Pub. 4 2019 Issue 5

16 www.ctaahq.org 22 QUES TIONS 1. What is your name? Brian Lemire 2. Current job? Senior Director of Leasing and Operations 3. How long have you been in your current position? 4+ years 4. How did you get into the industry? Eileen Swenson started show- ing me the ropes as a teenager. She had me doing porter and maintenance tasks when I was in my teens for her commercial and residential assets. While showing me the industry from the ground up, she was teaching me about NOI, marketing, and customer service. I did my in- ternship with her company and after graduation from college, she hired me as an Assistant Property Manager at Woodcliff Estates in East Hartford. I worked for Jackie Carangelo at Woodcliff as she was the Property Manager. She was a tremendous boss and continued to teach me the business. Both Eileen and Jackie’s passion for the job made it easy for me to decide to make this my career. 5. What is your least favor- ite part of the job? Terminating employment. Some are easier than others but at the end of the day, you are changing someone’s life. 6. Best part of the job? Watching employees succeed and grow. 7. Three words to describe yourself? Detailed, adventurous, and hardworking. 8. Favorite city? Local Boston – Most fun New Orleans 9. Career to try for a day? Tornado Chaser. 10. Favorite TV show? Seinfeld. 11. Favorite vacation spot? Anywhere that I can ski, scuba dive, or snorkel. 12. How do you motivate others? Determine the goal and ask the individual how they would like to reach it. Most times they have the answer themselves. If they need a hand then we brain- storm solutions together. Follow that up with recognition and