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Chris Panichi
Mr. Panichi is a seasoned, operationally oriented, chief financial officer and business administration leader with a proven track record across a number of industries, with a particular focus on strategic planning, M&A integration, complex financial and contract structuring in fast-moving, high-growth situations. Chris has significant experience with private equity sponsored platform builds, transactions and business process / best practice integration. Chris received a B.A. in Business from Texas A&M and an MBA from the University of Southern California.
Chris’ executive experience includes the following -
Chief Financial Officer -Therma Holdings
Therma Holdings LLC (“Therma”) is a private equity owned, 1,100-employee, company that is a leading full-service design-build specialty mechanical contractor that focuses on complex HVAC, high purity process piping and process controls for clean rooms, laboratories and high-tech manufacturing facilities. Therma is one of the largest mechanical contractors in the western United States. Responsibilities included overseeing all of Therma’s financial operations and administration functions.
Chief Financial Officer - Industrial Service Solutions
Industrial Service Solutions is a private equity owned, 2,000-employee, company that provides a broad set of services to critical-to-process equipment located in industrial facilities across the United States. ISS is the largest and most diversified independent provider of these and other industrial services in the United States, including complimentary EPC and maintenance services.
Chief Financial Officer - Brinderson
Brinderson was a privately-held, full service engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication, maintenance and turnaround company serving the western United States with over 3,000 employees. Brinderson is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aegion Corporation.
Chief Operating Officer - Makar Properties
Makar Properties is a family office diversified real estate development company with primary operations in California, Colorado, Florida, and Texas. During Panichi’s tenure, Makar Properties had more than $800 million of assets in various stages of development with a total build-out value in excess of $2 billion.),
Chief Financial Officer - Tappan Enterprises
Family office real estate investment and asset management firm specializing in the acquisition, development and operations of high quality commercial properties and private equity interests. The firm, founded by the late David S. Tappan, Jr. (former CEO and Chairman of Fluor Corporation) manages equity capital for high net worth individuals and makes direct investments in private engineering and construction companies and in core, value-enhanced and high yield commercial real estate in the United States and Europe.
Senior Director - Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR)
Fluor is one of the world's largest publicly-traded engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and maintenance companies. With more than 50 offices and 40,000 employees worldwide, Fluor Corporation generates annual revenues in excess of $20 billion. As one of the younger members to achieve “Executive Management Team” status, Panichi held numerous director-level roles in the areas of finance, accounting, procurement, project controls, sales and marketing, and strategic planning. Experience includes executive assignments in Fluor’s Office of the Chairman, Corporate Finance and Accounting, and in the Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Energy and Chemicals, Global Sourcing and Supply, and Shared Services business units. Panichi also led Fluor’s Global Marketing group, helped implement the company’s supply chain management initiative and ERP program, and led the company’s Commercial Strategy group, which was responsible for driving increased profitability across the corporation.
Mark Grace
Mr. Grace has 15+ years of experience in commercial real estate finance, during which time he has successfully closed over $2B in debt and equity transactions, with typical loans ranging from $10M to over $100M. Mark served on the Analyst Council and acted as chairperson in 2009. Mark is Managing Director of the Orange County group at Walker & Dunlop.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Mr. Grace was a vice president at NorthMarq Capital. Prior to his production roles, Mark served for eight years underwriting debt and served as the Analyst Council Chairperson in 2009. In his first year as an originator, he was awarded the rookie of the year designation for his notable production.
Mr. Grace earned a dual degree in finance and management information systems from Boston University School of Management and an MBA from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. He is a licensed California real estate salesperson.
Beyond the Company, Mr. Grace is an avid snowboarder, mountain biker, and outdoorsman, spending as much time as possible with his family, clients, and friends in the mountains. He is a father of four and is an active supporter of the Challenged Athletes Foundation.
Specialties: Multifamily (Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, HUD), MHC, Self Storage, DST/TIC Structures, Retail, Office & Industrial
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