Larry is the CEO of Give and Take Inc., a company that was co-founded by Adam Grant (Wharton) and Wayne Baker (Michigan.  Give and Take provides solutions that help organizations improve knowledge collaboration, foster a culture of generosity and improve engagement.

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Larry is on the board of Blueprint Health, a mental health technology company, and has served on the board of various tech companies in the past.  He also serves as advisor to various Venture Funds.

Larry’s background includes being the co-founder and CEO of ForeSee, a leader in customer experience analytics.  He led the company from inception (2001) to successful exit in 2013, returning over 22 times the capital invested in the business.  Earlier in his career, Larry also had executive leadership roles at Compuware (Vice President) and Bank One (CTO). 

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Larry has authored two books, Managing Forward and Innovating Analytics.

Ian Burnstein, Principal, is co-founder and COO of Storage Pros Management LLC (“SPM”). In this capacity, he coordinates all operational aspects of the company, including property management, marketing and technology, for a portfolio that until a recent capital event was comprised of more than 75 properties encompassing more than 4,000,000 rentable square feet of self-storage.  

Ian is also the co-founder and President of the Storage Business Owners Alliance (the SBOA), the leading cooperative buying group within the self-storage industry. The SBOA has more than 9,000 locations buying services together from more than 30 vendors at advantageous rates for SBOA members. Ian is also the co-founder and president of SBOA Tenant Insurance, an industry-leading organization that enjoys the participation of many of the largest self-storage private operators.  He also is a founder and a board member of List Self Storage, the preeminent online self-storage property listing service. 

Ian is also a co-founder and principal in Equitable Advisors LLC.  Since 2017, Ian has worked with his partners and investors to successfully deploy more than $70,000,000 of third-party investor equity in other product types to diversify investment portfolios.  

Ian has developed, owned and managed storage facilities since 2001 and is a member of the Michigan bar. While in law school he was the Editor-In-Chief of his law review. Ian has been an active principal in several real estate investments and has served in an advisory capacity in numerous other real estate transactions.  Ian is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Michigan.  He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1992 and a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1995.

Ian is an active participant in his community.  He currently serves as the President of the Board of the Dr. Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic.  The Clinic provides more than $8 Million in free healthcare to uninsured Michigan residents.  Ian also serves on the Foundation Board of Henry Ford Health System and the Board of Directors of the Transplant Institute at Henry Ford.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Transplant Foundation and is active with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

David M. Levenfeld is co-founder and CEO of Storage Pros Management LLC and its affiliated companies.  He has worked in the self-storage investment community nationwide for  nearly 30 years. He is also a co-founder and principal of the Storage Business Owners Alliance (SBOA) (www.theSBOA.com) and its affiliates, including SBOA Tenant Insurance.

Between 1996-2001, David served as Vice President – Development, for Storage USA, at that time, an NYSE-listed real estate investment trust. In that capacity, he supervised the company’s development activities in the Northeast U.S., including the development of new construction, expansion and conversion self-storage facilities.

Since 2002, as principal in numerous partnerships and limited liability companies, David has led the acquisition and disposition of more than $1 billion of self-storage properties in the northeast, southeast and Midwest U.S.  He has also brokered the sale of more than $130 million worth of self-storage facilities and development parcels in the northeast U.S.

David is a co-founder and serves on the Board of Directors of SBOA TI Reinsurance, Ltd., a self-storage tenant insurance company.

David is a licensed real estate broker in Massachusetts.  He earned an M.B.A. in 1987 from the Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania, where he concentrated in Real Estate and Finance. He also holds a Master’s degree from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University.

Shawn advises BSC Group clients on debt and equity financing and loan workout services for all commercial property types, with an emphasis on the self-storage asset class. In addition, he is a frequent speaker and panelist at self-storage industry trade shows and a contributing writer for national storage industry publications.

Shawn’s professional experience includes credit roles at Duff and Phelps and Fitch Ratings. He also worked for Wells Fargo Bank as a commercial mortgage underwriter and credit analyst, and immediately prior to helping found The BSC Group was a Senior Vice President with Beacon Realty Capital. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a core emphasis on economic development and real estate finance.

