G8 Capital employs a disciplined investment strategy that capitalizes on opportunities created by the dislocations in the US real estate and mortgage markets. This strategy is designed to protect capital while delivering outstanding returns and is further enhanced by pursuing off-market opportunities with the institutional relationships the management team has developed over 25 years. Following are the four themes to G8 Capital’s Investment Strategy: Capital Preservation – Protecting investor capital is the firm’s highest priority. The firm focuses exclusively on opportunities where real estate assets can be acquired well below current market value or replacement cost. Deal Sourcing/Relationships – Leveraging long-standing relationships with all major financial institutions has helped G8 Capital to take a lead in the real estate downturn. G8 Capital seeks off-market opportunities that can be quietly negotiated. Opportunistic Approach – There are opportunities in every cycle – G8 Capital is creatively exploiting the special situations and inefficiencies that are arising in the current cycle and identifying micro-market imbalances to secure investments on favorable terms. Prudent Asset Management – G8 Capital is committed to creating significant capital appreciation through the careful restructuring, repositioning, intensive servicing and management of both residential and commercial assets.
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Evan serves as the CEO of G8 Capital and as managing director of G8 Holdings’ portfolio investments. Prior to G8 Capital, Evan co-founded MoneyLine Lending Services in 1996 and served as its president and CEO through mid-2007. MoneyLine specializes in providing outsourced mortgage lending services for regional and national banks and financial institutions. These services include loan origination, processing, underwriting, delivery to secondary markets, and post-closing/interim servicing functions. Evan also served as CEO and chairman of First Premier Escrow, a MoneyLine subsidiary. Evan oversaw the dramatic growth of the business, which eventually included 50 bank clients nationwide, and was responsible for raising multiple rounds of private and institutional equity capital and debt financing. In 2002, MoneyLine was featured in Inc. Magazine’s “Inc. 500,” a report that ranks America’s fastest growing private companies. In 2006, Evan led the negotiations and subsequent sale of the company to Genpact, a spin-off of GE Capital. Following the sale, Evan continued to serve as one of Genpact’s senior executives through its successful IPO (Symbol “G”) on the NYSE, which was recognized by analysts as the fourth largest IPO of the summer of 2007 with a $3 billion market cap. In addition to being a licensed real estate broker with the California Department of Real Estate since 1997, Evan has held mortgage and/or real estate broker licenses in more than 20 states. Evan graduated with his bachelor’s degree in business management and finance from Brigham Young University.
PJ Mitchell serves as the Vice President of Finance and Administration for G8 Capital. Prior to joining G8 Capital, PJ was a banker/lender at Wells Fargo Bank in Orange County, Calif., where he received considerable recognition as the top producer in his region and was key in developing sales and service training programs. PJ developed real estate experience as one of the founders of the Mitchell Real Estate Group in Southern California, a family-based real estate brokerage company. During college, PJ was the co-founder and president of PeepSafe, a business that sold and installed front door peep holes in residential neighborhoods and new developments, where he oversaw wholesale purchasing and marketing efforts. PJ graduated with his bachelor’s degree in business finance from Brigham Young University and holds a California real estate broker license.
Kurt has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Controller of G8 Capital since September 2008. Prior to joining G8 Capital, Kurt worked as a Senior Associate at Deloitte & Touche, LLP for five years, working two years in their New York office prior to transferring to the Orange County, CA office in 2006. While at Deloitte & Touche, Kurt led financial audit teams, completing audits on both public and private financial and investment companies ranging from small to large cap. Clients he served include Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, US Trust, and the Capital Group Companies. Kurt worked directly with CFO’s and Controllers in order to understand and improve their business processes and financial reporting. Kurt was also part of the national training team for new employees at Deloitte & Touche, traveling across the country to facilitate trainings on technical accounting pronouncements and general procedures. While attending school, Kurt performed an internship with Glenwood Financial Group, a private real estate investment company, where he worked directly with the CFO to analyze the performance and returns of various real estate investments. Prior to Glenwood Financial, Kurt was the co-founder and president of K&J Mortgage Protection Services, a company that generated leads for insurance professionals. Kurt earned his bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Brigham Young University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Matt serves as Director of Business Development for G8 Capital. Matt’s primary focus is establishing and maintaining banking relationships and sourcing/screening loan and property acquisition opportunities for the firm. Matt has over 20 years of business development experience in the banking and finance industry. Prior to joining G8 Capital, Matt served as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Relationship Manager in the commercial banking and finance industry with tenures at Torrey Pines Bank, Mutual of Omaha Bank, Textron Financial, and Silicon Valley Bank to name a few. Matt has focused on securing mortgage warehouse lines of credit, real estate loans, specialty finance rediscount lines of credit, equipment and other fixed asset financing, as well as business loans and lines of credit during his career. Matt earned his Masters of Business Administration degree from the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, as well as his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations.
