TEAM

BIPROXI LEADERSHIP

• Gordon Smith

  Chief Executive Officer

  

  Gordon is a seasoned real estate finance and private equity professional with more than 30 years experience in asset management, brokerage and principal investments. Most recently, he helped build and lead Ten-X’s CRE division (350 professionals) and oversaw product development, marketing, operations and sales. Prior...See More

  Gordon is a seasoned real estate finance and private equity professional with more than 30 years experience in asset management, brokerage and principal investments. Most recently, he helped build and lead Ten-X’s CRE division (350 professionals) and oversaw product development, marketing, operations and sales. Prior to Ten-X, Gordon spent 20 years at Fortress Investment Group and RSF Partners where he executed on over $10 billion of transactions. Gordon started his career at CBRE in brokerage which gives him a unique understanding of the biproxi marketplace. Gordon has served as a board member for companies with significant real estate operations such as CW Financial Services, Intrawest, Mapeley, and Annington Homes.See Less

• Carrington Guy

  Chief Operating Officer

  

  Carrington most recently served as Managing Partner of ACRE Capital Real Estate LLC. ACRE is a full-service real estate investment management firm focused on single-tenant net-lease assets. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of Real Estate at VEREIT, Inc. (NYSE: VER), a publicly-traded net-lease REIT foc...See More

  Carrington most recently served as Managing Partner of ACRE Capital Real Estate LLC. ACRE is a full-service real estate investment management firm focused on single-tenant net-lease assets. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of Real Estate at VEREIT, Inc. (NYSE: VER), a publicly-traded net-lease REIT focused on the acquisition and management of retail, office, and industrial assets. Over the course of his career, he has been involved in over $20 billion of real estate transactions. Carrington earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business.See Less

• Yan Khamish

  Chief Commercial Officer

  

  Yan joins biproxi after building and managing the very successful Broker Channel at Ten-X, where he expanded engagement with the top commercial brokerage firms, industry associations and technology partners. Prior to Ten-X, he was at New York-based Fortress Investment Group, where he was as a Senior Vice President mana...See More

  Yan joins biproxi after building and managing the very successful Broker Channel at Ten-X, where he expanded engagement with the top commercial brokerage firms, industry associations and technology partners. Prior to Ten-X, he was at New York-based Fortress Investment Group, where he was as a Senior Vice President managing a $3.5 billion commercial real estate portfolio. Prior to Fortress, Yan was a broker at Marcus & Millichap and through that experience gained a deep understanding of the brokerage model and incentive structure required to create a leading online marketplace.See Less

• Thatcher Milholland

  Managing Director

  

  Thatcher has over 20 years experience in commercial real estate investment and technology. Previously Thatcher was at Ten-X, where as a Senior Director he managed multiple states, institutional investors, and property types. Throughout his career Thatcher has completed over $4 billion in acquisitions of all property ty...See More

  Thatcher has over 20 years experience in commercial real estate investment and technology. Previously Thatcher was at Ten-X, where as a Senior Director he managed multiple states, institutional investors, and property types. Throughout his career Thatcher has completed over $4 billion in acquisitions of all property types nationwide. Prior to Ten-X, Thatcher was at Unico Properties in Seattle and JP Morgan in San Francisco. See Less

• Richard Le

  Managing Director – Investor Relations

  

  Richard most recently served was a senior member of KKR’s Real Estate Credit platform focused on CMBS B-Piece investing, fund raising, and asset management processes. Over the course of his career in real estate debt and equity investing, Richard has led the acquisition of over 50 CMBS B-piece investments and the wor...See More

  Richard most recently served was a senior member of KKR’s Real Estate Credit platform focused on CMBS B-Piece investing, fund raising, and asset management processes. Over the course of his career in real estate debt and equity investing, Richard has led the acquisition of over 50 CMBS B-piece investments and the workouts of over 200 loans. Prior to joining KKR, Richard was a Senior Vice President at LNR Property, LLC where he was responsible for large loan workouts and for CMBS B- piece investing. Before joining LNR, Richard worked on the equity investment teams for The Bulfinch Companies and for Morgan Stanley in New York and in Hong Kong. Richard graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science.See Less

• Jake Vale

  Acting Chief Marketing Officer

  

  Jake brings 10 years of experience marketing retail financial products and services online. In 2009 he facilitated the acquisition of the assets of 5 failed financial newsletters and transitioned them into a successful investor relations and financial services marketing business. Most recently Jake developed the strat...See More

  Jake brings 10 years of experience marketing retail financial products and services online. In 2009 he facilitated the acquisition of the assets of 5 failed financial newsletters and transitioned them into a successful investor relations and financial services marketing business. Most recently Jake developed the strategy and directed the online marketing and media budget management for the tZERO Security Token Offering, one of the first of its kind. He has also established and consulted on other potential Security Token Offerings and strategic partnerships. Over the last 10 years Jake has developed and managed the digital marketing strategy for a variety of significant financial services offerings.See Less

• Alex Blum

  Acting Chief Technical Officer

  

  Alex has been working in blockchain for the past 4 years, advising VCs, PE groups, Fortune 500s, and blockchain start-ups on financial and technical strategy and development. He has developed a cryptocurrency mining operation, AI-Crypto Hedge Fund, and led multiple ICOs, including Science Inc. and Sweetbridge. Prior, ...See More

