Team

• 25+ Years of Real Estate Investment & Development Experience

• $7+ Billion In Real Estate Investments: $2.4B Residential, $4.7B Commercial

• Twining Properties: Chief Investment Officer

• Focused on urban mixed use development and preferred equity investment in metro NYC & Boston regions. $160M, Resulting in a 37% IRR

• RXR Realty: Executive Vice President

• RXR was recently approved to co-develop 175 Park Avenue as office/hotel, creating the 2nd tallest building in NYC after One World Trade Center
• 4 Investments: $659M

• Brookfield Properties: Senior Vice President

• 3 Investments: $1.9B Office, $791M Residential, $210M Office Rehab

• Avalon Bay: Vice President, Real Estate Development, 8 Years

• A $24B real estate investment trust managing 294 assets
• 4 Investments: $758M Residential

• Yarmouth Group/Lend Lease: Lendlease built the 9/11 Museum, Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia, and the Sydney Opera House.

• $75M Office Rehab, $350 Million Office Loan Workout, $2 Billion Office Loan Workout Portfolio

• Lincoln Property Company: Lincoln is the only company that is top 10 in the ownership of three asset classes: Office, Residential, and Industrial Property.

• 2 Investments: $170M Office/Industrial

• Education: 

• Wharton Business School, MBA
• Harvard, BA

• 30+ Years of REIT & Real Estate Investment Experience

• Dexus Asset Management: Portfolio Manager - North America, Global REIT Fund

• Brooklyn // Queens Properties: Investments in residential redevelopment through bridge loans in the NYC metropolitan market.

• Goldman Sachs Asset Management: CIO, Portfolio Manager, & Senior Analyst for six years of US and Global Real Estate Securities Investment Management.

• Alliance Capital Management: Portfolio Manager & Senior Analyst for eight years where he was responsible for investing in REITs and other public real estate related companies in the US and internationally.

• Yarmouth Group: Senior Vice President of Acquisitions & Special Projects. Founded entity level investment program to fund property companies prior to REIT IPOs. Yarmouth was acquired by Lend Lease.

• RBR Asset Management: Board Member

• Rouse Properties: Member of the Board of Directors of publicly traded Regional Mall REIT, focused on dominant assets in smaller MSAs.

• Columbia University: Adjunct Professor in the MS Real Estate Program - Classes include US REIT Analysis & Investment, International REIT Analysis & Investment, and Financial Statement Analysis.

• 7+ years of investing experience

• Manages Real Estate Inves tment Syndicate

• Passionate about financial education

• Fascinated with blockchain technology, specifically Defi and governance protocols. Investor in multiple ICO's

• VU Venture Partners - Cohorts 13 & 21 - Healthcare, Crypto, & Web3 Teams

• Ranked Top 100 Powerlist VC

• 15+ years of VC/PE Investing, 150+ Portfolio Companies

• Founder & General Partner, VU Venture Partners

• Founder & CEO, Venture University

• Select Prior Portfolio Companies: Beyond Meat (IPO'd, $14B), Sensity (Acquired by Verizon, $300M+), ShopKick (Acquired by SK Telecom, $200M), Made In Space (Acquired by AE Industrial Partners), FabFitFun ($1B+), Spyce (Acquired by sweetgreen), Bear Flags Robotics (Acquired by John Deere, $250M)

• Former Managing Director of Investments at Cleveland Avenue (VC/PE Fund co-founded by Former CEO & President of McDonalds), focusing on food and beverage brands, food related technologies, and new restaurant concepts

• Founder, Head, & Former Managing Director of Simon Venture Group (investment arm of Simon Property Group, S&P 100, largest retail real estate company in the world), grew to top 5 corporate VC focused on commerce alongside Google Ventures, Intel Capital, and Comcast Ventures

• Adjunct Professor at New York University teaching Venture Capital Intensive

• Creator of Multiple Top Ranked Entrepreneur Resources: #1 Startup Investor Pitch Deck Template (viewed & downloaded 750,000+ times, used by leading business schools and accelerators)

• Co-Founder of the #1 Startup Board Game: The Next Big Thing: The Game of Entrepreneurship, backed by over 25+ of the top accelerators and VC investors