Ben Macfarland has spent the last 16 years focused on the acquisition, development, financing, repositioning and management of owner operated real estate assets including self-storage (since 2006), parking, student housing, senior living, and single-family home portfolios. Mr. Macfarland’s track record has identified market dynamics, implemented his investment strategy, built out a team and executed on his vision.

To date Mr. Macfarland has invested in ~$2bn of real estate investments as Principal. Storage Rentals of America is his third platform created around an investment strategy in a specific industry (in addition to parking & student housing).

Mr. Macfarland holds a BS in Real Estate from Florida State University and an MBA in Finance from American University. Mr. Macfarland is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable in Washington, DC. Mr. Macfarland and his wife Christina have four children, live in West Palm Beach, Florida, and are actively involved with the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties and the Flagler Museum.

Mike Rogers has been a Vice President of Real Estate at Life Storage since 2012 and oversees the Company’s acquisition, disposition and joint venture initiatives.  From 2004 until 2012, Mr. Rogers served as the Company’s Vice President of Asset Management, which included oversight of the Company’s development and expansion efforts.  From 1998 until 2004, Mr. Rogers served as the Company’s Due Diligence Officer and Acquisitions Officer.  Mr. Rogers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and a Master of Business Administration degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Marc A. Boorstein, CCIM, is a principal and co-founder of MJ Partners Self Storage Group and its affiliate MJ Partners Capital Services. Marc is a second-generation self storage practitioner and has been involved in over $2 billion in transactions. MJ Partners represents developers, operators, institutional investors, REITs, private equity and new sources of capital seeking to enter the industry.

 Marc and his  family has developed and operated award-winning self storage facilities and received the SSA's National Facility of The Year, and National Manager of The Year. Marc is a frequent speaker regarding trends within the industry and contributor to Wall Street analysts covering the industry. Marc is a graduate of the University of Illinois and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dave Hettinger has 10+ years of HVAC experience in various building types including self-storage. Helping owners plan around their portfolio to save money, increase energy efficiency, and keep facilities’ air clean. Motili is a Goodman Manufacturing Daikin owned company and all products are made in the United States. Motili provides products and services all across the United States. Dave is based out of Denver Colorado and has worked with the Self Storage Business Owners Alliance for 2 years.

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Rob Keil is the CEO and co-founder of EnerAllies, a leading software-centric Internet of Things (IoT) solution for commercial energy management. He has a 26-year track record as a successful leader for Silicon Valley-based technology companies, serving as the CEO and in senior executive roles in product-management, marketing and business-development.

Prior to EnerAllies, Rob was vice president of product management for Silver Spring Networks (now Itron), a leading IoT and smart grid supplier to utilities. Rob was responsible for network infrastructure and distribution automation of wireless routers, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and next-generation hardware product lines.

Earlier in his career, Rob was an investment professional in venture capital and private equity for Bain Capital and a management consultant with Bain & Company.

Rob earned an MBA from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bishesh joined Live Oak Bank in 2013 and joined the self-storage lending team in 2016. To date, he has helped finance over $200MM for self-storage projects. In addition to his lending experience, Bishesh is also a self-storage owner and likes to invest in self-storage facilities in his spare time. Bishesh has an undergraduate degree from Miami University in Ohio and an MBA from Elon University.

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Jim Ferguson is a Product manager with Storable and has over 10 years experience in the self-storage industry.  Prior to joining Storable, he was employed by Storage Asset Management, the largest privately held management company, and worked at SiteLink for more than 7 years.

Jim has expertise in marketing, direct sales, on-site technology, enterprise account management, project management, and many functions related to enhancing the vendor/customer partnership. He started two exclusive self-storage think tanks, the Best Practice Group and Marketing Best Practice Group, composed of the industry top operators and holds Bachelor degrees in Design and Textile Technology

from North Carolina State University. He is a frequent speaker at State and National Conferences and Trade Shows.

