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Russ Bailey 2012

Name: Russ Bailey, PE Title: Principal/Senior Mechanical Engineer/ Project Manager Company: SMRT-Architects and Engineers Location: Albany, NY Place of birth: Troy, NY Family: Married, Jennifer, and three mostly non-whiney children Mike 13, Katie 10 and Maggie 8 First job unrelated to your current field: Daily Morning newspaper delivery First job in your current field: Mechanical EIT at Ewing Cole Cherry Parsky What your firm does now and its plans for the future? SMRT is a full service architecture, engineering, energy services, and interiors firm- working on projects throughout the United States. We have particular expertise in designing and engineering complex, 24/7 buildings for controlled environments found in advanced manufacturing or specialized facilities: cleanrooms, dryrooms, laboratories. SMRT is also a leading healthcare designer-we're currently working on a new 640,000 s/f replacement hospital that's being delivered through integrated project delivery (IPD). We additionally have strong practices in justice, government and higher/ private education. Hobbies: Downhill skiing, camping, keeping one step ahead of my wife. Favorite film: "The Incredibles" Favorite novel: "Dolores Claiborne" by Stephen King Keys to success: Being able to see the big picture for project issues. Person you admire most (outside of the family): Warren buffet, author Gary Schmidt If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? At this point, I have no idea. I can't imagine doing anything else.
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