Name: Jonathan Smith, AIA, LEED AP
Title: Associate
Company: CSArch
Location: Albany, N.Y. headquarters (also Newburgh, Malone and Melville, N.Y.)
Place of birth: Memphis, TN
Family: Married with two children
College: University of Tennessee (B. Architecture), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (MS-Built Ecologies)
First job unrelated to your current field: Grocery Clerk
First job in current field: Apprentice in an architectural practice
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Architecture, engineering and construction management services with primary focus on education, government, corporate and public housing facilities. Our mission: To create innovative and sustainable built environments that support and enhance our clients' mission and vision.
Hobbies: Hiking, rowing, poetry
Favorite novel: "T-zero" by Italo Calvino
Favorite film: "Contact"
Keys to success: Listening to clients. Diligence. Offering my very best to every project.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Oceanographer Tags: