David Pogorelc – Chairman
David has been in real estate for over 20 years. During this time he’s experienced the extreme undulations that best describe the Boston real estate market over the past two decades.
Before founding Core Investments, David was a founder and partner at Helm Investments, a real estate investment firm focusing on residential Boston properties. Prior to co-founding Helm, he was investing in undervalued real estate and enhancing and creating value through a variety of development projects. Over the past two decades, David has developed a significant contact base in the Boston market that has contributed to the success of Core and its partnerships.
In 2001, David was involved in the acquisition of a wireless Internet network company to provide high speed Internet access to Core’s properties. USAi.net now provides Internet service to many small businesses and buildings as well as Core’s holdings.
David graduated from Bryant University with a B.A. in Marketing and minor in Economics. He can be contacted via email at david@coreinvestmentsinc.com.
Kurt Miller – CFO
Kurt brings extensive finance, capital formation, merger and acquisition and related experience to Core Investments. In addition to managing tax, financial reporting, budgeting and administrative matters, Mr. Miller is responsible for all financing and capital raising activities associated with property acquisitions and development operations. Kurt also served as CEO of a wireless interent service provider that provides bandwidth to Core and other properties.
Kurt previously was a Partner with Price Waterhouse, a major international accounting firm. At PW he completed over 110 public and private debt and equity securities transactions, aggregating over $3 billion of raised capital and over 200 merger and acquisitions. In his 17 years with PW, Kurt worked with a wide range of firms in many industries from startup operations to Fortune 50 companies, many of which were significant real estate organizations.
He has also served as VP-Finance and Development of Fortelligent, Inc., a data analysis firm and VP– Finance of ApexHealth, Inc. and Aesthetics Medical Management, Inc., both physician practice acquisition firms.
Kurt is a CPA and holds a B.S. in Accounting from Southern Illinois University.
Kurt may be contacted via email at kurt@coreinvestmentsinc.com.
Tim Mackie – Senior Project Manager
A graduate of Wentworth Institute of Technology’s Building Construction Technologies program, Tim has a solid educational background as well as many years of hands on experience in the construction industry. Tim has years of experience managing residential and commercial projects in the greater Boston area. He brings excellent organizational, management and leadership skills to every phase of the construction process.
His communication skills enable him to successfully and efficiently work with subcontractors and suppliers. Tim’s as well as Core Contracting Groups key to success is the ability to work closely with home owners and architects to achieve their complete satisfaction.
Tim can be contacted at tmackie@coreinvestmentsinc.com.
Jessica Blackerby – Controller
Jessica joined Core Investments in 2006. As Controller, she is responsible for managing the office staff, aiding our CFO in financial reporting for all of Core’s real estate operations and is deeply involved in property acquisition due diligence.
Jessica is a graduate of Nichols College, where she earned a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. After graduation she began working at Staples, Inc. headquartered in Framingham, MA. Jessica was responsible for financial reporting in their General Ledger department for five regional sales offices across the U.S. She then decided to venture towards an opportunity in the real estate market and began working at Modern Continental Enterprises, a residential and commercial real estate development company located in Cambridge, MA. In her five years at Modern, Jessica grew rapidly with the company to the position of Accounting Manager where she was responsible for all aspects of financial reporting, budgeting and cash management for real estate divisions in the Northeast, Southeast and hotel operations in St. Lucia. She also supervised the accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll processes.
Jessica is providing Core her skills in financial accounting & reporting, forecasting & trend projections, cash flow analysis & management, budgeting, cost reporting, payroll processes and customer service.
Jessica can be contacted at jessica@coreinvestmentsinc.com.