Chuck Gordon, CEO of Storable, is focused on building the leading, fully-integrated technology company in self-storage. Originally, Chuck started SpareFoot in 2008 with co-founder Mario Feghali and has since overseen its expansion to become the leading marketplace in the storage industry. In 2018, Chuck led the company through the acquisition of SiteLink and formed Storable, the new brand for the combined entity. Since then, Storable has acquired storEDGE, Storsmart, Bader, SBOA Merchant Services, Select Merchant Solutions, and Easy Storage Solutions to deliver a comprehensive all-in-one tech solution for self-storage operators.

Robert has over 35 years of experience developing innovative solutions to solve real business problems.  After spending 20 years working for enterprise software companies and a few startups, Robert launched OpenTech out of his garage.  His focus is on strategic planning, corporate development, and evangelizing the company’s vision to anyone that will listen.  He loves working with self storage owners and when he is not doing that, you can find him hiking with his wife Shellie.

Scott is the VP of Sales for Cygnus Systems. He helps small and medium sized businesses leverage their technology to drive their business forward.

Scott is a business professional with over 25 years of sales and sales management experience. Being a business professional to Scott means understanding business fundamentals, developing strong relationships with cross functional team members, and driving results.

Scott has successfully sold technology products and services for over 20 years working with software, hardware, security, networking, and transport. Scott has worked with business owners in the SMB market and C level executives in Fortune 1000 companies.

Ryan Stewart leads the most experienced and trusted access control and security sales team in the self-storage industry as PTI’s Director of Sales. He brings over 15 years of progressive sales experience to help manage and guide the PTI’s team. Ryan works diligently to provide self-storage operations of all sizes with guidance on the right products and solutions to help them achieve their business goals and strategic vision.

Aaron A. Swerdlin serves as a vice chairman of Newmark Knight Frank
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 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, including the $560 million Storage Deluxe portfolio in
2011. Mr. Swerdlin's experience encompasses several hundred
transactions, more than 775 properties and in excess of 55 million square
feet of self storage space.

Mr. Cohen is the founder and president of Andover Properties, LLC an investor, owner, operator and developer of real estate throughout the East Coast, based in Manhattan, New York. The firm focuses on the acquisition, development, management and sales of industrial, retail and self-storage facilities. Its investors and partners include global institutional real estate private equity funds and high net worth individuals.

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Since developing his first self storage facility and founding the company in 2003, Mr. Cohen has led Andover Properties in its ownership of self-storage assets totaling over 4 million rentable square feet across 32,300 units. Currently the firm owns and manages 40 self storage facilities in 12 states totaling over 2.7 million rentable square feet and 20,300 units, in addition to development projects. Andover Properties, LLC manages and operates its facilities under the brand Storage King USA (https://www.storagekingusa.com).

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Prior to founding Andover Properties and Storage King USA, Mr. Cohen worked for Tishman Speyer Properties. During his tenure, he held various positions within Tishman Speyer’s organization in their Acquisitions, Leasing and Global Asset Sales groups. Mr. Cohen graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree and served on the New Jersey Self Storage Association Board of Trustees as President.

Scott Levy is currently Vice President of Investments with CubeSmart and has held that role since November, 2011.  Since joining the company, he has been involved in more than $4B in self-storage transactions.  Mr. Levy joined CubeSmart in October, 2006 and has held various roles in the corporate finance, asset management and investment functions.  Prior to joining CubeSmart, Scott served as corporate financial analyst for Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN), a Philadelphia office REIT.  From 2001 to June, 2003 he worked in various financial, accounting and property management roles at Equity Retail Brokers.  Scott has over eighteen years of commercial real estate experience including thirteen in the self-storage industry.

Mr. Vestal has been involved in the management, development and brokerage of commercial real estate for the last twenty years. 

Mr. Vestal has been involved in over $1 Billion of self-storage investment sales transactions.  Additionally, he has obtained financing for several self-storage projects and is familiar with conduit, bank and life insurance company loans.

In 2006, Mr. Vestal acquired an ownership interest in Argus Self Storage Advisors, the nation’s premier brokerage network for self-storage facilities, and has been actively involved with the management and growth of the company. In 2009, Mr. Vestal became President and CEO of Argus and is responsible for the overall management and operation of the company.  Mr. Vestal is frequently asked to share his specialized expertise at self-storage industry conventions and meetings. 

Argus Self Storage Advisors is comprised of 37 broker affiliates covering more than 40 markets nationwide.  Argus provides buyers and sellers of self-storage facilities immediate access to a broad market while maintaining the advantages of local broker expertise.  With a transaction history of more than $3 Billion, Argus and its broker affiliates have earned their reputation as the nation’s leading self-storage brokerage.

Mara joined The William Warren Group in September 2009 and has worked in different departments within the company, ranging from Call Center to Real Estate. In her current role as the Director of Operations, Mara works closely with the VP of Operations and COO to focus on the company’s national operating strategy and initiatives. Recently, she took on the role of third-party owner relationships and onboarding.

Korey Hanson has been in the self-storage industry since 2004 and a part of Argus Professional Storage Management since the business was created in 2012. He currently serves as its President and is also a Principal of the company. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the management company and its 125+ managed storage facilities across 12 states. He works closely with his Regional Managers and other corporate level employees to ensure that the day to day operations run efficiently and effectively.  He is active in new management acquisitions and existing client relations. 

