THE TEAM
NavigatorCRE founders are leading experts in commercial real estate investment strategy focused on aligning successful teams for the benefit of their clients. Their mission to deliver streamline processes and innovative technology to all real estate professionals has been achieved through the creation of NavigatorCRE’s comprehensive platform. Together they formed a dynamic team to launch the most significant influencer in portfolio management for the entire real estate industry.
Collectively, the Navigator founders have relationships with a large segment of the target market user community. They use NavigatorCRE successfully in their own practice and thoroughly understand how the system functions in order for it to be of maximum value for the success of each NavigatorCRE customer.
Collectively, the Navigator founders have relationships with a large segment of the target market user community. They use NavigatorCRE successfully in their own practice and thoroughly understand how the system functions in order for it to be of maximum value for the success of each NavigatorCRE customer.
Taylor Odegard
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Founder, Chairman | Head of Innovation
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As Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Head of Innovation, Taylor leads the NavigatorSRVS and CRE team with a focus on building the ultimate industry platform for data analytics focused on Navigator's core verticals of Commercial Real Estate, Fintech & Health/Human Services. Taylor oversees the core development of the Navigator platform services and enlightens the market of the most leading edge software services and practices to enhance the industry as a whole. Taylor is the original visionary behind NavigatorCRE. He started developing innovative technology applications while gaining a Real Estate and Finance degree from USC. Nationally recognized as a pioneer in real estate technology innovation, driving significant transactions and success for his clients. Over the past decade he has refined best practices for data visualization and property research, while running his own web development company and collaborating with commercial real estate firms. His ability to develop proprietary code and digital functionality allowed him to lead a top-tier NavigatorCRE development team to create a revolutionary platform that significantly elevates performance levels of Commercial Real Estate professionals through the digitization of processes related to business development, market research, valuation, site acquisition, property and asset management through final disposition.
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Russ Johnson
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Founder | Head of Partner Verticals & Investor Relations
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As Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Russ leads the strategy and growth initiatives at NavigatorSRVS and CRE with a focus on partner verticals & investor relations. His overarching approach of company directives and initiates focuses on alignment in the tech ecosytem to create synergy of networks teaming with networks, companies teaming with companies and teams teaming with teams.Russ brings a 30 year history in business and entrepreneurial experience including 20 years with CBRE as a market leader and Senior VP focused in corporate services, CEO of a private cloud managed services company, founding director of a graduate school of business and leadership, managing partner in a diversified investment company and director of a private family foundation. While at CBRE, he co-Founded the Corporate Finance Group and pioneered the development of national industry practice groups. Early in his career, Russ recognized the need within the commercial real estate industry for the alignment and integration of big data, programs, tools and teams to create value for owners, advisors and vendors. Russ is now committed to make NavigatorCRE widely available through a robust and affordable SAAS offering, for the entire CRE community of industry professionals.
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Kevin Shtofman
Chief Operations Officer (COO), Founder | Head of Enterprise Engagement
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As Chief Operations Officer (COO), and Head of Enterprise Engagement, Kevin leads the NavigatorSRVS and CRE Operations and Deployments teams with a focus on client success at the enterprise, scaling navigator across the industry and operational success of the Navigator platform inside the tech stack of modern day asset management, brokerage and CRE enterprises. Prior to joining Navigator, Kevin’s 16-year career includes positions at Deloitte, EY, and Morgan Stanley. Most recently he served as a Global Technology Strategy Lead at Deloitte, advising real estate developers, operators, and investors, with clients across 4 continents. Kevin is recognized as one of the leading commercial real estate tech executives in the industry and a noted speaker, author and blogger within the growing Proptech sector. He has spoken at conferences around the world on next generation real estate technologies like Machine Learning, Cognitive Automation, and Blockchain. He holds a BA in Economics from The University of Texas at Austin, an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Southern Methodist University, and an Executive Certificate in Machine Learning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Robert Christopher
Lead | Account Management
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Robert leads our account management/client success team at Navigator from 1st customer engagement, coordinating demos, scaling users inside of our client companies as well as growth strategy and training. Robert is an integral part of the client success on the NavigatorCRE platform helping new customers and existing customers grow on the platform and communicate best practices, new innovations and deployment strategies. Robert has a robust background in client services and account management along with foundation work and teaching. Robert holds a degree in Religious Studies from Gettysburg College.
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Kit Wesselhoeft
Lead | Data Analytics
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Kit leads our data team at Navigator from client engagement of the data ingest to fulfillment and training. Kit oversees data migration, data-warehouse connections, data APIs, data analytics and preparation of client data into the NavigatorCRE platform. Kit has an incredible acumen for how data should be received, processed, analyzed and integrated into analytic solutions such as NAVIbi and NAVIcre. Kit is an expert in the field of data analytics and holds degrees in Computer Science and Statistics from Washington State University and Evergreen State College.
