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With an extensive experience in leading and directing major domestic and international infrastructure as well as real estate development projects, Mike Sarimsakci is responsible for financial and real estate development activities for Alterra Worldwide, LLC located in Dallas and Istanbul.

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Sarimsakci has worked on real estate projects worldwide with a strong track record of completing infrastructure and real estate development projects on time and on budget. Currently, as the Founder & President of Alterra Worldwide, LLC Mr. Sarimsakci is responsible for development and construction of projects that offers superior returns to investors. His formula is simple "$ 1 million to $ 5 million in 5 years. He has been able to deliver on this premise.

His latest project is a 65,000 square meters of mixed use development which consists of 238 residences, 274 key Marriott dual branded hotel and retail space in the heart of downtown Dallas slated to open in April 2016. Another recently completed project, Alto 211 is an 18 story office tower, known as the “Tech Mecca” of Downtown Dallas is set in the vibrant city center district and brings urban lifestyle and modern business culture to the entrepreneurial community. Alto 211 is the headquarters to such renowned tech companies such as Tech Wildcatters, Health Wildcatters, Traxo, Velocis, Launch DFW and Fort Work coworking space.

Throughout his career, Mr. Sarimsakci has been actively involved in development projects on an international level. Most recently, Mr. Sarimsakci was the guest of the Panamanian government to explore public private joint venture development opportunities in Panama. He advised to President of Niger to increase FDI into real estate projects in the region.

Before joining Alterra Worldwide, LLC, Mr. Sarimsakci was the Managing Director of Polidev International, LLC. With Polidev, Mr Sarimsakci was responsible for real estate development projects in the Americas.

Prior to his re-development activities in the Americas, Mr. Sarimsakci was with AECOM as Vice President in Saudi Arabia and later became a Board Member with Ibra Holding in Azarbaijan. With Ibra Holding, Mr. Sarimsakci has established corporate policies and procedures while successfully managing 1.5 billion dollar Baku Yoo Real Estate Mixed use development in addition to managing 100 hectars of industrial development project in Romania.

Mr. Sarimsakci started his career with Bechtel in San Francisco where he was a Construction Manager and a Civil Engineer for two massive park projects in Dubai and Euro Disney. During his time with Bechtel, he was in charge of design and site development of projects and was awarded for his outstanding performance.

Followed by Bechtel, Mr. Sarimsakci became the CEO of BSG Development in San Francisco where he was responsible for all profit and loss as well as all business operations. During his time with BSG, Mr. Sarimsakci managed industrial and commercial development and worked on construction and redevelopment projects where he was recognized with prestigious awards by the City of San Jose, City of Santa Rosa, City of San Luis Obispo and City of Monterey for innovative design and development of various projects.

Mr. Sarimsakci also served as a Senior Consultant at Ben C. Gerwick in San Francisco. His responsibilities included management of IHNC storm protection project in New Orleans with a capital of 1.2 billion dollars, the largest project United States Army Corps of Engineers has ever undertaken. He also successfully participated in tender design effort for Panama Canal bid with a capital cost of 5 billion dollars.

Mr. Sarimsakci holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University and a Certificate of Pre-Law from UCLA. He is a graduate of Stanford University with a Master of Science in Construction Engineering and Management

Mr. Sarimsakci is currently working towards an executive degree for Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate (AMDP) at Harvard University to be completed in 2017.

Mr. Quesada has over 20 years of experience in finance and real estate, having executed and managed nearly $2.0 billion in real estate transactions across all asset classes including Mixed-Use, For-Sale Residential, Multifamily, Retail, Office, and Hospitality. As Director of Investments and Development, his responsibilities include the oversight of acquisition, development, financing, and asset management for all of Alterra Worldwide’s investment activities.

Recently, Mr. Quesada was Principal at Fides Capital Management where he established a real estate investment fund focused on making direct investments in distressed real estate and senior loan portfolios, providing high yielding senior loans to quality sponsors for real estate acquisitions, re-financing, and re-capitalizations.

Prior to Fides Capital Management, Mr. Quesada was Vice President at Canyon Partners where he was responsible for sourcing and managing new equity and debt investment opportunities. He also oversaw existing investments in the west coast and Florida urban markets for the Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund.

Prior to joining the Canyon Partners, Mr. Quesada was in the investments division at CIM Group. While at CIM Group, Mr. Quesada executed development and third-party equity and debt joint venture investments for the CIM Urban Fund and acquisitions for the CIM Urban REIT across all real estate asset classes throughout the USA. Additionally, he managed third-party sponsors and internal project managers to ensure that best practices were employed and each investment progressed in accordance with its business plan.

Prior to CIM Group, Mr. Quesada was in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs and Co. While at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Quesada analyzed the strategic rationale for potential acquisition opportunities in the biotech and telecom industries and developed financial models to value acquisition targets.

Mr. Quesada began his career in the Finance Division at The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Quesada is a graduate of The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania (BS in Economics) and the Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA).

Emre Terazi is the Director of Construction for Alterra Worldwide Holdings. He is overseeing the preconstruction and construction operations in Dallas for Butler Brothers Building, a 635,000 square-feet mixed-used development consisting of 238 residences, 278-key Marriott Hotel and retail space as well as Alto 211 Project, a 180,000 square-feet office re-development transforming a Dallas historic landmark to a new hub for hightech tenants. Emre brings 15 years of experience in construction industry with recent experience in high-rise residential, hospitality, large-scale capital projects and design/build private projects. Prior to joining Alterra Worldwide Holdings, Emre had been a shareholder and part of the upper management team at Swinerton Builders, one of the largest General Contractors in United States since 1888, where he successfully managed average of $220 million worth of public and private projects annually for over 11 years.

Emre has been rewarded by a steep career growth in United States by turning low margin competitively bid public projects into enhanced profit centers for his Company. As a result, Emre became the youngest shareholder of Swinerton Builders among 1400+ employees at age 28.

Emre is particularly skilled in his thorough knowledge of construction practices, risk and claims management, building codes, scheduling, budget preparation, contract negotiation, cost control, value engineering and several project delivery methods including design-build and lease back. Some of his projects include Metropolitan Lofts in Los Angeles, a high end 264-unit apartment complex across the street from Staples Center. $120MM Cedars Sinai Hospital expansion, Southwest Airlines Terminal 1 build out at Los Angeles Airport, 10000 Santa Monica $176MM 44story high-rise building in Century City. Emre Terazi holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Yildiz Technical University and an MS in Construction Engineering and Management from Stanford University.