Motili PropTech Interview Series – Sonya Verny, Operations Director, Mace
Sonya Verny has worked within the real estate and facility management sector for over 15 years, overseeing business development and account management for Fortune 500 companies and AmLaw 100 firms. Currently, Sonya is the Operations Director of Business Development for the Americas at Mace, specializing in Outsourced Facilities Management Operations. Sonya joined Mace earlier in […]
PropTech Interview Series: Franco Faraudo, Co-Founder of Propmodo
Franco Faraudo has an MBA in entrepreneurship and has worked with companies on their branding and content strategy. He has worked in real estate as an agent, manager, and investor. He writes and speaks about the intersection between the physical and digital world and is a co-founder of Propmodo, the premier PropTech publication many of […]
Motili PropTech Interview Series: Vincent Dermody, Managing Director, CohnReznick
Vincent Dermody is a Managing Director at CohnReznick and a PropTech, Smart Building Specialist. Vincent started out as a civil engineer back in Ireland. After University, Vincent found the opportunities were stronger in technology than they were in civil engineering, so he ended up veering into technology, became a technologist, spent some time working with […]
Motili Interview Series: Amy Tiemann, President and CEO, TM1 Properties
Amy Tiemann is a multi-family investor and consultant, and President of TM1 Properties. She was recently featured in Forbes, with a piece on due diligence in multifamily investing. In the below interview we get to know Amy, her whirlwind journey into real estate investing and property management, and her views on proptech and importance of […]
Motili PropTech Interview Series: Shannon Failla, CEO, SFive Consulting
This is the first in a series of upcoming interviews with thought leaders in the PropTech space. The series will focus on topics such as: usage of technology in CRE and multifamily property management, internet of things (IoT), smart buildings, HVAC technology, and energy efficiency. We are excited to introduce Shannon Failla, CEO of SFive […]
The MotiliCares Story: How one employee’s weekend project turned into a company-wide phenomenon.
One quarantine weekend evening in March, not long after returning from a leadership conference, Matthew Sallee had an interesting thought. What if he could find a way to both engage local restaurants – many of which were furloughing or even laying off staff… and connect them to hospitals – where cafeterias were closed and healthcare […]
Property Management Companies Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The battle against COVID-19 has turned 2020 into a year of uncertainty, as the pandemic’s full impact on practically every industry remains in question. Multi-family real estate and property management is no exception, as both renters and landlords face growing rates of unemployment and illness with no clear solutions in sight. How will rent and […]
Motili Gives Back: Our Work with Crossbar, Denver Rescue Mission, and Bridges to Prosperity
In this follow-up piece to our previous highlights of Motili’s community team’s activities, we interview Brynn Hamlett and Jordan Grosso about Motili’s initiative with Crossbar, the company’s involvement with the Denver Rescue Mission and a sponsored community project with Balfour Beatty called Bridges to Prosperity. What is Crossbar? Jordan: Crossbar is a social enterprise and […]
Motili Releases MACI PropTech Tool
Just in time for the 2019 OpTech show, Motili unveiled a new proprietary property technology tool, for multi-family and commercial property owners and operators. The new tool, called the Mobile Asset Condition Index, or MACI, was developed to provide institutional multi-family and commercial property owners and operators with a clear view of their HVAC systems. […]
Freon HVAC Systems – is it Time to Replace Yours?
New sales of freon, or HCFC-22 / R-22 refrigerant, will be prohibited in the United States in 2020. Beginning next year, only recycled R-22 refrigerant will be available to service existing air conditioners. Most air conditioning units that are older than a decade utilize R-22. This is an emerging challenge that no multi-family, single-family or […]
