Professional Profile: Mark Rattenbury, PE

Education: BSEET Wentworth Institute of Technology

First job: $2.25/hour at a boatyard sanding and painting boat bottoms

First job in real estate or allied field: Commercial power plant engineering consulting

What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Partner and electrical engineer managing AKF’s New England Division. Hopefully, I’ll be providing daycare soon for my future grandchildren.

How do you unwind from a busy day? A Vodka Martini seems to work

Favorite book or author: “Kane and Abel” by Jeffrey Archer

Favorite movie: “48 Hours”

Favorite streaming series: “Yellowstone”

One word to describe your work environment: Challenging

Rules to live by in business: Respect and honesty first

If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead, but not related to you) who would it be and where would you go? Admiral Chester Nimitz, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

What is your DREAM job? (something other than your current job) Tug boat or pilot captain in Boston Harbor