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Modern Leather Goods was started in 1939 by Ben Rosen in New York City.
The company handled
repair work for the finest department stores of the time; Macy's, Gimbels and Bloomingdales
were but a few.
In 1945, Mr. Rosen passed the business on to Paul Pecorella and Burt Sarachini - who at the time were
his two lead repair
men. Paul and Burt led Modern forward for the next four decades.
In
1983, Burt decided to retire and sold his share of the business to Paul's son Tony, who had started working
at Modern
in 1977.
Father and son went forward until 1994 when
Paul called it quits and sold his half of Modern to Paul Regensburg, who is Tony's
brother-in-law, keeping Modern family owned and operated for 63 years and counting.
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President Tony Pecorella
is a St. John's University graduate with
a degree in Business and Communications. Tony has over 30 years experience in leather repair, making him one of the most knowledgeable people available to you
in the business. Tony oversees Modern's
day to day operations, including
production, quality control and customer service.
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V.P. C.F.O. Paul Regensburg is a graduate of Hofstra University
with a degree in Business Finance and has been with Modern for over 12 years. He
has had experience in Business Analysis at Grumman and brought those skills to Modern.
Paul oversees all business and financial matters and serves as liaison to our
corporate customers.
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