Name: Ann Melite, NCIDQ
Title: Principal, Director of Interior Design, Vice President of Marketing
Company: Tecton Architects, Inc.
Location: Hartford, Conn.
Family: Husband - Al; Sons - Christopher and Jonathan; dog - Buddy (Golden Retriever)
College: Teikyo Post University
First job unrelated to current field: May's Department Store - Junior Department Sales
First job in current field: Interior designer, Tecton Architects
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: Architecture, interiors and land planning: corporate, healthcare, advanced technologies, retail, higher education, public safety, CAFM/IWMS services via FM Innovations.
Hobbies: Jewelry making, baking, interior design
Favorite book: "DaVinci Code"
Favorite movie: "ET"
Key to success: Perseverance
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Advertising