Jim Mooney Jr is known as one of the modernizers of self-storage processes. Jim leverages over 20 years of storage experience to improve the properties.

Currently he is a Vice President of Operations at Freedom Storage Management. One of his favorite sayings is “We want to work smarter, NOT harder." Jim is an active member of the Pennsylvania Self Storage Association (PASSA). He has been a speaker, moderator & panelist at numerous industry conventions.

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Jody brings to StorTrack over 19 years of experience in the self-storage industry. Prior to StorTrack, Jody successfully operated and managed storage facilities in the Florida market. As a former operator, she understands first-hand the many challenges faced by owners, operators and managers in the industry. Her first-hand knowledge of the self-storage market, makes her a valuable asset to the StorTrack team and its customers.

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RK is the Leader of Coast-To-Coast Realty Advisors, a trusted resource in self storage since 1999. RK has served as the head of acquisitions for Metro Storage, Extra Space, U-Store-It (now Cubesmart), Stor All, and VP of Operations for StorageOne. RK has experience in acquiring, developing, due diligence, strategic planning/execution, operating/managing, disposition, and financing. RK is one of the most recognized personal “brands” in the self-storage industry.

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Bryan Mosser, VP of Sales & Marketing- Cornerstone Insurance Producers, LLC. A knowledgeable insurance industry executive with career rich in operations leadership, sales and staffing excellence, process improvement engineering, and as an insurance underwriting change agent that impacts an organization at a fundamental and meaningful level.

• Key strategist in strengthening market position and supporting long-term sustainability goals. Reputation as a leader in driving team cohesion and communications clarity.

• Identify business targets and capitalize on industry trends to further positive revenue and profitability results. Assigned complete autonomy by company Board of Directors in project planning, marketing leadership, and creation of strategic business vision.

• Continuously meet with state regulators and insurance commissioner to impart company’s vision and re-insurance providers, GEN RE and Swiss RE to discuss profit strategies.

Michael Haugh is co-founder and Managing Member of Absolute Storage Management, Inc (ASM). The firm currently operates over six million square feet of self-storage across the South and Midwest. Prior to forming ASM, from 1994 to 2002, Michael held a variety of positions with then NYSE traded Storage USA, a self-storage REIT. While at Storage USA, Michael’s experience included all aspects of the business including operations, finance and development. Michael holds a BA in Economics from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the University of Memphis. He also holds the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and the Certified Property Manager (CPM) designations.

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Michael E. Berger joined Berger Realty Group, Inc. in 1993.  Since joining, he has led 
efforts in new acquisitions, refinancing, leasing, legal matters, property management and marketing for Berger Realty Group and First Choice Building and Maintenance LLC, its construction division.  Previously, he was an attorney at Rudnick & Wolfe in Chicago 
where he was part of the seventy-person Real Estate Department.  His legal practice 
included all aspects of transactional real estate law including acquisitions, financing and 
sales of all types of income producing properties. Mr. Berger is a licensed attorney in both Michigan and Illinois and a licensed real estate broker in Michigan.  He obtained his law degree from Boston University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan.  He attended the Cranbrook School for college preparatory education, served as President of its Alumni Association from 1998 through 2000 and is currently serving on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Cranbrook Educational Community as Chair of its Finance Committee.  He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Henry Ford Hospital and Health Network from 2004 to 2016 and of Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital from 2009 through the present.  He is a member of Entrepreneurs Organization, and serves on the Board of Governors of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and the Jewish Fund. Currently, Mr. Berger owns controlling interests in and manages a diverse portfolio of real estate projects, including self-storage, apartments, and retail.

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James Hesch is an Account Executive at Easy Storage Solutions, one of the world's top-rated self-storage management software companies. James has over seven years of experience as a sales executive and is passionate about helping self-storage facility owners find ways to better manage their businesses. As a storage facility owner himself, he knows the ins and outs of the industry and understands the difficulties that come with the industry.

Devin Meinhardt is an Additional Sales Executive at Easy Storage Solutions, he focuses on helping self-storage operators succeed in the self-storage industry. Devin has over three years of experience as a sales executive related specifically to the self-storage industry. Throughout his time at Easy Storage Solutions, Devin has helped thousands of self-storage operators find additional avenues to simplify their business operations.