Brett Koelliker serves as Chief Operating Officer of Money360, a G8 Capital portfolio company. Prior to joining Money360, Brett founded European Tax Credit Corporation in 1999, a financial services company specializing in the origination and development of commercial real estate lending programs utilizing capital market funding sources and non-traditional banking facilities. This company specialized in structured debt programs which provided access to capital market funding for investment-grade trades backed by commercial mortgage assets. The company provided financing and advisory services including origination, risk underwriting, capital structuring, valuation due diligence and transaction management for domestic and European-based credit facilities sourced and development by European Tax Credit Corporation. The company closed in excess of $1 billion in commercial real estate and project finance transactions since inception. Prior to European Tax Credit Corporation, Brett worked for over 15 years with various private equity and Wall Street groups specializing in both equity and fixed-income products. During this time, Brett co-originated a lending subsidiary that directed the tax-exempt and municipal lending platform of Nomura Asset Capital Corporation’s commercial real estate conduit CMBS/CDO business. This division complimented the taxable conduit business at Nomura, one of the largest lenders of commercial real estate in the U.S. at the time. In his 30 years of capital market experience, Brett has developed and structured debt programs utilizing a multi-disciplined financing platform of investment banking, insurance and structured finance in the development of solutions for various asset class financing. Brett graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance from Brigham Young University.
Aaron Murray serves as the Vice President of Acquisitions for G8 Capital. Aaron’s primary focus is the sourcing of loan, REO and value-add commercial property purchase opportunities. Prior to joining G8 Capital, Aaron worked as the Regional Director of Asset Management at BH Properties, a Los Angeles based real estate investment firm. At BH Aaron managed a 1,700,000 square foot portfolio of office, industrial and retail properties in VA, NC, SC, FL, ID and UT. Aaron has also served as the Real Estate Manager for Western Development Partners, a regional retail developer focusing on the redevelopment of under-performing shopping centers in the Western United States. Aaron also worked for several years on the commercial brokerage side of the business at both CB Richard Ellis and Coldwell Banker. His focus was primarily multi-family and retail properties. Aaron earned his bachelor’s degrees in economics and spanish from the University of Utah and he earned the Master of Real Estate Development degree form the University of Southern California.
Ben is Vice President of Asset Dispositions for G8 Capital. Prior to joining G8 Capital, Ben worked as a Manager for SecurityMetrics, a company specializing in financial transaction security. He managed a team working closely with merchants across the US and UK to validate their payment card and financial transaction compliance. Prior to SecurityMetrics, Ben worked in banking at Zions Bank, where he received consistent recognition for excellence in customer relations. Before joining Zions Bank, Ben worked in the Accounting Department overseeing Accounts Receivable for Railpros, Inc., a nationwide development and project management firm. While in college, Ben was an Officer in the Finance Society. In this capacity, he assisted students in finding internships and planned meetings that educated members of the society on different career paths. He also served as the Vice President of the Triathlon Club where he managed the clubs funds. Ben currently serves on the Executive Committee for the BYU Management Society, Rancho Santa Margarita Chapter and is President of the Young Professionals Organization, a division within the RSM chapter. Ben graduated with his bachelor’s degree in business finance from Brigham Young University and holds a California real estate broker license.
Dan Vetter serves as Vice President of Private Equity Investments for G8 Capital and as President and co-founder of Money360, a G8 Capital portfolio company. Prior to joining G8 Capital, Dan worked for PIMCO, the largest bond manager in the world, where he advised institutional clients with respect to their residential and commercial mortgage strategies, developing an expertise in commercial and non-agency mortgage-backed securities. Prior to joining PIMCO, Dan worked for several years on Wall Street in various roles ranging from sell-side research to investment banking, developing an expertise in all facets of accounting, financial analysis and modeling. While attending Harvard Business School, Dan worked with Harvard Management Company (HMC)—manager of Harvard University’s multi-billion-dollar endowment—developing alternative metrics to evaluate HMC’s private real estate investments to help it better allocate capital and manage liquidity risks. Dan earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School, where his coursework emphasized commercial real estate valuation and finance. Dan also earned a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, a Master of Accountancy degree from Brigham Young University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, also from Brigham Young University. Dan holds a CFA charter and holds FINRA Series 3, 7, 63, 66, and 87 securities licenses.