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Prior to APSM, Korey worked for Professional Self Storage Management starting out as an Area Manager, working his way up to Director of Operations and eventually President. During this time, he gained experience in all areas of self-storage including development, operations, marketing, accounting and finance. Korey is currently on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Self Storage Association. He graduated from the University of Arizona in 2002 with a B.S. in Business Management.

Mr. DeRose is a Senior Vice President at Starwood Mortgage Capital (“SMC”). In his role at SMC, Mr. DeRose is responsible for the origination of fixed rate non-recourse CMBS loans. During his tenure with SMC, he has also served as a senior underwriter and securitization coordinator.

Prior to joining Starwood, Mr. DeRose served as a Director at Wells Fargo Securities. In his role, he was responsible for overseeing a $1.3 Billion high yield CRE loan portfolio. Mr. DeRose also held various positions within the bank and its predecessor, Wachovia Securities’ Real Estate Capital Markets and Investment Banking platform, where most of his time was spent in the firm’s Structured Finance Group underwriting bridge loans, mezzanine loans, and equity investments on commercial real estate properties across the United States.

Mr. DeRose serves as a guest lecturer and student mentor at the University of Florida. Mr. DeRose holds a Bachelor’s Degree in both Economics and Business Management, as well as a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Florida.

With nearly 15 years in the financial services industry, Nick works with many businesses to help meet their financial goals. He specializes in various industries and works with clients all over the country to provide the loans that best meet their needs. Nick provides a number of different loans including Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. As an SBA Preferred Lender, Bank Five Nine is able to make the application and approval processes faster and easier.

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.

Terry Campbell is the head of Live Oak’s small business lending team providing capital to the agriculture, funeral home and cemetery, self-storage and service contractor industries. Terry previously held various roles with a leading self-storage supplier for over 20 years. Starting as a drafter/estimator, he advanced to vice president of sales and marketing and executive vice president of operations. He is a partner in several self-storage facilities across several states. He served as a managing member and part owner of a large self-storage facility in Northern Virginia in the early 2000’s. Terry has also served on the Editorial Advisory Board for the ISS Magazine and the board of the North Carolina Self-Storage Association since its formation. He has been involved in many seminars and webinars offering education to the self-storage industry and is a frequent presenter at industry events and trade shows as well as a writer for industry publications.

Daniel (Dan) Hryczyk is Chief Financial Officer of Metro Storage LLC.  In this capacity, Mr. Hryczyk is responsible for oversight of the Accounting/Finance and Treasury functions, the Revenue Management Department, as well as evaluation and placement of debt financings and capital structure evaluation.

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Prior to his role as CFO, Mr. Hryczyk was the firm's Senior Financial Analyst, overseeing the analysis and due diligence of new self storage ventures, acquisitions, developments, and asset management projections. Before joining Metro in 2006, Mr. Hryczyk had over nine years of experience in commercial real estate, having held accounting and finance positions with Equity Office Properties and General Growth Properties, two publicly-traded REITs . Mr. Hryczyk earned his BA in Finance from Michigan State University, and his MBA from DePaul University.

Steven H. Cohen is the Founder and President of Guardian Storage Development, Inc., the parent company of Guardian Storage and Guardian Storage Property Management.  Steven founded Guardian Storage in 1987 with the mission to develop and manage real estate into the highest quality storage properties available for commercial, residential and institutional use. 

Since launching Guardian Storage, Steven has developed over 2.2 million square feet of storage space, with a current portfolio that consists of 26 properties in Pittsburgh and Colorado, offering over 18,000 storage units.  

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In 2010, after years of evolving its management techniques, operational systems and human resource planning, Steven spearheaded Guardian’s entry into the Third-Party Management business with the introduction of Guardian Storage Property Management. The new company provides a menu of valuable services for its own portfolio as well as third party clients, including: On-Site Management, Revenue Management and Maximization, Expense Analysis, Full-Service Accounting, Personnel Training, Incentive Planning, Customized Sales and Marketing Programs, Property Maintenance Programs and Technology Assessment. 

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Anne is the Senior Vice President of Operations for Morningstar Properties.  Anne oversees all aspects of the operations for Morningstar.  Previously, Anne worked in private equity and investment banking. 

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.

RK is the Leader of Coast-To-Coast, a trusted resource in self storage since 1999, and is a Product Consultant to Aggregate Intelligence, Inc, creators of the StorTrack brand and data products for the self-storage industry. Previously he 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. He has worked internationally and domestically. He is currently developing both self storage and RV/Boat/Vehicle storage projects. 

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As an individual RK Kliebenstein is one of the most recognized personal “brands” in the self-storage industry. RK followed his passion to write and is co-author of the award winning self-storage book “HOW TO INVEST IN SELF-STORAGE”, as well as “HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN SELF-STORAGE”, and the sequel “HOW TO MAKE MORE MONEY IN SELF-STORAGE”. A world class communicator, author and corporate leader, RK has had countless articles published and is considered to be a pre-eminent authority on self- storage, mobile storage, and vehicle storage. He is currently working on a book outside the industry: “Power and the Five P’s of Success” (working title). 

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RK has a passion for golf, and also builds the only 82 m.p.h. golf cart with air conditioning! RK has been active in the Ministry of Men for nearly 30 years, helping men and being helped in growing personal relationships with the Trinity.