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Mark Poole is the Director of Operations for Liberty Investment Properties based in Orlando Florida. He currently runs the self-storage division throughout the Southeast. Mark and his team, are active in development, acquisitions, and third-party management services. He is an active member and contributor to the industry, and has served as the Past Chair for the Young Leaders Group (YLG) and also served as the 2018 and 2019 President of the Florida Self Storage Association. (FSSA). www.Libertyprop.com |

Scott Beatty is the CEO of Absolute Storage Management (ASM) and has over 22 years of self storage industry experience. Scott has spent the past 17 years working alongside of Michael Haugh and Matt Bailey and an incredible team to grow ASM to over 140 locations in 16 states.

Prior to joining ASM in 2003, Scott spent eight years in financial operations and forecasting/budgeting, including four years as a financial executive at Storage USA. His experience includes the development of single-year property budgets along with long-range strategic and financial plans for large scale companies. During his self-storage career with Storage USA, Scott oversaw and managed the annual budgeting and forecasting responsibilities for over 400 properties, along with the creation, generation, and analysis of monthly property financial reports. 

Scott holds a BS in finance from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. Scott is actively involved with the University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business as a mentor in its Memphis Institute for Leadership Education (MILE) program which annually pairs up business executives with elite undergraduates for mentoring and leadership opportunities.

Guy Middlebrooks has extensive operations and management experience in both the retail and self-storage industries.  He currently serves as CubeSmart’s Vice President of Third Party Management and oversees and coordinates the management of more than 725 managed self-storage facilities across the United States.  Guy is also responsible for new business development as well as existing client relationships.

Upon joining CubeSmart in January of 2006, Guy served as Senior District Manager in the Atlanta, GA and Jacksonville, FL markets, where he built a strong management team and improved operating results of a large district.  In December of 2008, he was promoted to Director of Operations in CubeSmart’s corporate office in Malvern, PA.  Guy was promoted to Vice President of Operations in 2011 where he had an integral role in the growth process of the company by establishing their internal National Sales Center, as well as overseeing the Training and Development, Facility Services, and Corporate Operations Departments.  Guy coordinated the operations and management of over 500 storage facilties in the United States and London.  Guy worked with CubeSmart’s Senior Management team to create a WOW! Department, which is focused on promoting CubeSmart Values, employee recognition and customer service.  

Prior to his career at CubeSmart, Middlebrooks enjoyed a successful 18-year management career in the retail supermarket industry.

Ian Burnstein, Principal, is co-founder and COO of Storage Pros Management LLC (“SPM”). In this capacity, he coordinates all operational aspects of the company, including property management, marketing and technology, for a portfolio that until a recent capital event was comprised of more than 75 properties encompassing more than 4,000,000 rentable square feet of self-storage.  

Ian is also the co-founder and President of the Storage Business Owners Alliance (the SBOA), the leading cooperative buying group within the self-storage industry. The SBOA has more than 9,000 locations buying services together from more than 30 vendors at advantageous rates for SBOA members. Ian is also the co-founder and president of SBOA Tenant Insurance, an industry-leading organization that enjoys the participation of many of the largest self-storage private operators.  He also is a founder and a board member of List Self Storage, the preeminent online self-storage property listing service. 

Ian is also a co-founder and principal in Equitable Advisors LLC.  Since 2017, Ian has worked with his partners and investors to successfully deploy more than $70,000,000 of third-party investor equity in other product types to diversify investment portfolios.  

Ian has developed, owned and managed storage facilities since 2001 and is a member of the Michigan bar. While in law school he was the Editor-In-Chief of his law review. Ian has been an active principal in several real estate investments and has served in an advisory capacity in numerous other real estate transactions.  Ian is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Michigan.  He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1992 and a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1995.

