Driving Real Results Across the Resident Journey

Robert has over 35 years in the real estate industry with the first 15 years at Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of a Fortune 100 company. As Controller and then Vice President of Finance, Property Management and Hotel Management for Cornerstone Development Company, he was a key member of management involved in the development of three large-scale, mixed-use urban development projects in Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. After leaving Weyerhaeuser, Robert developed nearly 2,000 apartment units in Washington and Nevada before becoming Vice President - Finance for ten years for the Polygon Group of Companies. Robert was responsible for accounting, cash management, budgeting and planning and finance for over 100 companies. Most companies were single asset entities that owned a single property. Other companies included a property management company, a home building company in Washington, a home building company in California, a major joint venture that developed single family and commercial properties in Arizona and a venture capital company headquartered in Washington. Collectively, Polygon employed between 150 and 300 employees. Bob graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles.

Wesley has over 10 years of experience working for and leading teams in planning and analytics with multi-billion dollar corporations such as Hasbro, Levi’s, Guitar Center and Nordstrom. During that time, he assisted in the strategic planning of many new product launches, marketing initiatives and long-range financials. On the technical side, Wesley was a database administrator, created ad hoc reporting tools for executives and lead the data transfer, implementation and testing of a web-based reporting suite for a $500 million portfolio of products. He has also done asset management for a number of apartments managed by large property management companies. Wesley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Central Washington University.

Femi has 30 years of senior management leadership experience with various Fortune 200 companies including Office Depot, Ameritech Corporation and Baxter Healthcare Corporation. He is the Founder and President of Cerlak LLC a management consulting firm. Prior to establishing his own consulting business, Femi spent 10 years as a VP executive with T-Mobile USA. During that time, he held responsibility for divisions within the company including West Division Customer Care, Wholesale Operations, Supply Chain Operations and Business Sales. Throughout his involvement with these departments, he developed a reputation for successfully turning around declining business units and delivering superior P&L performance while posting the highest employee satisfaction results within the company. Femi became well known for building highly effective senior leadership teams that foster increased employee engagement and morale, while consistently delivering outstanding business results in sales, operations and general management. Femi is also active in non-profit charitable organizations. A jazz enthusiast, he has served as the Vice President on the Board of Directors for Earshot Jazz, a Seattle-based non-profit music, arts and service organization. He has also served as a board member for Many Lights Foundation, a non-profit human services organization that provides children in kinship and foster care with permanent homes. Femi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.