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Austin, Texas, Us

Lafayette, In, Us

Lead financial executive for a full-service student housing real estate firm. Primary responsibilities include oversight of the accounting, finance, tax, human resource and information technology functions of the enterprise. Additional duties include maintenance of key capital markets and private equity relationships, as well as identification and development of key business development opportunities. Primary goal is leveraging 14 years of institutional public REIT experience into growing a smaller, private organization in an aggressive growth phase.Highlighted accomplishments include:- Arrangement of over $300 million of SPE construction financing encompassing 10 projects- Successful non-recourse, agency-based refinancings of $140 million- Oversight of $744 million of strategic asset dispositions- Lead seller representative for the largest student housing portfolio transaction of 2014 ($235 million) - Lead representative for day-to-day interactions with joint venture equity partners (institutional and private)- Oversight of all staff support functions (Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, IT) during a growth phase that totaled over 8,200 developed student housing beds, with a compounded annual business growth rate in excess of 30% over seven years- Led key initiatives for technology change management, including changes in accounting system platform, expense tracking, cloud-based accounts payable processing and resident management system upgrades.

Lafayette, In, Us

In addition to ongoing duties as Chief Financial Officer, was assigned the additional responsibility of overseeing, stabilizing and optimizing the student housing property management division of Trinitas.Key accomplishments (outside of CFO role) included:- Key hiring of leasing, marketing and regional management personnel to handle aggressive portfolio growth over a 2-year period- Identification and establishment of policies, procedures and standard business practices to form the base foundation of the management platform of Trinitas- Improvement and identification of resident management systems, including the procurement and deployment of Entrata software throughout the organization- Created a management platform that successfully managed over 6,500 student housing beds, returning high stabilized occupancies while helping position the company for a large portfolio monetization in Fall 2014- Once stabilized, identified and recruited the incumbent executive to lead the division

Lafayette, In, Us

Lead accounting and finance executive for a rapidly growing student housing firm. Charged with the development and maturation of the company's real estate focused accounting and finance teams. Activities included strategic changes in the firm's accounting practices, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis. Directly and indirectly financed over $120M of construction and permanent financing for student housing projects.Participant in helping establish equity conduit for the company through its strategic joint venture with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital.

Chicago, Il, Us

Dynamic role leader that specialized in cross-functional financial planning and analysis. Led financial analysis teams in decision-support roles. Created and controlled key performance indicator (KPI) driven analysis to align inter-departmental objectives of the nation's second largest retail real estate investment trust.Team leader with proven experience in adding value through complex analysis – delivering valuable support by simplifying complex data to support strategic decision-making. Successful experience in coordinating differing objectives of multiple departments and creating value-added alignment between them for superior performance.

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for acquisition analysis, refinancing activity, and development valuations for GGP's Western region. Supervised refinancing and acquisition activity in excess of $1B, and development / re-development projects in excess of $2B.

Chicago, Il, Us

Managed and supervised the development accounting department of General Growth Properties, the country's second largest retail real estate investment trust, with a cumulative development pipeline in excess of $1.5B during tenured years. Ensured accordance with GAAP accounting, capitalization policies, and relationships with internal and external auditors. Extensive interaction with senior management and key decisionmakers throughout the organization.

Chicago, Il, Us

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Us