Ian is an active participant in his community.  He currently serves as the President of the Board of the Dr. Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic.  The Clinic provides more than $8 Million in free healthcare to uninsured Michigan residents.  Ian also serves on the Foundation Board of Henry Ford Health System and the Board of Directors of the Transplant Institute at Henry Ford.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Transplant Foundation and is active with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

Dale Payne heads up the Sales Division of Life Storage Solutions, the third party management arm of Life Storage. Dale’s team is responsible for growing the management platform from lead generation through the negotiation of management contracts with owners, developers, and investment groups which currently represent over 300 self-storage facilities.

He has been with Life Storage for 10 years starting as Sales and Client Relations Manager to his current role as Director of Business Development. He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where he earned a BS in Business Administration.

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Matthew Beal is a Storable Product Marketing Manager with a primary focus on Storable’s industry-leading software products — SiteLink and storEDGE. Prior to the acquisition, he held multiple roles with SpareFoot, now Storable’s marketplace product, including product marketing, client success, and partner management.

Having also worked for Nest and Apple, Matthew’s clearly passionate about technology and has expertise in marketing, training, product and project management, data analytics, and many functions related to enhancing the customer/partner/vendor relationships. Matthew graduated from The University of Texas - Austin with a Bachelor's degree in Economics.

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Aaron A. Swerdlin serves as a vice chairman of Newmark in the Houston office. Mr.
Swerdlin has more than 25 years of capital markets experience and serves as the firm's national practice leader for the self storage properties sector. In this capacity, Mr. Swerdlin steers the direction and development strategies of the specialty practice nationally. To date, Mr. Swerdlin has led in excess of $8 billion in self storage transactions and just under $9 billion in overall transaction volume. Transactions have included single-asset property sales, portfolio recapitalizations and regional portfolio dispositions; some of these transactions are among the most significant ever completed in the self storage industry. Mr. Swerdlin's experience encompasses several hundred transactions, more than 825 properties and in excess of 60 million square feet of self storage space. Prior to joining Newmark capital markets, Mr. Swerdlin led the self storage group at HFF, LP. Additional career experience includes having served as the senior managing director and managing partner at Storage Investment Advisors, LLP (SIA), national practice leader for the self storage advisory group at CBRE and director of acquisitions for Storage
Trust Realty (a self storage REIT acquired by Public Storage in 1998).

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Keith is currently a Business Development Consultant for Synchrony HR.  Keith has held roles as regional vice president for a national PEO as well as managing member for a PEO consulting firm.  In addition to having over 10 years of experience in the HR outsourcing industry, Keith is a licensed employee benefits agent.

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Ryan Stewart joined PTI as our Strategic Accounts Manager in 2018. Since being named Director of Sales, is responsible for the training, directing, and managing of PTI’s Sales Team. He excels in consulting, technology, and business strategies and loves working directly with the self-storage industry’s top operators. Ryan works diligently to truly understand the business challenges and goals of his customers, providing them with guidance to the right solution to ensure their ability to not only survive but to thrive.

Nathan Davenport is a Product Manager for PTI and manages a number of projects relating to EasyCode, PTI CORE, as well as the StorLogix product line. Nathan has a business degree and an MBA, making him uniquely suited for managing new, innovative products while analyzing their impact on PTI’s business strategy.

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Adam is responsible for assessing and preparing debt and equity financing requests on behalf of BSC Group clients. Adam specializes in the self-storage asset class and has experience in all commercial property types. Additionally, he conducts daily market research to continually enhance the firm’s competitive edge by staying current on all relevant market movements.

