Over thirty years of experience buying, selling, financing, building, growing, integrating and re-organizing both for-profit and non-profit operations, both domestically and abroad, for organizations such as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Prudential Financial. A consultant to small and medium sized businesses in a wide variety of industries on how to improve their operations since 2008.
Career experience includes establishing two securitization teams, a structured finance department, a whole loan sale desk, and a foreign commercial mortgage asset management subsidiary; integrating a large US commercial mortgage finance company and an international investment management organization into a Fortune 100 financial services company; reorganizing the US operations of one of the world’s largest real estate investment management companies and serving as COO of the same; founding an international resort development company; founding two consulting firms; and founding and producing one of the largest early stage technology conferences in the state of Florida for six years.
Served as the president/executive director of two South Florida non-profits devoted to venture capital and technology, respectively.
Participated in over 60 debt and equity transactions comprising approximately $6.5 billion in transactions value that include both residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds, direct real estate acquisitions and financings, corporate M&A and divestitures, and private equity fundraising activities.
Significant operations experience including overseeing budgeting, planning, marketing, advertising, project development, finance, audit/internal control, technology, human resources, facilities, and general administrative activities over a 30+ year career.
Recognized in 2019 as one of South Florida’s Power Leaders in Technology by the South Florida Business Journal and received the 2018 Economic Development Leadership Award - Entrepreneurship Council from the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance.