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EXECUTIVE FOCUS: JOHN M. ALDRICH, PRESIDENT, FIRST COLONY MORTGAGE CORP., OREM

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Vital Statistics

Age: 38

Place of Birth: Provo\ Family: Wife: Rosemary; 4 children and one on the way

Education: Bachelor of arts in political science and English, Brigham Young University.

Primary products: First mortgage organization of one-to four-family properties.

Primary market: Utah County.

Number of Employees: 12

Annual Sales: $26 million in loan originations.

Personality profile:

First "real" job: Clerk in a golf pro ship (it didn't do anything for my game).

Management style: Treat employees and people the way I would like to be treated, take great joy in their successes.

Strategy for success: Plan ahead and spend time wisely.

A memorable failure: I was a hod carrier for two months on a brick mason crew. I couldn't take it any more so I quit.

Heroes: My father, Claire, and my sister Kay.

Leisure time and hobbies: Activities with my wife and children, reading, golf.

Favorite book and movie: Clive Custler novels, "Never ending Story."