Name: Paul DiMaggio
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Company: Wallscape Vinyl Wallcovering
Location: 646 State Rte. 18, East Brunswick, N.J.
Place of birth: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Family: The youngest of four children and now a bachelor with nieces and nephews
College: Education - Mechanics Institute, Licensed Pilot & Boat Captain.
First job unrelated to your current field: Deckhand: Moran Tug Boats at 18 years old
First job in current field: Union Plasterer, then Wallcovering Business for 30 years
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Wallscape provides commercial wallcovering to Office, Hospitality, Residential Corridor & Healthcare Facilities at value engineered pricing. Building into related product lines offering the price point approach with premium quality goods serving building managers & owners nationwide.
Hobbies: Invention, Airplanes, Boating, Jet Skis & Racquetball.
Favorite novel: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
Favorite film: "Dead Poets Society"
Keys to success: First there is God- Then the customer- Then everything else.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Tom Edison, Ben Franklin, George Washington, Warren Buffet, Jonas Salk.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Designer/inventor.

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