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Posted: October 23, 2009
Mark Robbins 2009
Name: Mark Robbins
Title: Principal
Company: Hydro Tech Environmental
Location: Commack, N.Y. and Brooklyn, N.Y.
Birthplace and year: Williamsport, Penn, 1967
Family: Wife, Mary; son, Joseph, 11; daughter, Cady, 5
College: SUNY Oneonta
First job outside of real estate: Golf shop attendant
First job in real estate or allied field: Project geologist
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Oversee long term project development for the company.
Hobbies: Sports, reading
Favorite book: "John Adams," David McCullough
Favorite movie: "The Godfather"
Person you admire most (outside of family): John Muir
Key to success: Don't try to control the uncontrollable.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? American History professor
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