Joseph Pignataro 2009

Name: Joseph Pignataro, AIA, LEED AP Title: Associate Company: JRS Architect, PC Location: 30 West 24th St., New York, NY 10010 Birth place and date: Oceanside, N.Y., Mar. 15, 1966 Family: Wife and daughter College: New York Institute of Technology, B.Arch, '89 First job outside of real estate: Bridge and tunnel officer (all right: toll collector) for the Triboro Bridge and Tunnel Authority First job in real estate or allied field: Innocenti & Webel, architecture and landscape architecture What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Managing the New York City branch of JRS Architect while continuing to practice architecture with my strong client base keeps me quite busy. Future plans: continue to nurture the talent our firm has to keep the firm growing. Hobbies: Technical wreck diving, making my wife and daughter laugh Favorite book: Wanda Hickey's "Night of Golden Memories" and "Other Disasters" by Jean Shepherd Favorite movie: "Slapshot" Person you admire most (outside of family): Jacques-Yves Cousteau Key to success: Putting people at ease by being a straight shooter, without pretense If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Owning and operating a small Scuba shack somewhere in the Caribbean. I've already got the plans drawn up, somewhere...