Name: "Gus" - Steven Augustus Sarff III Title: President Company: GS Associates, Inc. Location: 65 Parker Street, Newburyport, MA 01950 Place of birth: Los Angeles, CA Family: Wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter College: San Diego State University First job unrelated to your current field: Solar energy system sales and installation First job in current field: Project controller, Sheraton Corp. Sheraton Grande, LA What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Contract purchasing for hotel FF&E and OS&E. Merge with global technology for improving manufacturing, supply chain, marketing, sustainability, and control. Hobbies: International economics, tennis, golf, wine collecting. Favorite novel: The Economist - (weekly magazine but reads like a novel!) Favorite film: Raiders of the Lost Ark Favorite website: The Bottle Shop Keys to success: Say what you do, do what you say and always look at yourself honestly. Take calculated risks. Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Discoverers, adventurers, revolutionaries who have the courage to risk all for a noble cause. If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? College Professor of Economics or wine maker.