Name: Eric Ettinger Title: Owner Company: Ettinger Engineering Associates Location: 505 Eighth Ave., 24th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018 Place of birth and year: New York, N.Y. - 1955 Family: Wife Renee and three beautiful children College: Polytechnic University, BSME Cum Laude First job unrelated to your current field: Assistant Tennis Pro First job in current field: Assistant engineer at Pope Evans & Robbins Engineering (1978) What your company does now and its plans for the future? For over 50 years Ettinger Engineering Associates has been providing preeminent MEP/Fire Protection consulting engineering services to developers, owners, architects, charitable organizations and municipalities. Ettinger Engineer Associates has been the engineers of record for over 500 new buildings and gut renovations providing concise, and efficient design strategies to suit function and budget. We hope to continue to grow by emphasizing superior personalized design services. Our future plan is to implement more economical and energy conscious Green Building Design for the developers and municipalities. Hobbies: Travel, Opera, Golf, Tennis, Skiing, Favorite novel: "The Grapes of Wrath" Keys to success: Listening. Belief in oneself. Learn. Honesty. Reliability. Service. Service. Service. Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Bill Gates. Anyone who fights for his/her goal against all odds. If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Professional Golfer