NEST International announced that Robert Almond, Jr., its vice President of operations, has been nominated by South Jersey Biz Magazine as one of 20 top professionals under the age of 40 in South Jersey. 

Almond, 32, has been with NEST International since 2002. He is responsible for developing the workforce for the facility maintenance and consultation firm. 

“I would like to be the premier employer in South Jersey and South Florida and wherever else we might end up," he says. "I would like to be the Google of South Jersey. I know that probably won’t happen, but I want to make it an attractive workplace.”

Almond was named a “Top 40 under 40” by Chain Store Age magazine in 2007, the company says.