About April
German
Native or bilingual
Experience
- Cornell UniversityCommercial Real Estate Course FacilitatorEDUCATION AND E-LEARNINGJanuary 2023 - Today (3 years and 6 months)Ithaca, NY, USADeliver instruction for Cornell's Commercial Real Estate certificate programs; achieved 4.7/5.0 student feedback rating.Courses: Real Estate Investment Decision Making, Financing Real Estate Investments, Optimizing Asset Management Strategies, Introduction to CRE Development, Managing CRE Development Projects.
- Alma Real EstatePrincipalPRIVATE EQUITYJanuary 2023 - Today (3 years and 6 months)West Palm Beach, FL, USAFull-service CRE investment and advisory firm serving institutions, REITs, and private investment companies globally.• • Managed $12.6B combined AUM across three investment entities: a sovereign wealth fund, university endowment, and private equity fund.• • Led real estate department restructure for an A-rated health system, including portfolio evaluation, operational best practices, and Yardi implementation.• • Directed Yardi Voyager implementation for Millrose Properties (land bank REIT/Lennar spinout) ahead of public listing, including investment accounting and debt manager modules.• • Redesigned NCREIF output strategy for fund- and asset-level performance measurement reporting.• • Oversaw real estate data management and visualization implementation for a top-5 endowment fund.• • Implemented Yardi Performance Manager for GID Industrial, adding IRR, equity multiple, and time-weighted return metrics.• • Developed real estate investment strategy for a $1B+ impact investing fund covering healthcare and core property types.• • Underwrite CRE portfolios and single-asset transactions ranging from $30M to $300M; prepare internal credit approval documents and lead deal reviews for credit approval for a top 10 US bank.• • Provide deal structuring guidance in collaboration with credit officers and relationship managers; support syndication efforts and monitor industry trends to inform underwriting.
- CrowdStreetDirector – Portfolio InvestmentsPRIVATE EQUITYJanuary 2021 - January 2023 (2 years)Palm Beach County, FL, USAPrivate equity real estate platform facilitating $1B+ in total investments across accredited and institutional investors.• • Managed $4.6B portfolio spanning 520 CRE projects (multifamily, industrial, healthcare, hotel, office, retail) with 80,000+ investment positions.• • Oversaw performance monitoring, reporting, and valuations for 29 managed funds.• • Led Portfolio Investments team through multi-year FINRA broker-dealer transition, establishing groundwork for GIPS-compliant reporting.• • Developed best practices and KPIs for 300+ sponsors and 527 active deals, improving accountability measures by 20%+.
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Education
- Master of Business AdministrationUniversity of Florida2007Master of Business Administration
- Bachelor of FinanceFlorida State University2003Bachelor of Finance