As founding managing partner, Mr. Sekhon has been responsible for sourcing, analyzing, and underwriting all of Markpoint's real estate investments since the firm's inception. In this capacity, Mr. Sekhon led equity investments in four retail centers totaling over 238,000 square feet, a 116,296 square foot medical office redevelopment, a 320 unit apartment complex, a 109 room Hampton Inn limited service hotel, a 22-acre master planned development site, and a six story, 77,056 square foot office building.
Over the last fourteen years, Mr. Sekhon has gained direct investment and operational experience in numerous industries including real estate, private equity and venture capital. As a successful venture capitalist over the last 10 years (see www.markpt.com) and a former commercial real estate appraiser in the early 90's, Mr. Sekhon brings a unique combination of real estate analytics and investment management skills to Markpoint Realty Group.
Throughout his professional career, Mr. Sekhon has been instrumental in the structuring and successful funding of numerous real estate and venture financings. In 1995, Mr. Sekhon founded and served as President of The Markpoint Company, a turnaround and workout firm focusing on restructuring and refinancing undervalued privately held companies. During this time, Mr. Sekhon helped complete seven direct acquisitions and the sale of these holdings in 1999 to an SBIC. In 2000, Mr. Sekhon sold his ownership in the turnaround practice and founded Markpoint Venture Partners. Throughout his career, Mr. Sekhon has served on the Board of Directors of seven companies and one Small Business Investment Company (SBIC). Mr. Sekhon is currently an observer on the Boards of Softricity, VizionWare, Dataside, and Alpha Med-Surge.
Mr. Sekhon is very visible in both the local venture capital and real estate communities. He is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE), a global technology based entrepreneurial organization. Mr. Sekhon received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of North Texas in 1989. He lives in Allen with his wife and three young children.
Since 1993, Mr. Fichtner has been responsible for helping analyze, underwrite and monitor Markpoint's real estate investments. For over 15 years, Mr. Fichtner has been involved in the capital structure, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, management and operations for both publicly traded and private companies. Mr. Fichtner began his financial career on Wall Street in 1987. Moving to New York after graduate school, he joined Dillon, Read and Co. As part of the capital markets group, he was a key member of the team which participated in or led the underwriting of over 80 initial public offerings. In this capacity, Mr. Fichtner helped structure debt and equity financings for some of the largest and most respected companies in the world. While at Dillon, Read he gained extensive experience in securities markets, capital structure, and corporate finance.
Upon moving back to Dallas, Mr. Fichtner joined NationsBank in their advisory services group where he coordinated the settlement of securities trades for both individual and institutional trust accounts. Mr. Fichtner left NationsBank to join DuPont in 1996 to become the accounting manager of the south central division. At DuPont, Mr. Fichtner gained valuable management and corporate tax experience. In 1999, Mr. Fichtner joined 1st Global Inc., an NASD member broker dealer, as manager of their fee-based asset management department. He held NASD Series 7 and Series 24 licenses. While at 1st Global, he managed a group of six individuals, and participated with the management team in strategic planning, budgeting, and staff training. He was responsible for revamping fee-based operations, automating the reporting process, and helping grow assets under management from $225 million to over $1 billion in just over three years.
Mr. Fichtner received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Tech University in 1984, and his Master of Business Administration, Finance and Investments, from The George Washington University in 1987. He is married and lives in Plano, Texas.
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