Partner

Michael S. Wecker

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SENIOR LEVEL EXECUTIVE WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN FINANCE,

M ANAGEMENT AND B USINESS LEADERSHIP

EXPERIENCE

• Operations - Financial oversight of operations, including financial statements, budgeting,

treasury functions, audits, taxes and shareholder communications

• Financing - Procured equity, mezzanine financing, asset based revolvers, acquisition and

development loans, construction loans, working capital lines, permanent loans and municipal

financing

• Strategic Business Models - Key participant in developing strategic business models, as well as

annual business plans

• Risk Management - Developed effective risk management strategies involving insurance,

quality control programs, entity structuring and hedging of interest rates, lumber and other

commodities

• Investment Committee - Senior member of Investment Committee; reviewed, analyzed and

evaluated all new and proposed projects/acquisitions

• Systems - Developed management information and accounting systems and procedures

manuals

• Transactions - Negotiated and structured real estate transactions, including purchases, sales,

joint ventures, loan and operating agreements

EMPLOYMENT

Terra Holdings, LLC July 2008 to Present

Los Angeles, California

Partner

• Involved in structuring financing for an industrial project in Vietnam

• Involved in master planning an industrial park, hotel, shopping center, condominiums and

single-family residences in Houston, Texas

• Performed preliminary due diligence on solar and geothermal energy projects

Alpine Development Group, Inc. June 2003 to June 2008

Palm Desert, California

Chief Financial Officer

• Alpine was a land and merchant homebuilding company that owned over 11,000 lots in

Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Played a key role in transitioning Alpine from a small,

semi-custom homebuilder to a major force in real estate in the Inland Empire

Self-Employed August 2001 to May 2003

Los Angeles, California

Consultant

• Consulted with an agribusiness that had extensive land holdings in the Central Valley of

California to transition it to a land development company focused on master planned

communities

• Consulted with the City of Santa Clarita in the Rocketdyne environmental matter

GreenPark Group, LLC May 1998 to July 2001

Seal Beach, California

Senior Vice President

Start-up land development company that specialized in environmentally impaired properties;

majority owned by a Wall Street investment firm

• Played a key role in effort to raise $200 million real estate fund in conjunction with Merrill

Lynch. Involved in evaluation and structuring of private placement memorandum and

interfaced with Merrill Lynch and potential investors

• Developed insurance policies to cover environmental risk

Highridge Partners October 1989 to May 1998

El Segundo, California

Chief Financial Officer

Company is a residential and commercial real estate developer with single-family homes,

condominiums, apartments, office buildings, shopping centers and industrial parks

• Formed Western Pacific Housing’s mortgage company (a joint venture with Norwest)

• Instrumental in housing company’s growth from one division with three projects to four

divisions with multiple projects throughout California

• Financial oversight of all aspects of commercial operations that generated $500 million in

distributable income

Deutsch Family April 1984 to September 1989

North Hills, California

Chief Financial Officer/Executive Vice President

Portfolio of operating companies

• Oversaw operating entities that included: a development company; a thrift and loan; plumbing,

HVAC and electrical contractors; a hotel management company; an equipment leasing company;

bowling alleys; movie theaters; self-storage facilities; retirement/convalescent homes; and a swap

meet

• Restructured CD Investment Co., a commercial real estate company with over $750 million in assets

including the LAX Hilton, Anaheim Hilton, Beaudry Plaza, and several Wilshire Corridor high-rises

Kenneth Leventhal & Co., CPAs (merged with Ernst & Young)

Los Angeles, California September 1974 to March 1984

Senior Audit Manager

Audit, tax, consulting, non-judicial reorganizations and bankruptcies

• Client base comprised of privately and publicly held real estate-related entities, including

residential housing; commercial and industrial; REITs; property management; title insurance;

escrow; general contractors; hotels; a motor speedway; and country clubs

• Served as a senior member of the National Technical Department, where achievements included

assisting in the firm’s representation on the AICPA’s Real Estate Committee and participating in

drafting the AICPA’s Appraisal Paper

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

California State University Northridge June 1974

Bachelor of Science – Business Administration/Accounting

Honors Awarded: Cum Laude, Dean’s List and IRS Distinguished Service Award

University of California, Los Angeles September 1970 to June 1972

Economics

Honors Awarded: Dean’s List

Certified Public Accountant

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