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Posted: June 6, 2008
Mark Barie President CDC Real Estate, Inc.
Name: Mark Barie
Title: President
Company: CDC Real Estate Inc.
Location: Rouses Point, N.Y.
Family: Wife, Christine and children: Eric (28), Oliver (18), Alexandra (17) and Sebastian (14)
College: SUNY Plattsburgh and St. Michaels (masters in Administration)
First job outside of real estate: Sales representative - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
First job in real estate or allied field: Founder and president of Crossborder Development Corporation
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: We lease and sell commercial and industrial real estate only. Our plans for the future include a significant expansion into retail commercial.
Hobbies: Bonsai, guitar, writing non-fiction
Favorite book: "Saving the Queen" by Bill Buckley
Favorite movie: "The Sandlot"
Persons you admire most: Ronald Reagan and my Mom
Keys to success: Attention to detail, honesty and the Golden Rule
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be: Teacher
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