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Ryan Urech, CFA

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Jim Pouns

Chief Financial Officer

Danielle Urech

Senior Director

Drew Zahora

Senior Director

Chris Bergersen

Associate

Parker Lund

Associate

Jack Nini

Acquisition Associate
Ryan Urech, CFA - Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Rycore Capital

Ryan Urech, CFA

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Ryan Urech oversees the strategic direction of the firm, including sourcing and executing transactions and managing capital relationships. Ryan has over $600 million of principal investment and development experience spanning across multiple asset classes.

Before founding Rycore Capital, Ryan was a regional senior executive of Wells Fargo Wealth Management’s Real Estate Asset Management division and built a team of investment and asset management professionals who completed over $300 million of acquisitions, encompassing 1.4 million square feet in 10 US states on behalf of family offices and high net worth clients. Ryan was recognized as a top regional producer during his tenure.

Prior to Wells Fargo, Ryan held positions at two privately owned real estate development and investment firms and began his career with Banc of America Securities as an investment banker.

Ryan received a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from Texas Tech University Rawls School of Business. Ryan is a holder of the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst© designation.
Jim Pouns - Chief Financial Officer at Rycore Capital

Jim Pouns

Chief Financial Officer

Jim Pouns manages accounting at the corporate and property level.

Previously, Jim held Chief Financial Officer positions at Headwaters Concrete Products, The Sprint Companies, and Heritage Bank. Jim also held positions at Hines, Parkway Investments and Park’N Go, directing real estate investments in an array of asset classes. Jim has led investments and capital markets activities for several family offices, directing investments into real estate and banking. Jim began his career in accounting as a staff accountant and controller.

Jim has served on several bank boards and volunteers for United Way.
Danielle Urech - Senior Director at Rycore Capital

Danielle Urech

Senior Director

Danielle Urech runs organization operations, including oversight and management of HR, IT, accounting, and property-level project management.

Prior to joining Rycore, Danielle was the Office Manager for Highland Capital Management LP, a credit hedge fund manager with over $20 billion under management. In this role, Danielle directly supervised the executive administrative team and oversaw the operations for the 115-employee headquarters, including coordinating with HR, IT, accounting, finance and the founders of the firm.

Prior to Highland, Danielle held senior operations positions at two law firms. Danielle received a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from DePaul University.
Drew Zahora - Senior Director at Rycore Capital

Drew Zahora

Senior Director

Drew Zahora oversees asset management assignments and supports acquisition activities with a focus on providing due diligence and analytical support. Drew has over $500 million of principal investment and development experience spanning multiple states and asset classes.

Prior to joining Rycore Capital, Drew served on the Wells Fargo Real Estate Asset Management team, a real estate investment group with $6.3 billion under management and an affiliate of Wells Fargo, NA. His responsibilities included sourcing and executing over $175 million of investment opportunities on behalf of wealth management clients and performing post-closing third party asset management.

Prior to Wells Fargo, Drew served as an asset manager for a privately held Chicago based medical investment and development firm, an acquisitions analyst for IRC Retail Centers, (NYSE: IRC), and a financial analyst for Ventas (NYSE: VTR), a leading healthcare REIT. Drew received a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from Western Illinois University. Drew is actively involved in Urban Land Institute and is a Certified Commercial Investment Member.
Chris Bergersen - Associate at Rycore Capital

Chris Bergersen

Associate

Mr. Bergersen is an Acquisition Associate with Rycore Capital. As an associate, Mr. Bergersen is responsible for assisting with the underwriting of new acquisition opportunities and providing support to asset management for existing investments.

Prior to joining Rycore, Mr. Bergersen served as an analyst with Spectrum Properties Inc. While there, he specialized in underwriting potential multi-family and retail developments. Prior to this role, Mr. Bergersen interned at Spectrum Properties where he completed market and land research for prospective multi-family, office, and retail developments. Mr. Bergersen attended Texas A&M University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics. Mr. Bergersen later went on to attend the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University to earn his Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in Real Estate.
Parker Lund - Associate at Rycore Capital

Parker Lund

Associate

Mr. Lund is an Asset Management Associate with Rycore Capital. Mr. Lund is responsible for assisting with the underwriting of new acquisition opportunities and providing support to asset management for existing investments.

Prior to joining Rycore Capital, Mr. Lund served as a Senior Associate with Duff & Phelps Real Estate Advisory team. During his time at Duff & Phelps, Mr. Lund completed net asset valuations, purchase price allocations, and bank financing appraisals for all commercial asset classes in over 25 different markets across the United States. In this role, he was responsible for analyzing market data and developing financial models for income producing assets. Mr. Lund attended Mays Business School at Texas A&M University where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. Mr. Lund was also a member of the Commercial Banking Program.
Jack Nini - Acquisition Associate at Rycore Capital

Jack Nini

Acquisition Associate

Mr. Nini is an Acquisition Associate with Rycore Capital. As an associate, Mr. Nini is responsible for sourcing and underwriting new acquisition opportunities and providing support to asset management for existing investments.

Prior to joining Rycore Capital, Mr. Nini served as a Relationship Manager with Cadence Bank Commercial Real Estate. During his time at Cadence, Mr. Nini specialized in sourcing, underwriting, and closing on new loan opportunities, specifically within commercial real estate acquisition and development. Prior to his role as a Relationship Manager, Mr. Nini completed the rotating credit analyst training program where he worked on a wide variety of deals across many different industries. Mr. Nini attended Texas Tech University where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a concentration in Commercial Real Estate.
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