Name: Steven Fernaays
Title: Architect
Company: SWBR Architects
Location: Rochester, NY
Place of birth: Sodus, NY
Family: Married, 3 kids (2 boys & 1 girl)
College: Syracuse University
First job unrelated to your current field: Fruit and vegetable farmer
First job in your current field: Fingerlakes Construction
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Award winning architecture
Hobbies: Woodworking, soccer, biking, snowmobiling, skiing
Favorite film: "Braveheart"
Favorite novel: "The Da Vinci Code"
Keys to success: Listen well, learn often and always work hard
Person you admire most (outside of the family): John Stewart
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Farming
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