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Austin Loud
Data Analytics & BI Team
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Austin is a member of NavigatorCRE's data team, a crucial element in how NavigatorCRE onboards customers and helps them better understand their data. Austin focuses on the migration from raw data and dirty data sets to conversion into usable and clean data that customers can utilize in their NavigatorCRE system.
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Frances Wolfe
Lead | Business/Real Intelligence
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Frances leads our Business/Real Intelligence (NAVIbi) team at Navigator from client engagement and data ingest with data team to KPI's and dashboarding sprints with client teams. Frances oversees final data delivery, dashboard design and BI dashboard deployment into the NavigatorCRE platform as well as ongoing BI updates for clients. Frances has an incredible understanding for how data should be viewed, presented and built into digestible, coherent dashboards so that our customers can maximize the power of their data. Frances is an expert in the field of data analytics and business intelligence dashboard design and holds a degree in Advanced Mathematics from St. Olaf College.
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Alexis Roberts
Lead | Marketing Ops
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Alexis leads our Marketing Ops team at Navigator from internal operations to marketing & client engagement. Alexis oversees the Navi team's overarching marketing and research strategies for NavigatorCRE and Partner Companies like Commercial Analytics as well as engages with clients and training of our clients in our famous Lunch & Learns and CREtech events. Alexis is an expert in client engagement, marketing and CRE research helping the NavigatorCRE team scale with our clients growth. Alexis holds a degree in Business Management with Sports Communications from Clemson University.
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Steven Staley
Lead | Software Development
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Steven leads our in-house development team at NavigatorCRE and the Navigator Cloud Engine. Steven has over a decade of experience in platform architecture, cloud application development and cloud database development and is a visionary on on how data management should be architected and deployed. Steven and his team continue to innovate cloud based technology and the application for the Commercial Real Estate industry with robust data systems and a streamlined user experience.
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Jason Cannon
Lead | Software Architecture
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Jason leads systems/platform architecture at NavigatorCRE and the Navigator Cloud Engine. Jason has over a decade of experience in platform architecture, cloud application development and cloud database development with particular emphasis on a cohesive design of a platform from backend to UI/UX. Jason is a true innovator in cloud based technology and systems architecture who enjoys pushing the limits on design, speed, user experience and systems integrations.
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Dan Doan
Dev | Software Developement Team
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Dan is part of the Software Dev team focusing on NavigatorCRE, Navigator Cloud Engine, and our partnered company vertical products. Dan has a strong background in cloud technology development and is an integral part of our systems team and platform architecture. Dan holds a Bachelors of Science Degree (B.S.) in Computer Science from Seattle University.
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Megan Baer
Lead | Recruiting/HR
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Megan leads Recruiting and HR at NavigatorCRE focusing on the growth and cultivation of the NavigatorCRE team. Megan takes a cultural approach to growing the NavigatorCRE team by finding the right candidates to join our team and helping them build their career goals at Navigator. Megan has been in corporate recruiting and employee development for 8 years and has fantastic knowledge on how to find the right players for corporate teams in high growth. Megan holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree (B.A.) in Business Administration & Management from U.C. Santa Cruz.
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2019 Summer Interns
Data Analytics Team
Tim Li | Data Analytics Intern
Tim joined the NavigatorCRE Data Team for the summer of 2019 focusing on data prep, data analytics and data integrity management. Tim is pursuing his Computer Science degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. |
Tami Tang | Data Analytics Intern
Tami joined the NavigatorCRE Data Team for the summer of 2019 focusing on data prep, data analytics and data integrity management. Tami has a degree in Business Marketing from Saint Louis University and currently is pursuing her Masters in Marketing Analytics from the University of Maryland. |
Alex Reents | Data Analytics Intern
Alex joined the NavigatorCRE Data Team for the summer of 2019 focusing on data prep, data analytics and data integrity management. Alex is pursuing a double-major degree in Computer Science & Economics at Santa Clara University in northern California. |
Kris Allan
Director Consulting | Retail and Corporate Solutions
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Kris leads our retail and corporate solutions division and helps retail and corporate occupiers and landlords understand the power of technology when implemented into their site selection, tenancy and merchandising strategies nationally. Kris brings 30 years of success across the retail, luxury, real estate, and hospitality industries. Leveraging extensive experience in the retail space including management of the flagship store for one of the nation’s most renowned retail companies, she is a valuable asset for consumer facing companies looking for expert guidance in the areas of team building, branding, strategic planning, or customer experience. Her broad areas of expertise include commercial real estate, leasing, consumer experience, personnel management, team building, marketing, motivational speaking and customer service.
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Larry Johnson
Controller
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Larry Johnson is the Controller at NavigatorCRE in charge of the accounting, financial and growth planning with our executive team. Larry has extensive financial experience with hosted software and technology solutions at publicly traded companies (IDX Software and TeleCommunication Systems) as well as cloud-based PaaS/SaaS company (Fuse Networks). Larry is a former CPA with 4+ years of experience at Deloitte & Touche and received his Bachelors in Business Administration (accounting concentration) from University of Washington, Fosters.
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