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In-house counsel for tech company draws lessons from improv interest

Attorney Chase Victorson describes himself as a “very curious person.”

The Christmas cactus and zebra plant on a shelf behind his desk are products of that curiosity. He began collecting plants several years ago when he became fascinated by the practice of growing houseplants from cuttings, a method known as vegetative reproduction. Throughout his home in Yonkers, NY, he now has a menagerie of more than 60 species of plants, many from cuttings he procured from around the country. He also has a jacaranda tree, several lemon trees and a kiwi tree that he has grown from seeds.

“My house is a bit of a science experiment,” he says.

More than merely collecting plants, Victorson is pursuing a master’s degree in horticulture at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He has shelves dedicated to horticultural books on plant care.

“It almost gives my brain a way to relax because it’s so different from the law,” he says.

Victorson is chief legal officer for Customertimes, an international tech company that specializes in SalesForce and SAP deployments as well as offering its own proprietary software. The New York-based business has offices in 14 countries and around 2,000 employees.

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