About Us

My Job in 50 Words or Less: I’m the quirky developer. We live in a constantly evolving world, and my job is to provide housing and build communities that people will love today, and down the road. I also have the opportunity to partner with a number of different non-profits to use our company to try and help the environment and communities we are in.

Some Things I’m Really Good At: Making eggs, and forward planning. In our world everything takes a long time to come to fruition. Entitlement can take 2-3 years, site development 1-2 years, building houses a year to two. My job everyday is to make sure that we are laying the necessary foundation today to ensure that we are still a great company delivering exceptional communities 50 years from now.

Three Words That Best Describe Me: Adventurous, Inventive, Demanding

Favorite Part of My Job: I love underwriting projects, working with architects, and our other consultants to design communities that we will drive through, and have people living in. It’s a pretty cool experience.

Where to Find Me When I’m Not at Work: On the lake surfing, in the mountains snowboarding, flyfishing or with my family.

My Job in 50 Words or Less: Building homes that agents and buyers can be proud of and that add value to the communities we work in. Setting the bar at a really high level and then putting the people and processes in-place to meet and exceed expectations. 

Some Things I’m Really Good At: Finding the best people and fostering collaboration. I manage and provide operational direction to teams working on every aspect of the building process from design, purchasing, construction, marketing, sales, warranties and entitlement. It’s not easy to do right -- and that what makes this job so satisfying and the people here so great. 

Three Words That Best Describe Me: Dependable, Trustworthy and Knowledgeable.

Favorite Part of My Job: Picking all of the interior finishes.

Where to Find Me When I’m Not at Work: Cooking, watching home renovation shows or relaxing with my family and our two dogs.

My Job in 50 Words or Less: I’m responsible for executing on Blue Fern’s financial intitiatives and strategies. Achieving our financial goals requires consistent communication and collaboration with our management team, investors and lending partners while maintaining a balanced view of opportunities and risks.

Some Things I’m Really Good At: Collaborating with others, maintaining and building relationships, setting priorities and executing on them, establishing processes and re-evaluating those processes by applying a mind-set for continuous improvement.

Three Words That Best Describe Me: Loyal, Persistent and Adaptable

Favorite Part of My Job: Seeing projects through from beginning to end, underwriting new projects, working alongside our management team and consultants, problem solving and developing a financial strategy to set up our projects for success.

Where to Find Me When I’m Not at Work: Surrounded by family and friends, keeping up with my three children, outdoors and on the golf course.

My Job in 50 Words or Less: Primarily, I look to find housing markets that are underserved. Locations that have a logical service to homebuyers and their lifestyle. What is less desirable today, can be more desirable tomorrow. Living environments and locations that are untapped or undiscovered; locations where people in different stages of life can identify with  - ultimately and logically call “home”.  

Some Things I'm Really Good At: One area of my job that I enjoy is peeling back the layers of market place onion. Studying the demographic, economic and social forces that shape a market place; the expansion and contraction. Then secondly, using that knowledge to further our direction,  focus and growth.   

Three Words That Best Describe Me: Reliable, Stubborn, Approachable

Favorite Part of My Job: Collaborating on projects with our team and amazing group of consultants.

Where to Find Me When I’m Not at Work: Hanging out with my wife and friends, keeping up with my two children, boating, prepping food, playing my guitar.

My Job in 50 Words or Less: I lead a talented team of individuals responsible for identifying, underwriting, and procuring property which enables us to develop. Our team is the tip of the spear, so we aggressively pursue opportunities that enable our leaders to strategize on the best feasible outcome for the properties we acquire.

Some Things I’m Really Good At:  I bring a high level of energy to every situation I am in, whether it is cheering for my kids’ sports teams or pursuing assets to acquire. I have learned effective communication fixes a lot of problems, so that is a focus. Letting strategy define my actions and words helps us achieve our goals. High character, high energy game changer is how I have been described.

Three Words That Best Describe Me: Passionate, Efficient, Faithful

Favorite Part of My Job: Seeing a project come to life, from having an “idea meeting” to acquiring the property gives a feeling that isn’t realized often. I get to “hunt” without killing anything, and the work that we do is literally changing people’s lives. We often get to help people realize their dreams – whether it is monetizing a property they own or building a home for a family to create memories in. Making money is great, but making a difference in lives is what I love, and we do that every day.

Where to Find Me When I’m Not at Work: I love God, my family, my community, and sports. You’ll find me at the intersection of those things. 

My Job in 50 Words or Less: I provide advice based off financial analysis to support the acquisition and financing of projects. I help guide our business in making the right decisions based off economic conditions and market trends

Some Things I’m Really Good At:  I look for the middle ground when working in teams to make sure everyone is happy. When new problems or challenges arise, I find myself adapting well, buckling down, and getting things done. I want to be the best I can by always keeping a positive outlook.

Three Words That Best Describe Me: Positive, Adaptable, Thoughtful

Favorite Part of My Job: My favorite thing about my job is analyzing markets and looking at certain trends that may affect past, current, and future
projects.  

Where to Find Me When I’m Not at Work: In the summer you can find me at T-Mobile Park watching the Mariners and, in the winter, hitting the slopes at Crystal Mountain.

My Job in 50 Words or Less: I take raw land and create a road map for entitling it through the build out of the last home. Each site is unique, and it's my job to figure out how to navigate the challenges early on in the process. By analyzing development codes, working with the city staff, and directing our talented team of consultants, I make sure our projects receive land use, engineering and construction approval to cross the finish line as efficiently as possible.

Some Things I’m Really Good At: Building relationships with stakeholders and reading city code. While most people are put to sleep by reading city code, I love finding the gray areas to figure out if a project is viable and how we can make the project reach its fullest potential within the bounds of its zoning. This requires significant collaboration with jurisdictions and building those relationships is something I pride myself in. 

Three Words That Best Describe Me: Diligent, Positive, Creative

Favorite Part of My Job: My background is in Urban Planning and I love getting to see how municipal housing policies impact the housing market on both a micro and macro level, as well as using these policies to create livable communities.

Where to Find Me When I’m Not at Work: Experimenting with a new baking recipe, knitting, or capturing the PNW on my film camera.