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United States

25 years of experience in enterprise software development, commercial real estate, ag technology and the drone industry, twice as CEO of two companies and also serving as an industry consultant in these domains.

Westlake Village, California, Us

Repeat entrepreneur serving as founder and CEO for two technology startups, both built from the ground up. Core aptitudes in innovative problem solving, team building, product evangelism and sales. Skilled with people management with the ability to handle difficult situations with a calm demeanor and problem solver’s attitude. Skilled at converting complex problems into easily understood value propositions and messages. Tenacious and focused on outcome-driven results. Delivered leading software-based technologies in ag tech, golf and several commercial real estate asset types through the Dronifi platform. The Dronifi platform includes core technologies in GIS, aerial imagery, IoT, computer vision and third party data assimilation. Mr. Tull led Dronifi through several business pivots, some successful, others not, including ag tech hardware development for in-field sensor systems and broad aerial image processing and analysis platform capabilities for a broad range of business verticals.

Richardson, Texas, Us

Managed 150 person call center, staff and technology through direct on-site work in Texas and remotely from the satellite office in California. RealPage’s flurry of acquisitions and executive management workload required handoff of call center management responsibilities without a knowledge transfer. This process necessitated the discovery and assessment of issues through product and process immersion and extensive collaboration with staff and technology deep dives. Analysis of staffing issues and technology resulted in planning and execution of staffing communication and feedback mechanisms generating improvements in staff morale and call center performance. Detailed technology reviews uncovered significant areas for technology improvement, which were corrected with the existing technology team and resources. Improvements were made and staff resources extended using RealPage’s existing team members and vendors who had RealPage call center experience and tribal knowledge but no official connection to call center technology or operations, generating operating improvements without any increase in staff resources.

Managed the business unit consisting of my acquired company plus RealPage's 150-person call center, providing monthly financial, staff and technology reporting to senior management for each group. Reporting included goal-based accountability P&L, operational and technology staffing, monitoring competition and planning new feature evolution.Retained entrepreneurial drive as an intrapreneur, immediately innovating new revenue-generating products during the first 12 months with RealPage. New product development included the full spectrum of tasks; opportunity identification, customer interviews and assessments, product design, MVP development, and customer validation testing of product / market fit. Generated budget, staffing, tech development requirements and customer sales targeting using existing staffing and resources and collaboration with disparate teams and executive leadership to complete the product’s market readiness. Product was developed and released as a revenue-generating addition to RealPage’s product mix.

Launched a software startup, eREI, from concept to commercial launch, growth and eventual sale to RealPage (NASDAQ: RP). Development of eREI required all key startup activities, ranging from concept development, business structure development including stock option plans, contracts, trademarking as well as team building for operations and technology, product development through to product sales and customer management. Central tasks included company development and evolution from a one-person business to commercial-scale operational team with sales, customer service and engineering functions fully formed. The resulting company, developed over 10+ years, was the dominant product in its niche. In addition to its own products, eREI was selected to key consulting roles and Mr. Tull served as lead consultant for several marquee industry groups; building the MITS data standard for NMHC (National Multifamily Housing Council) for the apartment industry, led NAR’s (National Association of Realtors) commercial real estate group by providing data standards and technology consulting, and serving in a leadership role with the OSCRE data standards effort on behalf of NAR.

Calabasas, Ca, Us

Served as market analyst and writer for Southern California, producing market reports and analysis for Marcus & Millichap corporate and as a broker analyst for buy side and sell side deals across a range of CRE product types. Was selected as the commercial real estate columnist for the Inland Empire Business Journal, writing about a wide series of market and industry topics directed toward professional commercial real estate operators and developers.

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