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Posted: June 22, 2010
Lon Gordon Skidds, AIA, Project Manager, MKDA
Name: Lon Gordon Skidds, AIA
Title: Project Manager
Company: MKDA
Location: 902 Broadway, 17th Fl., New York, NY 10010
Birthplace and date: Providence, R.I., 1971
Family: My wife Kristina and 6 year old son Owen
College: New York Institute of Technology
First job outside of real estate: Short order cook at Friendly's Ice Cream
First job in real estate or allied field: Facilities management for an Inter Dealer Brokerage firm on Wall Street
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I am responsible for delivering clients' visions on budget, within schedule and with 100% satisfaction. In the future, I plan to develop a book about living on a tropical Pacific island from my beachside bungalow!
Hobbies: Computer gaming, volleyball and watching my son experience the world
Favorite book: "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
Favorite movie: "Star Wars"
Person you admire most (outside of family): James Polk
Key to success: There are two ways to do every job: the right way or the "we're going to do it again" way.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Computer animation artist
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