  Alex has been working in blockchain for the past 4 years, advising VCs, PE groups, Fortune 500s, and blockchain start-ups on financial and technical strategy and development. He has developed a cryptocurrency mining operation, AI-Crypto Hedge Fund, and led multiple ICOs, including Science Inc. and Sweetbridge. Prior, he served in the Peace Corps where he started an indigenous artisan crafts co-op as an Economic Development Consultant. He attended Tufts University and MIT.See Less

ADVISORS

• Dr Peter Linneman

  

  Dr. Peter Linneman is a Principal of Linneman Associates, KL Realty, and American Land Funds, and is the Albert Sussman Emeritus Professor of Real Estate, Finance, and Business Public Policy at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Wharton's faculty for 32 years, founding ...See More

  Dr. Peter Linneman is a Principal of Linneman Associates, KL Realty, and American Land Funds, and is the Albert Sussman Emeritus Professor of Real Estate, Finance, and Business Public Policy at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Wharton's faculty for 32 years, founding Wharton's Real Estate Department and the Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center. He is the founding co-editor of The Wharton Real Estate Review and has published over 80 articles during his career. Dr. Linneman is widely recognized as a leading strategic thinker and investor, and has been cited as one of the 25 Most Influential People in Real Estate by Realtor Magazine, and one of the 100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate by the New York Observer. His quarterly research publication, The Linneman Letter, has been perhaps the most highly regarded publication in the real estate industry for the past 11 years. His book, Real Estate Finance and Investments: Risks and Opportunities, (now in its 3rd Edition) has been adopted at over 70 leading universities, and is the leading primary reference source in real estate finance and investment. For more than three decades Dr. Peter Linneman has been a critical influence in driving the professionalization of real estate capital markets and the commercial real estate industry. Thousands of global and regional real estate investment professionals look to Linneman Associates’ insights each quarter through subscriptions to The Linneman Letter. Dr. Linneman, holds both Masters and Doctorate degrees in economics from the University of Chicago. He is an avid sports enthusiast and scuba diver. Married for over 38 years, he has no children.See Less

• Kevin Shtofman

  

  Kevin Shtofman serves as the National Blockchain Lead – US, in the Real Estate practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. Kevin has over 14 years combined experience in providing strategic, financial, accounting, business improvement, and technology services to owners, operators, developers, service providers, and asset m...See More

  Kevin Shtofman serves as the National Blockchain Lead – US, in the Real Estate practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. Kevin has over 14 years combined experience in providing strategic, financial, accounting, business improvement, and technology services to owners, operators, developers, service providers, and asset managers in the Real Estate industry. Kevin has been working on Blockchain, Robotics, and Cognitive Automation initiatives for the past two years and has presented to audiences from coast to coast in 20 cities to date. Kevin earned his Bachelor of Economics from the University of Texas at Austin and his Master of Finance from Southern Methodist University. See Less

• Michael Beckerman

  

  Michael is a 25 year veteran of the PR industry, author and public speaker. He is the Founder and current CEO of The News Funnel – the largest content platform in the real estate industry. Michael was previously the founder and CEO of Beckerman Public Relations and Chairman of Antenna Group – two of the largest age...See More

  Michael is a 25 year veteran of the PR industry, author and public speaker. He is the Founder and current CEO of The News Funnel – the largest content platform in the real estate industry. Michael was previously the founder and CEO of Beckerman Public Relations and Chairman of Antenna Group – two of the largest agencies in the US.See Less

• John Nicholas

  

  John’s tenure spans 20 years in the real estate and finance industry developing and designing technology solutions. He currently serves as Chief Technology Officer of Carrington Retail Group. Prior to joining biproxi, John was the CEO of Channel, LLC which designed a transaction management system and online real est...See More

  John’s tenure spans 20 years in the real estate and finance industry developing and designing technology solutions. He currently serves as Chief Technology Officer of Carrington Retail Group. Prior to joining biproxi, John was the CEO of Channel, LLC which designed a transaction management system and online real estate marketplace. Channel was acquired by an affiliate of Ten-X in 2015.See Less

• Rick Sharga

  

  Rick is currently the EVP at Carrington Mortgage Holdings, which owns and operates multiple businesses in the single family real estate market. Prior to Carrington, Rick was the Chief Marketing Officer at Ten-X, which operates Auction.com. Since 2003 Rick has been a featured speaker at numerous industry events and a fr...See More

  Rick is currently the EVP at Carrington Mortgage Holdings, which owns and operates multiple businesses in the single family real estate market. Prior to Carrington, Rick was the Chief Marketing Officer at Ten-X, which operates Auction.com. Since 2003 Rick has been a featured speaker at numerous industry events and a frequently-quoted subject matter expert on real estate, the mortgage industry, and foreclosures by the media.See Less

• Kelly Hunt

  

  Kelly is currently the Executive Vice President of Sales and investor in BlockApps, an enterprise blockchain application development and ConsenSys company. Kelly’s career spans 20 years in the technology industry veteran working in the US, Europe, Africa, South East Asia, and China. Prior to BlockApps, Kelly worked w...See More

  Kelly is currently the Executive Vice President of Sales and investor in BlockApps, an enterprise blockchain application development and ConsenSys company. Kelly’s career spans 20 years in the technology industry veteran working in the US, Europe, Africa, South East Asia, and China. Prior to BlockApps, Kelly worked with Emerson Network Power / Vertiv as Director of Strategy Accounts leading a team of 100 mechanical, electrical and software engineers in the data center industry.See Less