Adam’s professional experience includes a financial analyst role at global rating agency DBRS, within the CMBS group that covers US, Canadian and European commercial real estate. At DBRS Adam underwrote nearly $1.5 billion of combined traditional conduit and non-stabilized loans across all property types. He also helped develop and test quantitative models used to assess credit worthiness for multi-loan pooled transactions as well as single-borrower transactions. Adam earned bachelor’s degrees in real estate and finance from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, with a core emphasis on commercial real estate finance. Adam was also a member of the UW – Madison Real Estate Club and is an active member in the UW Alumni Association and Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Jeniece Carter-Rae is the President of the Storage Business Owners Alliance (SBOA), after 30 years of experience in the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) industry. Formerly the vice president of strategic business development for AlphaStaff, Jeniece worked closely with business owners and operators to provide solutions that improve operations and reduce costs. She served a critical role in four of the largest acquisitions in the PEO industry and has a proven track record of success in sales, senior leadership, mergers and acquisitions and building strategic partnerships. Her strong businesses acumen in illustrating the intrinsic and financial value of products services that enhance profits has positioned her as to be an asset in evaluating the operations of many organizations.  Her analytical approach has resulted in advantageous results for her growing network and she continues to provide unparalleled consultative services. As President for the SBOA, she is focused on membership benefits, vendor relations and continued growth of the organization. Jeniece attended Florida Bible College with a finance concentration and resides in Jacksonville, FL with her children and husband.

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Mark Skrzypczak works as the Director of Operations for Atlantic Self Storage, an Ash Properties entity, operating out of Jacksonville Florida. 

Mark began his nearly 20 year storage career as a Sales Associate with Big Yellow Self Storage; the UK’s largest REIT, where he rose to the position of Multi-Site Manager. Today, he oversees the operation of 50 storage facilities spread across the Northeast Florida area and actively manages over 125 team members. 

As Director of Operations, Mark remains focused on revenue growth, facility expansion, occupancy management, operational efficiency, training, and the development of additional revenue streams. Additionally, he keeps himself and the Atlantic Self Storage brand an integral part of the community through local non-profit partnerships, school program sponsorships, and major sports partnerships with teams like the Jacksonville Jaguars. 

Atlantic Self Storage believes in living, playing, and working in one community, and this outlook is what keeps Mark and his team at the top of the game. 

In his limited spare time, Mark enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, soccer, and live music.

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Keith is currently a Business Development Consultant for Synchrony HR.  Keith has held roles as regional vice president for a national PEO as well as managing member for a PEO consulting firm.  In addition to having over 10 years of experience in the HR outsourcing industry, Keith is a licensed employee benefits agent.

Max Rowe is a consultant focusing on Risk Management, Employee Benefits and Personal Lines of insurance. After graduating from the University of Missouri – Columbia (MIZZOU), Max started his career at another Saint Louis Insurance Brokerage firm in Account Management before transitioning to Cornerstone in November 2019.  Max found his calling in the sales and consulting world.

Max works tirelessly to understand your business, your industry, your objectives and what you value most in order to develop unique and personalized solutions for your business.  Please reach out to Max regarding Commercial/Personal Lines of Insurance or Employee Benefits programs as he would love to get to know you and help make sure you are protected.

Charities Max is passionate about are the St Louis Children’s Hospital Young Friends Board, Friends of Care to Lean, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  In his personal time, Max enjoys golf, and Mizzou Football.

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Ty Meinhardt is the Director of Accounting at Easy Storage Solutions, one of the world's top-rated self-storage management software companies. He was co-owner of TruView Advisors before joining the Easy Storage Solutions team. Ty has over five years of experience in accounting specifically related to the self-storage industry, and several years of accounting experience in other areas. Ty graduated from Dixie State University with his master’s in accounting and is continuously furthering his education.

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Jim Mooney Jr is known as one of the modernizers of self-storage processes. Jim leverages over 20 years of storage experience to improve the properties.

Currently he is a Vice President of Operations at Freedom Storage Management. One of his favorite sayings is “We want to work smarter, NOT harder.” Jim is an active member of the Pennsylvania Self Storage Association (PASSA). He has been a speaker, moderator & panelist at numerous industry conventions.

Jim Ferguson is a Product manager with Storable and has over 10 years experience in the self-storage industry.  Prior to joining Storable, he was employed by Storage Asset Management, the largest privately held management company, and worked at SiteLink for more than 7 years.

Jim has expertise in marketing, direct sales, on-site technology, enterprise account management, project management, and many functions related to enhancing the vendor/customer partnership. He started two exclusive self-storage think tanks, the Best Practice Group and Marketing Best Practice Group, composed of the industry top operators and holds Bachelor degrees in Design and Textile Technology

from North Carolina State University. He is a frequent speaker at State and National Conferences and Trade Shows.

