Category: Networking

Industry veteran joins Transwestern as senior managing director, head of acquisitions

Posted on by Mia Goulart

Transwestern Investment Group (TIG®) announces accomplished commercial real estate investment professional Paul Noland has been named senior managing director, head of acquisitions. In this role, Noland will oversee all acquisition activities for TIG nationally, which includes sourcing, structuring, negotiating, and closing investment and development opportunities and financings that meet the mandates of the company’s various separate accounts and discretionary funds. This includes strategies ranging from core to value-add investments in industrial, multifamily, retail, healthcare and life sciences.

Noland joins TIG from L&B Realty Advisors, LLP, where he served as executive vice president, head of acquisitions. Throughout his nearly 20-year career in commercial real estate, he has completed more than $3.5 billion of investments and joint ventures, including $1 billion in the life sciences sector, totaling more than 9.2 million square feet. 

A member of the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers, Noland earned a bachelor’s degree in real estate and management from Baylor University.

Owner of Wildcat Management shares corporate experience with SMU Cox students

Posted on by Mia Goulart

Tanya Ragan, owner and president of Wildcat Management, presented a Business Leadership Center (BLC) Executive Speaker Series on February 13, 2023, as part of the Edwin L. Cox Business Leadership Center’s programming for Cox MBA students.

Through the BLC, Cox graduate students gain insight into various facets of business leadership. BLC executive speakers are C-level business leaders drawn from prominent national and international companies, who come to the SMU campus to share their extensive knowledge with Cox students.

BLC Executive Speakers include representatives from Wildcat Management, Bank of Texas, Copart Direct, Keurig Dr Pepper and many more.

Although no class credit is given for attendance, students consistently rate what they have learned from BLC executives as extremely valuable, and many students say that the BLC was a major factor in their decision to attend Cox.

Adolfson & Peterson Construction Hires Darian Reams as Director of Mission Critical Services

Posted on by Jordan Jensen

Darian Reams joins Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) as its Director of Mission Critical Services. A brilliant leader with design and construction management experience spanning 20+ years, he oversees preconstruction, construction and close-out activities for AP’s national portfolio of mission-critical projects, including the rapidly growing data center market. He also drives business development efforts in Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Arizona, Colorado and other key areas across the U.S.

Adolfson & Peterson Construction welcomes Tommy Meserole as its new Central Texas Director of Preconstruction

Posted on by Jordan Jensen

Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) welcomes Tommy Meserole as its new Central Texas Director of Preconstruction. He touts 30+ years of preconstruction, project management and estimating experience to lead AP’s preconstruction teams in a diverse range of markets, oversees initial planning, design and engineering activities, and builds rapport with clients to grow business for AP’s Central Texas region. He earned an architectural engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Southside Bank Promotes Alice Yang to Houston Market President

Posted on by Jordan Jensen

Southside Bank announced that Alice Yang has been named Houston Market President. Alice has worked at Southside since March 2020 as Commercial Lending Manager. In her new role, she will oversee all aspects of commercial lending operations and support the growth of Southside’s customer base in the market. Alice received a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting from Washington State University.

Mike Kuchar Treasurer on Greater Houston Builders Association

Posted on by Jordan Jensen

Mike Kuchar, CPA, CCIFP, Shareholder at Doeren Mayhew and leader of the firm’s Construction Group in Houston, has been elected to serve as Treasurer within the Greater Houston Builders Association’s board of directors. Leveraging more than 20 years in public accounting, primarily within the construction industry, Mike works closely with general and specialty construction contractors, home builders and more to offer specialized audit and advisory services.

EDUCATION:  Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting – Michigan State University