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Posted: March 20, 2015
Professional Profile: Roy Robblee, 2015
Name: Roy Robblee
Title: Manager Service and Small Projects
Company: North Shore Mechanical Contractors Inc.
Location: 6 Garden St., Danvers, Mass.
Place of Birth: Natick, Mass.
Family: Wife Jan; children Jason, Tim, Chris, Eugene, and Erin
College: Los Angeles Trade Technical College
First job unrelated to your current field: Lookout Farm- seasonal worker
First job in current field: Burwell Plumbing - Northridge, CA
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: NSMC is a 30 year young mechanical contracting firm specializing in plumbing, pipefitting, and mechanical construction. We market specialized plumbing and hi-purity process piping systems targeted to the biotech, pharmaceutical, semiconductor / electronics manufacturing and advanced technology industries. We manage a service and small projects group dedicated to providing the same high quality workmanship directly to owners and end users. Use our talents to build facilities that save lives and advance technology.
Hobbies: Golf, reading, and gardening
Favorite Novel: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob DeZoet (David Mitchell)
Favorite Film: The Natural
Keys to Success: Live and work passionately
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Patrick Saitta, owner of Municipal Building Consultants.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Facility manager
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