Name: V. Brian Piccolo
Age: 31
Position: Vice president, Pacific Thermal Services Inc.
First job: Landscaping
Pastimes: Scuba diving, brewing beer

"Our focus is to recycle this soil. Clean it up and put it back in the ground to a beneficial use," said V. Brian Piccolo, recently named company vice president of operations and environmental affairs. PTS cleans up soil by cooking the petroleum hydrocarbons in a kiln at the Campbell Industrial Park, Piccolo said.

He joined PTS in April after nearly four years at the Unitek Environmental Companies. Piccolo also has operated a law practice and worked for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Piccolo earned a bachelor's degree in environmental economics at Rutgers University and a law degree at Northwestern School of Law. PTS is a Hawaii-based company associated with RCI Construction, based in Sumner, Wash.