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Larry is the CEO of Give and Take Inc., a company that was co-founded by Adam Grant (Wharton) and Wayne Baker (Michigan.  Give and Take provides solutions that help organizations improve knowledge collaboration, foster a culture of generosity and improve engagement.

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Larry is on the board of Blueprint Health, a mental health technology company, and has served on the board of various tech companies in the past.  He also serves as advisor to various Venture Funds.

Larry’s background includes being the co-founder and CEO of ForeSee, a leader in customer experience analytics.  He led the company from inception (2001) to successful exit in 2013, returning over 22 times the capital invested in the business.  Earlier in his career, Larry also had executive leadership roles at Compuware (Vice President) and Bank One (CTO). 

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Larry has authored two books, Managing Forward and Innovating Analytics.

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Tony has been in the storage auction business since 2012, with the first and leading company Storage Battles, where he was the sales representative for the Midwest, as well as the East Coast regions. In 2014 Storage Battles created Storage Treasures, where I remained the sales rep for the East Coast, through 2014 and most of 2016. Tony has received awards such as “Top Performance” in sales in 2015. The recognition by his peers and the industry, is a great feeling for him. Tony takes pride in how satisfied the facilities were and will continue to be. As newly appointed Director of Sales & Operations, Tony plans to deliver the same excellent service as before with a great support team.

Jeniece Carter-Rae is the President of the Storage Business Owners Alliance (SBOA), after 30 years of experience in the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) industry. Formerly the vice president of strategic business development for AlphaStaff, Jeniece worked closely with business owners and operators to provide solutions that improve operations and reduce costs. She served a critical role in four of the largest acquisitions in the PEO industry and has a proven track record of success in sales, senior leadership, mergers and acquisitions and building strategic partnerships. Her strong businesses acumen in illustrating the intrinsic and financial value of products services that enhance profits has positioned her as to be an asset in evaluating the operations of many organizations.  Her analytical approach has resulted in advantageous results for her growing network and she continues to provide unparalleled consultative services. As President for the SBOA, she is focused on membership benefits, vendor relations and continued growth of the organization. Jeniece attended Florida Bible College with a finance concentration and resides in Jacksonville, FL with her children and husband.

Mark Poole is the Director of Operations for Liberty Investment Properties based in Orlando Florida. He currently runs the self-storage division throughout the Southeast. Mark and his team, are active in development, acquisitions, and third-party management services. He is an active member and contributor to the industry, and has served as the Past Chair for the Young Leaders Group (YLG) and also served as the 2018 and 2019 President of the Florida Self Storage Association. (FSSA). www.Libertyprop.com |

Mike Pizzella, and the team at Cequel III, started StayLock Storage in 2016 and have grown the company to 70+ properties in the span of 4 years. As the CEO of StayLock, Mike is responsible for all aspects of the business including acquisitions, operations, and capital planning. Since joining Cequel III (StayLock’s management company) in 2011, Mike has led transactions in both the data center and cable business as well as fulfilled various operational roles.

John C. Lindsey graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Business Administration with a Commercial Real Estate Development Concentration.

Licensed since 2008, his only focus has been self-storage as he has explored brokerage, consultation, development, and management over the past decade while working on various projects throughout the world.

John is a member of the North Carolina, South Carolina and National Self Storage Associations, as well as a former Board Member of the National Self Storage Association, the NCSSA, and Former President of the SSASC. Additionally, John has been a featured keynote speaker for SSA, and the Asia Self Storage Expo.

Jim Mooney Jr is known as one of the modernizers of self-storage processes. Jim leverages over 20 years of storage experience to improve the properties.

Currently he is a Vice President of Operations at Freedom Storage Management. One of his favorite sayings is “We want to work smarter, NOT harder”

Jim is an active member of the Pennsylvania Self Storage Association (PASSA). He has been a speaker, moderator & panelist at numerous industry conventions.