Name: Jonathan Lane
Title: CEO
Company: Quad State Solar, Inc.
Location: Plainview
Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
College: SUNY Fredonia
First job outside of real estate: Designing and building trading floors and the data centers that support them for numerous Wall Street clients
First job in real estate or allied field: Selling solar energy systems
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We are currently transitioning from a mostly residential client base to a largely commercial base and plan to continue that transition as well as migrate towards larger projects including solar farms. Jonathan Lane is also the lead solar instructor at the solar energy center at Farmingdale State College.
Hobbies: Skiing, sailing and flying
Favorite book: "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand
Favorite movie: "It's a Wonderful Life"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Othmar Ammann
Keys to success: Learning and listening
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Structural engineer
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