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Mike Presutti Chief of Special Operations Homeland Safety Consultants Inc.

Name: Mike Presutti Title: Chief of Special Operations Company: Homeland Safety Consultants Inc. Location: 40 Exchange Place, New York, N.Y. Birthplace: Staten Island College: Rutgers University at Cook College First job outside of real estate: Writer (age 25) First job in real estate or allied field: Carpenter's helper (age 13) What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We try to raise the bar in the safety industry by implementing managerial strategies for our clients and holding them to those standards. Our clients are a special breed of business people; they use our services not because some government agency compels them but rather because they value the people that work for them and the people who live and work in and around their sites. Hobbies: I enjoy reading Favorite book: I do not have one; there are so many to choose. Favorite movie: "Field of Dreams" Person you admire most (outside of family): Pat Tillman. He traded all he owned and would have ever owned for an ideal he believed in - a man of action. Keys to success: Enjoy and believe in what you do, read history and allow intuition to guide you. If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Full-time writer
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