News: Connecticut
Posted: April 1, 2009
Ronald Jodice 2009
Name: Ronald Jodice
Title: President
Company: PDS Engineerng & Construction, Inc.
Location: 107 Old Windsor Rd., Bloomfield, Conn.
Birthplace and year: Youngstown, Ohio - 1958
Family: Married 27 years. Two boys, 23 and 21.
College: BS Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Minor, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.
First job unrelated to your current field: General Electric Polymer Research Labs, Pittsfield, Mass.
First job in real estate or allied field: Project Manager, PDS Engineering & Construction, Inc.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: 1) Growing talent. 2) Controlled steady growth to offer our employees new opportunities and our customers world class service.
Hobbies: Skiing (National Ski Patrol volunteer); fly fishing, golf, sporting clays, banjo, harmonica
Favorite book: "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
Favorite movie: "Last Samurai"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Dr. Who
Key to success: Work as hard to help others succeed, as you do for yourself.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Full time ski patrol
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