Director of Operations

Bridget G. Kotz

Cell 858-***-**** ******@*****.***

Summary: Director of Operations; CA Real Estate Licensed Broker. Real Estate/Property Management experience 21 years (Commercial, Retail, Medical, Industrial, Office, Government & Telecomm Leases); Lease Administration; Notary. Insurance Licensed Health, Life, Accidental, Property & Casualty.

Employment History:

02/25-06/25 Pacific Southwest Mortgage, Inc., San Diego, CA 92103

Director of Operations

Show space to perspective Tenants / Brokers

Prepare/Review Leases & Amendments

Manage the 3rd Party Accountants/Auditors

TI Construction Management of Leases

Risk Management, building claims and Cert of Insurance Compliance for Tenants and Vendors

Property Walks and Inspections

Weekly Meetings with Ownership/Prop Mgr

592 Tax Form/AB150 / Other Ptr Duties

Various Accounting 1099s, Weekly A/P requiring 2nd level approval

Contract approval requiring 2nd level

Preparation of Month-End and Year-End Accounting Financial Reporting.

Prepare Partnership Qtr Distrib. Reporting.

Team with Director of Property Management on as-needed basis to complete goals timely.

Available to Tenants and Partners/Owners on daily and as-needed basis for first class service.

Oversee the Accounting CAM Reconciliations and adjustments

Manage the Lease Administration from inception, life cycle and termination to ensure compliance with the terms & conditions of the Lease agreement.

06/24-01/25 Commercial Property Management – Agency – Contract Work

10/22-10/23 Peckham Properties, Inc. / PPI Real Estate, San Diego, CA 92106

Senior Property Manager

Manage multiple commercial retail shopping centers and office space.

Oversee junior property manager and maintenance staff.

Prepare Annual Budgets, negotiate and sign Service Contracts, approve weekly invoices.

Attend weekly Management Meetings with Ownership to discuss budgeting, cost savings, leasing, tenants, development, operations, etc.

Collection of Rents, 3-Day Notices, Assist Legal Counsel with Evictions

Foster relationships with Owners, Tenants, Contractors, etc.

Navigate existing and new Tenants with Leasing Assignments of the Franchisor / Franchisee transactions / assist during PSA.

Obtain Bids for Capital Improvements and oversee completion. Manage all aspects of Tenant Improvements (commencement to completion). 3rd Party Manage. Fees.

Mitigate Risks, Manage property insurance claims and repairs.

Weekly property inspections. Daily communication with Tenants and Vendors.

Assist Director of Leasing as-needed.

Manage new Tenant Move-Ins, Move-Outs, Security Deposit dispositions.

Assist Accounting with CAM / NNN Rec.

08/09 – 10/22 SEA Property Management Co., San Diego, CA 92108

Vice President of Lease Administration

Manage and responsible for 2.2 M Sq Ft of commercial leased space A,B generating $40M annual revenue of income (45+ commercial properties including govern. properties).

Draft Lease Agreements, Addendums & Amendments, Licenses, Extensions, LOIs, SNDAs, Estoppels, Lease Abstracts, SLAs

Various Accounting, Collections, Property Budgets, Income & Monthly Management Reports, Legal Notices & Evictions, work with outside Legal Counsel.

Tenant Improvement Projects / Build Outs, Construction/Insurance and Mitigate Risks

Assist/advise/direct the regional property managers and assistants

Referred to for advice on Terms & Conditions on Leases & enforcement of same

Tenant & Vendor relations.

Commercial Office, Retail, Industrial, Government, cannabis Tenants, etc.

Review Credit & Financials for New Leases

CAM Reconciliation Expenses, Property Taxes

Foster relationships with Stakeholders, Tenants and Vendors

Assist Franchisors/ Franchisees for new Tenants/ PSA between new Buyers and Sellers

Resolve Landlord and Tenant Disputes

Negotiate Lease Renewals, and assist Brokers with negotiation of new Leases and LOIs

09/08 – 02/09 Cushman & Wakefield, San Diego, CA 92101

Lease Analyst

Accounting various duties and deposits

Lease Compliance

Lease Abstracts

03/08-07/08 SD Commercial, LLC (National Enterprises, Inc.), San Diego, CA 92121

Commercial Property Manager

Class A, B, Apts. including Sec 8

Tenant Relations, Evictions, Collections

Negotiated Leases, Amendments, Broker Listings

Tenant Improve., CAM Recs., Budget, Invoices

Oversee Out-of-State Property Mgmt.

Negotiated Vendor Contracts

Real Estate Tax Appeals

Out-of-state compliance & reporting

Property/Site Inspections

Supervised 3rd Party & Maintenance staff

08/04 – 11/07 PARS Assets, LLC, San Diego, CA 92126

Commercial Property Manager

Class A Building Management

Tenant Relations including evictions

Leases, Amendments, Riders, etc.

Lease Abstracts & Billing

Tenant Improvements, CAM costs, Budgetary

Negotiated contracts with Vendors

Facilities Manager & Office Manager including supervision of facilities & maintenance staff

All building functions including ADA, Fire/Life Safety & Inspections

Supported President on as needed basis, travel.

Education / Licenses:

California Notary 2025-2029

California Real Estate License 2027 (Broker)

Massey Business College – Certificate

Palomar College – contracts law & administrative

Houston Community College – basic studies

Licensed Life, Health & Accident Insurance Agent

Licensed Property & Casualty Insurance Agent

Computer Training:

Word / Excel / Power Point / SharePoint

Windows / Microsoft Outlook / Word

AppFolio, MRI, Elite, Timberline/Sage / Yardi

QuickBooks, JD Edwards

AppFolio, MRI, Elite, Timberline

Professional References for Bridget G. Kotz

Brian L. Frary (Partner - Attorney)

Walsworth, LLP

619-***-**** (mobile) / 619-***-**** (office)

******@************.***

Araz Bay, Design Engineer, Qualcomm (Retired)

858-***-**** / ********@*****.**

Shirley Meth, Retired, former Controller

SEA Property Management Co.

619-***-****/ **********@*****.***

Joncia Perry (CPA) – Retired, Temple, TX

Cell 713-***-**** / ***********@*****.***

Anne O’Sullivan, VP of Operations (Retired)

619-***-**** / *******@*******.***

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