Owner and CEO Paul Biester started working at a young age. His first job was a paperboy. After that he began handing out fliers for a cable television company and cleaning up around their offices. He then worked for a restaurant as a dishwasher and a furniture company a s a warehouse worker. In 1984 at the age of 19 he took a job dragging brush for a tree service in Haddonfield, NJ…..
Mr. Biester spent four years working with the Haddonfield based company and learned a great deal about tree care. Beginning as a ground worker, dragging brush, feeding the chipper, cutting wood and running ropes were some of the skills learned. After approximately two years he began to train as a climber and in a short order was running his own crew.
At the end of four years Mr. Biester took a foreman’s position with the Bartlett Tree Expert company. Bartlett is a huge national company based out of Stamford Conn. and has been in business since 1907. Working for Bartlett opened up the world of arboriculture (the science of trees). This experience also gave him the opportunity to work with many talented climbers and arborist all of whom shared techniques and knowledge with him. He really enjoyed the team environment there. At the end of his stay with Bartlett, Mr. Biester went back to work for his friend in Haddonfield.
From 1989 to 1992 Paul Biester ran a crew and was a sales representative for the Haddonfield based firm. At the end of the ‘92 season he decided to start his own venture in the beginning of 1993 Treeawareness was born out of a vision of interweaving the best idea from two distinctively different philosophies.
Over the past twenty-two years Mr. Biester has seen a lot of changes within the industry. However, the core philosophy of Treeawareness remains the same. It is this very approach that allows us to grow and move forward embracing positive changes in our industry, for the sole benefit of our clients.