Professional Profile: Matthew Lupiani 2013

Name: Matthew Lupiani Title: Project Manager/Project Architect Company: SWBR Architects Location: Syracuse Office, 309 South Franklin Street Birthplace: Rochester Education: Master of Architecture, Tulane University; Ass. of Applied Science in Architectural Engineering at SUNY Alfred First job outside of real estate: Graphic Design for various small commissions First job in real estate or allied field: Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc. in Tampa, Florida (3.5 year duration) What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Project Manager for smaller projects, Project Architect for larger projects. Planning to gain better knowledge of the functions of commercial real estate! How do you unwind from a busy day in real estate? Wakeboarding, weightlifting, football, roof top deck chilling Favorite book or author: "1984" Orwell Favorite movie: "Tropic Thunder" Last song you downloaded? "Hold on We're Going Home" - Drake One word to describe your work environment: Enjoyable Rules to live by in business: Word of mouth and referrals are still powerful marketing tools. If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead) who would it be and where would you go? I don't follow all the rules so I'll have dinner with two; my father's father and my mother's father. Both individuals I think I can relate to much more now than when I was a child. What is your dream job? Lead Architect of a Skyscraper. Seriously, maybe one day...