favorite book: "Plum Island"
Favorite movie: "On the Waterfront"
Key to success: Hard work, determination and never quit.
Person you admire most (outside of family): Walter Schroeder, mentor in the pest control industry. His picture hangs in my office.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Police officer
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