Douglas A Shipman has spent over 30 years as a Real Estate Executive developing and specializing in large scale and complicated resort and country club products. He has worked in some of the most prestigious resort destinations such as; Palm Desert Ca, Scottsdale AZ, Las Vegas NV, Houston TX, Lanai HI, Abaco, the Bahamas. He has tenured with great developers like Sunrise Company, Del Webb, Castle and Cooke and most recently, Bakers Bay Golf and Ocean Club and Resort, Abaco, The Bahamas for Discovery Land.Mr. Shipman is an active industry professional. In 2010, He and his company have been mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Bloomberg. He was featured in the September 2010 issue of Builders Magazine and Professional Builder Magazine in articles addressing the state of development financing. Mr. Shipman also blogs for housingzone.com and has presented and spoke at the Pacific Coast Builders Show with seminars on; Quality and the NHQ Winners, Construction Defect Litigation and Mitigation Methods, Insurance Coverage and Risk Reduction, Trade Partnering, Grow Your Own Labor, Concrete Chemistry and Best Practices. A Key Presenter at American Society of Quality (ASQ) speaking on, The Quality Improvement Challenge, and one of the Charter members of the Architectural, Engineering and Construction Division of the ASQ. He has won numerous awards and recognition for his accomplishment over the years most notably The National Housing Quality Award (NHQ Silver 2000 featured in Professional builder October 1999) He has served on Boards of the BIA Desert Chapter, Desert Horizons, ASQ Desert Chapter, PCBC, Numerous HOA and Club Boards, and Private Schools.Specialties: Homebuilding, Land Development,Quality Systems and Processes, Lean, Financial Oversight, Risk Managment, Quality Systems and Processes