
Founder at REtechSouth
Greater Atlanta Area

Founder at REtechSouth
Greater Atlanta Area
Real estate entrepreneur with substantial experience in business planning, commercial sales, and marketing. Places a high premium on providing pertinent information to clients and agents about the local real estate market. Focused on reestablishing the real estate industry as a quality service with expertise and valuable insight.
Direct experience using web technologies to improve property marketing and client services. Particularly interested in growing company presence through online and local networking. Interested in real estate broker management as well, and in advising Realtors how to reach new audiences through online marketing and social networking.
Planned and coordinated the southeast's first real estate technology conference focusing on web 2.0 tools such as blogging, seo, video, web widgets, wordpress plugins, listing syndication, and social networking - REtechSouth.com
Representation with Integrity, Communication without Frustration, Property Research & Evaluation, Branding and Identity, Contract Preparation & Negotiation, Investment Analysis, Financial Lending Facilitation
(Real Estate industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
REtechSouth is the southeast's premiere real estate technology conference. Every spring the brightest minds in the real estate industry gather in Atlanta to discuss the technological changes in the industry and share strategies for best utilization of these new tools. Real estate software companies launch new products and services, Realtors network and share best practices, and speakers share tips and ideas for improving the industry.
Serve as organizer, vision leader, talent recruiter and business planner for a real estate conference attended by over 300 industry leaders each spring.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Guidepoint Global is a primary research firm that provides investors and business decision-makers with on-demand access to its worldwide network of industry experts. Established in 2003 as Clinical Advisors, we changed our name in November 2007 to better communicate the breadth of our expertise and services.
Guidepoint Global Advisors is an exclusive network of industry professionals who provide consulting services to the financial, investment, strategy consulting and corporate communities. “Our Advisors are selectively recruited to provide a seamless breadth and depth of collective expertise, giving you the information and insight that you need to make critical investment and strategic decisions.”
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; SBKC; Banking industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Serve on Board of Directors at Security Bank of North Metro, Woodstock, GA. Also serve on the Director's Loan Committee to add insight on local real estate loan approvals. Regularly called on to assess property values and loan applicant business strategies/financial statements.
Security Bank Corporation has 21 banking offices in the Middle Georgia market, two locations in Coastal Georgia, two locations in the Atlanta Metro market, plus mortgage lending departments in Macon, Warner Robins, Rincon, Richmond Hill, St. Simons, Fayetteville, and Columbus. There are also loan production offices in Bogart, Georgia, Cumming, Georgia and Hiram, Georgia. The banks are active in retail banking, small business, consumer and commercial lending, while the mortgage subsidiary makes home loans to individuals and construction and development loans to the real estate industry.
(Real Estate industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Serve on the Executive Committee as 1st Vice President of our local Realtor association. Designed and implemented the associations website (http://caor.info) as well as setup the Google Apps system to manage emails and share documents among the staff of the association. Also serve as Chairman of the Commercial Council for the association and organize quarterly council meetings for local commercial Realtors in addition to creating a commercial networking website (http://cherokeeconnect.ning.com).
(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years)
Managing Broker/Co-Owner of a real estate brokerage firm. Responsibilities include business planning, recruiting agents, managing staff, design and maintenance of website, design and implementation of marketing, and training/problem-solving for agents.
Striving to create the ultimate customer service in real estate by hiring quality agents with integrity and deploying aggressive web marketing tactics and constantly testing new internet technologies.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
General business advisement and marketing consultant to Grace to the Nations. GTN exists to reach people in our community, nation, and world with the hope-filled, joy-filled, essential and authentic truth of God's Word . Connecting believers of Christ, those who possess and know the Word, into the community of those who need to hear the truth of that Word, is the essence of this ministry.
(Real Estate industry)
June 2008 — October 2008 (5 months)
Agent Genius is the first multi-author real estate blog designed by and for real estate agents nation wide. Unlike other real estate blogs that blog at the consumer, we blog beside the consumer. We talk about whats hot in technology, new and inventive real estate business models, the nature of the real estate industry, hot topics that impact consumers and so much more…
agentgenius.com won the prestigous Innovator Award at the 2008 Inman Connect Conference.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Real Estate industry)
March 1997 — July 2005 (8 years 5 months)
Seller, Buyer, Landlord and Tenant Representation, account management, contract negotiations, property concept design, media purchasing, and project management.
Successful projects include:
Weatherstone Park, Woodstock, GA
– Commercial Outparcels & Office Park Development
Claremore Lake, Woodstock, GA
– A Mixed-Use Office/Retail Development
Oakside Office Park, Canton, GA
– A Medical Office Park Development
The Preserve, Ball Ground, GA
- An Estate Lot & New Home Development
Lakefield, Canton, GA
- An Estate Lot and Custom Home Development
B.S. , Communications , 1994 — 1996
National Champions for Best Advertising & Promotion for GM Internship
Communications 1992 — 1994
Travel, Basketball, Golf and Tennis (occasionally), Film, Technology and Strategic Gaming.
Million Dollar Club, Active Life Member
CCIM Candidate
e-Pro Technology Certification
Broker/Agent of the Month (Jan 2007)