Bryan Nicholas Vice President, Eng. & Dev. Westmass Area Dev. Corp./ Westover Metro Dev. Corp.

Name: Bryan Nicholas Title: Vice President, Engineering & Development Company: Westmass Area Dev. Corp./Westover Metro Dev. Corp. Location: 255 Padgette St., Chicopee, MA Place of birth and year: Gardner, MA, 1948 Family: Wife, Cher; sons, Bryan and Eric College: BA UMass Amherst; MBA UMass Amherst First job outside of real estate: Center for Economic Development, UMass First job in real estate or allied field: President, pre-engineered home builder What your firm does now and its plans for the future: Develop business parks. I'll keep doing it as long as I'm able. Hobbies: Cooking, gardening, hiking Favorite book(s): The 21 novels of Patrick O'Brien, starting with "Master and Commander" Favorite movie: "The Usual Suspects" Keys to Success: There is no area of human endeavor that cannot be improved with some combination of ingenuity, hard work and a sense of humor. Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Warren Buffet If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Teacher