he reminded him of himself when he was young , before the incident that had burned off half the skin of his face he took hearn through the seven floors of offices , comprising laboratories , departments devoted to compiling the statistics the development people used in fund-raising , the lifeblood of organizations such as humanistas , ltd. , as well as accounting , procurement , human resources , travel , the maintenance of the company 's fleets of private jets , transport planes , ships and helicopters .