Who or what do you attribute to your success?
I attribute my success to my parents Richard and Ursulina Punch. They instilled in me the importance of education and hard work. I was lucky to have these two individuals as an example to model my life after. Both of my parents grew up extremely poor and through education were able to
Who or what do you attribute to your success?
For 115 years, KDA has had four generations leading the firm at various times, which is an amazing accomplishment. I’m proud to be part of that legacy, and grateful for the strong examples of leadership I’ve learned from during my career. We’ve seen the tremendous…
If you have a mentor, who is it and how have they influenced your personal & professional growth?
I have been lucky enough to learn from my senior colleagues Dennis Someck and Justin Myers as well as my mentor, Gregg Lorberbaum, who is a thirty-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry. Throughout my time in the industry, Gregg has provided me with…
What advice can you offer to someone who is interested in a career in your industry?
My father once said: “Take the best part of every person around you. Take their knowledge, their problem solving, their intuition, and absorb all you can. Use these to evolve who you are, as a person and as an engineer.” An important lesson…
Who or what do you attribute to your success?
I attribute my success to my parents, who taught my three siblings and I the importance of a strong work ethic. In addition to being hardworking, both of my parents are also very creative– another trait I am…
If you have a mentor, who is it and how have they influenced your personal & professional growth?
My father was a mentor. Unfortunately, I lost him early in life but he was a self-made man. He came from being a poor student and mechanic in Queens to a thriving cardiologist with his…
Who or what do you attribute to your success?
When I originally decided to go to law school and subsequently joined Kramer Levin to specialize in real estate, I wasn’t looking at where I would be when I graduated or two years into the job. Instead, I tried to picture my career in…
What do you consider to be your greatest professional accomplishment in the past 12 months?
As both job captain and project manager, I have successfully completed the exterior and interior redevelopment of Long Island City’s Austell Place Building. The project converted this historic four-story, 50,000 s/f property, a former…
What advice can you offer to someone who is interested in a career in your industry?
This is a field in which you must master highly technical rules and principles over a period of years, and also have the ability to negotiate deals with authority. Personality counts for more than you’d imagine. Your adversary must also know…
Who or what do you attribute to your success?
Being proactive. In most work environments, people are there to just “do their jobs” and nothing more. How often does one hear at a work place, “Oh, that’s not my job, so-and-so should do it.”
