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Mr. Shiff is a Principal, primarily responsible for leading the firm's investment and management strategies. Mr. Shiff has directed the acquisition of over twenty two million sq. ft. of commercial property throughout the U.S. and Canada. Prior to founding DivcoWest Properties in 1993, Mr. Shiff worked as a development officer responsible for development, construction and leasing at Divco Ltd., a leading family-owned Canadian development and construction company. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineering, Urban Land Institute, and the Pension Real Estate Association. Mr. Shiff currently serves on the board of the Real Estate Academic Initiative at Harvard University and the policy advisory board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business.
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Mr. Mashaal is a Principal, primarily responsible for overseeing the firm's asset management and leasing functions. Mr. Mashaal is the founder and President of Yale Properties USA, a full-service privately owned Real Estate Investment Company whose major operations were merged with DivcoWest in 2006. Yale USA was established in 1991 as an independent affiliate of Yale Properties Limited, a longstanding family-owned real estate investment and development company based in Montreal, Canada. Prior to founding Yale USA, Mr. Mashaal worked in real estate acquisitions and development with CIBC Development Corporation and Cadillac Fairview Corporation and in investment banking with Ladenburg, Thalmann and Bear Stearns. Mr. Mashaal holds a Master of Science degree in Management from MIT's Sloan School of Management, a Master of Science degree in Real Estate Development from MIT's Center for Real Estate Development and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
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Mr. Knetzger is a Principal, primarily responsible for overall corporate strategy and internal management of the Company. Mr. Knetzger is one of the co-founders of Greenwich Capital Markets, LLC, presently known as RBS Greenwich Capital, where Mr. Knetzger previously served as the President, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, and Chairman. Prior to Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Kidder Peabody & Company employed Mr. Knetzger where he was Co-Manager and Head Trader of Kidder Peabody's Government Bond Trading Department. Mr. Knetzger received his Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Virginia. Mr. Knetzger is currently spearheading the expansion of DivcoWest's global investing platform catering to the expansion needs of the firm's numerous technology clients.
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Ms. Moore is a Principal and DivcoWest's General Counsel. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Moore was a founding partner and General Counsel of Wilson/Equity Office, a San Francisco real estate development and management company. Ms. Moore also served as General Counsel of Wilson/Cornerstone, a publicly traded REIT. Ms. Moore began her career as a tax and real estate lawyer at Morrison & Forester. Ms. Moore received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa, and her Juris Doctorate degree from Stanford Law School, where she was recipient of the Hilmar Oilman Jr. award for excellence in legal writing.
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Mr. Dietsch is a Principal and DivcoWest's Chief Financial Officer. His areas of responsibility include planning, monitoring, managing and communicating financial performance for the Company investments and operations as well as oversight of the liquidity, capital structure and profitability for the various entities. Prior to joining DivcoWest, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at iSyndicate, an Internet content syndication company with operations in Europe and the United States and JLA Credit Corporation, an equipment lessor. Prior to these roles, he spent over 14 years with Arthur Andersen, LLP as a Senior Audit Manager in the Audit and Business Advisory services practice. His experience included audits of both public and private companies, real estate accounting, auditing and reporting, mergers, IPO's and business acquisition due diligence, specializing in the real estate and financial services industries. While in public accounting, he also served as a senior manager in a consulting practice focused on providing internal audit services and supporting clients in building necessary infrastructure to support growing businesses. Mr. Dietsch received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Accounting from Purdue University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and NCREIF.
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Mr. Novick is a Principal, primarily responsible for overseeing operations and asset management. Prior to DivcoWest, Mr. Novick joined Yale USA in 1999 where he led or participated in functions that crossed all disciplines within the organization. Prior to Yale USA, Mr. Novick spent nine years as President of Novick Chemical Company, Inc., a distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals. Prior to that, Mr. Novick spent two years as an analyst in the Acquisitions and Finance department of Historic Landmarks for Living, a residential real estate development company. Mr. Novick received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration degree in Real Estate Finance from Columbia University.
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