Vice President, Real Estate & Development - Glow Brands - Louisville, KY
(2020-02 - 2026-01)
Served as the centralized real estate leader and voting member of the Real Estate Committee, partnering with the COO on growth strategy, portfolio optimization, transaction governance, and capital recommendations across company-managed and franchisor operations.
- Delivered $12M+ in store-level EBITDA improvement, reduced occupancy costs by 1.5%, and eliminated nearly $200K in annual rent leakage by designing and leading a company-wide portfolio optimization strategy and asset management governance framework.
- Drove 25+ new-location openings annually during a four-year growth cycle by partnering with the COO on market planning and leading site selection, firsthand market intelligence, and cross-functional alignment; more than doubled the company-managed portfolio from approximately 120 to 250+ locations.
- Personally led $150M+ in real estate transactions from deal structuring through execution, drafting LOIs and negotiating leases, ground leases, purchase agreements, renewals, relocations, and REA/DREA terms with Legal; secured $16M+ in landlord contributions and reduced project capital requirements by 15%.
- Directed the 7 Brew Coffee rollout across two high-barrier territories with stop/go authority over $3M projects; led site planning, entitlement strategy, municipal engagement, and developer/engineer coordination, seeding 25 locations and building a 60+ location pipeline.
- Preserved approximately $5 million in liquidity within two months and prevented portfolio-wide defaults at the onset of COVID-19 by developing and presenting a lease restructuring strategy to the Executive Committee within two weeks of joining and personally negotiating 125+ relief agreements with 135+ landlords.
- Built scalable real estate infrastructure by directing 25+ brokers and establishing a weekly cross-functional operating cadence across Legal, Finance, Design, Construction, and Operations; strengthened accountability and decision quality, accelerating go/no-go decisions by approximately 30 days.
Vice President, Commercial Advisory - EOS Commercial - Louisville, KY
(2020-02 - 2026-01)
Selective commercial advisory engagements concurrent with corporate leadership through January 2026
- Provide transaction advisory across retail, land, industrial, office, and mixed-use assets, supporting acquisitions, site selection, leasing, repositioning, and dispositions representing more than $40 million in transaction value.
Business Development & Leasing Associate - Flynn Group - Louisville, KY
(2014-06 - 2020-01)
Managed leasing and asset strategy across a $110 million diversified commercial portfolio spanning retail, office, industrial/flex, and distribution assets; represented ownership in lease negotiations, renewals, capital improvements, and tenant relationships to advance portfolio performance and long-term asset value.
- Secured five big-box anchor tenants across retail and industrial/flex assets, contributing to $6.5 million in incremental rental income and helping maintain sub-5% portfolio vacancy.
- Executed six acquisitions and dispositions totaling approximately $10 million, evaluating highest-and-best-use, redevelopment, repositioning, and sale strategies for underutilized assets.
- Generated approximately $800,000 in annual rental revenue by championing the acquisition of a 200,000-square-foot former manufacturing facility, representing both buyer and seller in the transaction, and partnering with the founder and principal broker to reposition and lease the asset as flex and warehouse space.
