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Alan Schumacher has gone from drugs to bugs. A pharmacist all of his life, Alan decided to make a change and go into business for himself. An avid outdoorsman, he and his family are always outside hiking, gardening and playing softball, so he was interested in helping his community &ldquo;Make Outside Fun Again.&rdquo; Born and raised in New York, Alan spent his entire career in New Jersey. Ready to open <a href="http://mosquitojoefranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=franchisee-voices-alan-schumacher-of-mosquito-joe-7190" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mosquito Joe&rsquo;</a>s latest location in the state, Alan is already considering opening a second location in Mercer County.&nbsp;

1851 caught up with Schumacher to learn more about his background and how he got involved with <a href="http://mosquitojoe.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=franchisee-voices-alan-schumacher-of-mosquito-joe-7190" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mosquito Joe</a>.

Tell us a little bit about your background.

I was born and raised in New York and grew up there for most of my life. I went to pharmacy school where I became licensed as a pharmacist in New Jersey and that is what I did for most of my life. I worked in home care, hospital and retail pharmacy and&nbsp;Bristol-Myer, most recently. I was in a position where a new opportunity came up elsewhere and at 59-years-old when I got laid off I didn&rsquo;t really know what to do. I decided it was a good time to look into different opportunities. I began to look for a business that wouldn&rsquo;t take up all of my time. I was soon to be a grandfather and I wanted to spend time with my grandkids. My daughter jokes all the time about how&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve gone from drugs to bugs.

I grew up in Queens, specifically, and graduated from pharmacy school in 1984. I&nbsp;I took my licensing exam in New Jersey and started working at a pharmacy in Rutherford, N.J. I never left the state to work. I lived in East Windsor and now I live in Robbinsville.

I worked at Bristol-Myer from 1998 to 2001 and then again from 2005-2015. I met my wife in Princeton while we worked as hospital pharmacists at Princeton Medical Center. Our oldest daughter is 29 and lives in Hamilton. I have a step-son who is an engineer and lives in Hoboken, and an 18-year old who is a senior in high school and will be attending Towson.

Why did you choose to become a franchisee with Mosquito Joe? How did you learn about the brand?

I reached out to a franchise consultant who worked out of New Hampshire.&nbsp;I told her my interests and she matched it with my personality and skills. From there, we went through about four or five franchises. I was interested in the outdoor aspects and service-oriented franchises, I&#39;ve always been there to help people, it&rsquo;s what I wanted to do. Mosquito Joe&rsquo;s slogan &ldquo;Making outside fun again,&rdquo; struck&nbsp;a chord with me. I was interested in medication and helping with the Zika virus, so this was a&nbsp;fit. As a family, we are constantly outside &ndash; working on the garden, practicing softball, hiking &ndash; so owning a business like Mosquito Joe really worked out for me.

What&rsquo;s next for you and your business? Do you have any development and&nbsp;expansion plans with the brand? 

We have been contemplating signing a second location and my plan is to open another territory in Mercer County within Central New Jersey.

Franchisee Voices: Alan Schumacher of Mosquito Joe

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Alan Schumacher spent his entire career in the pharmaceutical industry until he decided to open his own Mosquito Joe location taking his career from drugs to bugs.

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