Mark Kluczynski 2013
January 28, 2013 - Green Buildings
Name: Mark Kluczynski, PE, LEED AP BD+C
Title: Structural Engineering Manager
Company: SWBR Architects and Engineers
Location: Rochester, N.Y.
Place of birth: Buffalo, N.Y.
College: University at Buffalo, Civil Engineering
First job unrelated to your current field: I worked as a stock clerk at a local grocery store. I remember freezing my hands handling the ice cream.
First job in your current field: I learned a lot working over the summer at a three-person engineering firm in Buffalo during college.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? We're a diverse architectural and engineering firm looking to expand our practice in healthcare.
Hobbies: I'm a college football referee in the Mid-American Conference. I'm lucky to be working with and learning from some of the top officials in the country.
Favorite film: "The Natural"
Keys to success: Keep good people around me and give them the freedom to use their talents and do what they do best.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Hopefully something that gets me outside when the weather is nice.
Person you admire most (outside of family): Engineers from days past who got by without computers or calculators yet their projects are still standing and functional even today.