News: Green Buildings
Posted: March 31, 2014
Professional Profile: Jon Guerster, 2014
Name: Jon Guerster
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Company: Groom Energy Solutions
Location: 96 Swampscott Rd., Salem, Mass. 01970
Place of birth: New Jersey
Family: Wife, three children
College: Duke University
First job unrelated to your current field: Bumper cars, Ocean City (N.J.) boardwalk
First job in current field: Groom Energy
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Commercial and Industrial Energy Solutions across the United States.
Hobbies: Playing old man basketball and watching Duke.
Favorite novel: In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbreck
Favorite film: Someone Like You
Keys to success: Hang around smart people and learn from them.
Person you most admire (outside of family): Rick Burnes, founder/general partner, Charles River Ventures.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Orthopedic surgeon
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