David Scherer formed Origin Capital in 2007, along with co-founder Michael Episcope, to source investment opportunities in the commercial real estate sector. Originally operating as a family office, the principals later expanded their platform to outside investors who shared their same values, goals and objectives. He currently co-chairs the Investment Committee and is responsible for business development and capital raising efforts at Origin. Mr. Scherer has over 17 years of experience in real estate investing, finance, development and asset management. He played an integral role in the successful launch of the firm’s two value-add commercial real estate funds. In addition, he was responsible for assembling and leading Origin’s team of investment professionals who have over $3 billion of transaction experience. Prior to forming Origin, Mr. Scherer spent eight years at a privately-financed hedge fund specializing in stock derivative arbitrage, where he opened and managed offices in New York and London. He served as company President from 1999 – 2003 and was responsible for hiring and training team members as the company grew from 15-50 employees. In 2006, Mr. Scherer co-founded the non-profit organization One Million Degrees, which to date has raised over $9 million and offers support and mentoring to low-income college students. He is a Board Member at the Harvard Club of Chicago, a Member of the Executives Club of Chicago and the Economics Club of Chicago and sits on the Advisory Board at Invest for Kids. Mr. Scherer graduated with honors from Harvard University and received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Michael Episcope formed Origin Capital in 2007, along with co-founder David Scherer, to source investment opportunities in the commercial real estate sector. Originally operating as a family office, the principals later expanded their platform to outside investors who shared their same values, goals and objectives. He currently co-chairs the Investment Committee and works closely with the acquisition and asset management team to help maximize operations at the investment level. Mr. Episcope has been an active real estate investor for more than 16 years. As Principal, he has purchased and executed revenue enhancement strategies for more than $650 million of commercial real estate and debt collateralized by commercial real estate. He specializes in analysis and management of risk. Prior to forming Origin, Mr. Episcope founded SCP Capital, where he developed and implemented proprietary trading strategies. The firm traded more than $10 trillion in notional value of derivative contracts in each year between 2002 and 2005, and Mr. Episcope was named one of the top 100 traders in the world by Trader Monthly Magazine in 2003 and 2005. Mr. Episcope received his undergraduate degree in finance and his Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) from DePaul University. He is the former President of the DePaul Real Estate Alumni Alliance. He also acts as an official mentor to DePaul graduate students and is a sustaining sponsor of the DePaul Real Estate Center.

Mr. Ozee is responsible for office acquisitions across Austin, Dallas and Houston. He has over six years of experience sourcing, evaluating and executing investments on behalf of Dallas-area real estate firms. Prior to joining the acquisitions team at Origin, Mr. Ozee served as the Vice President of Acquisitions at Behringer Harvard where he sourced investments for a Behringer Harvard Public REIT and Behringer’s separately managed accounts. In this role, he completed underwriting for more than 200 investments with a total value in excess of $3 billion and closed investments valued over $170 million. Mr. Ozee has experience in core plus and value-added investments with a focus on Texas and the Southeast. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ozee was an Analyst for Goldman Sachs & Co. where he supported the Bank Debt Trading and Syndication business through the management of a portfolio of pending corporate loan trades. Mr. Ozee holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance with a minor in Marketing Management from the University of Arkansas. In 2014, he was selected as one of “Tomorrow’s Leaders: Texas” on behalf of Real Estate Forum Magazine. He holds an active Real Estate License in the State of Texas and is an active member of the Real Estate Council.

Mr. Briney joined the Investment Team in early 2015 and is responsible for sourcing office investments across the southeast region. Prior to joining the Investment Team, Mr. Briney served as Vice President of Asset Management for Origin Capital, overseeing the firm’s portfolio assets totaling approximately $400 million. Mr. Briney has worked with the Origin team for over four years and has nine years of experience in the commercial real estate sector. Prior to joining Origin, Mr. Briney spent three years underwriting commercial real estate investments at Equity Office Properties. While there, he worked closely with The Blackstone Group to underwrite billions of dollars of potential real estate transactions, and closed over $170 million of transactions during the most difficult real estate market in decades. In addition to transactional underwriting, Mr. Briney has extensive experience with lease and asset management analysis as well as corporate cash flow management. Prior to joining Equity Office Properties, Mr. Briney worked as a commercial credit analyst at JP Morgan Chase. There, he was responsible for reviewing financial statements to ensure all borrowers were financially compliant with loan covenants. He managed a portfolio of loans in excess of $150 million. Mr. Briney received his Bachelors degree in Finance from The University of Connecticut.