About Us

Andrew Urban

Design Automation Specialist

Andrew creates efficiencies and automations that streamline the process from design to construction.

With more than 20 years of experience as an Architect on projects ranging in scale from single-family homes to world-class airports and microchip facilities, Andrew brings a diverse background to InSite’s Design team.

As an expert in Revit and Python programming, Andrew understands how to leverage the design process and data-rich modelling to push InSite’s processes well beyond its competition.

Andrew lives in Phoenix with his wife, two children, dalmation, cat, and hamster.

Annie Baek

Development Coordinator

Annie leads due diligence efforts across the InSite portfolio.

Prior to joining InSite, Annie spent several years as a commercial real estate attorney working with clients on a broad range of finance and transactional matters.

She lives in Lake Oswego, OR with her husband and two daughters.

Benjamin Kreuzer

Acquisition Analyst

Ben performs underwriting and acquisition analysis of investment opportunities for InSite.

After receiving his BS in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Ben moved from coast to coast to join the team at InSite. While at Penn, he was involved in elections research for the Political Science department and completed a real estate internship at a NYC startup.

Ben is from Buffalo, NY and lives in Los Angeles.

Brian Sorensen

West Coast Development Manager

Brian manages site development opportunities for the InSite projects on the West Coast.

Brian brings nearly 10 years of development and construction management experience to InSite, spanning every step of the process -- site selection, entitlements, site planning, and construction.

He began his career alongside Paul Brown helping iStorage, CubeSmart, and ExtraSpace deliver nearly 10,000,000 square feet of new self storage assets.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. His three year old son is often mistaken for a high school linebacker.

C.J. Rogers

Director of Design

C.J. creates and implements world-class facility design across the InSite portfolio.

As director of design, CJ leads the development of best-in-class buildings that incorporate holistic design strategy, performance, and construct-ability.

Before joining the team at InSite, C.J. worked as a lead designer for SmithGroup. During his career he has worked on various project types including mixed use, aviation, hospitality, retail, historic preservation, and master planning. He has over 10+ years of experience in the construction and A&E sector.

He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.

Charlie Franks

Acquisition Analyst

Charlie performs underwriting and acquisition analysis of investment opportunities for InSite.

After receiving his Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Certificate in Business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Charlie moved to California to join the team at InSite. While at the University of Wisconsin, Charlie was an active member of the Real Estate Club and completed an internship in commercial office brokerage.

Charlie is from Denver, CO and you can often find him out on the tennis court.

Chip Brown

Partner

Chip oversees finance, reporting, and underwriting for InSite.

Chip began his career in investment banking at Wachovia before moving to Quad-C Management, a middle market private equity firm with over $2 billion of equity capital. From Quad-C Chip moved to Classic Party Rentals (a portfolio company of Quad-C) as CFO.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, three children, and enjoys playing golf with his kids, even though they usually beat him.

Chris Runckel

President of Operations

Chris leads the Operations and Facilities Maintenance teams.

Chris built his career around establishing and fostering a positive culture and work environment while developing high performing teams.

As a storage industry leader for 25+ years, Chris delivered industry leading results as a Regional Vice President at Life Storage, a top four self-storage REIT, and then as Chief Operating Officer at Andover Properties/Storage King USA before joining the Insite team.

He lives in Palmetto, Florida with his wife and two daughters.

Christian Espinal

Director of Marketing

Christian drives InSite's property-level strategies for customer acquisition and leasing.

Prior to joining the InSite team, he implemented digital marketing strategies at iStorage, helping lead the portfolio to record-setting growth in the self storage industry.

He holds a BA in philosophy, began his career at Yahoo, and now resides in Temecula with his incredible wife and two children.

Clint McKoy

UI/UX Designer

Clint builds results-focused User Interface strategies across InSite's technology efforts.

Clint brings 12+ years of experience leading UI/UX teams to create optimal user-oriented designs for multiple Fortune 500 brands. A creative problem solver at heart, he brings a design-first point of view to optimize all experiences for our end users including web, mobile, and in-store experience.

Clint spends his free time hiking, taking photos, and riding Onewheel with his kids.

Danielle O'Neil

Senior Accountant

Danielle assists our Finance Team at both the InSite corporate and property level.

Prior to joining the InSite team, Danielle was the Accounting Manager for Esplanade Builders, Inc., a full-service general contractor, where she oversaw and managed the daily operations of the accounting department. Danielle’s prior work experience includes construction and financial services. She loves a good challenge and any opportunity to learn new things.

Born and raised in Southern California, Danielle enjoys spending her free time outdoors, playing sports, traveling and spending quality time with family and friends. She loves to have fun.

Elias Slaiby

Director of East Coast Development

Elias manages site development opportunities for InSite projects on the East Coast.

Elias brings 20 years of experience in real estate development including time as Vice President of Construction with GID Development, where he oversaw 2.2 MSF Waterline Square project in Upper West Manhattan. He was Vice President of Construction and Design Development with Forest City Ratner where he worked on the Pacific Park Brooklyn project and he spent 10 years as the director of Design and Construction for Acadia Realty Trust where he oversaw several large developments including City Point Brooklyn.

Mr. Slaiby has an MS in Real Estate Finance from New York University and he holds a BS in Civil and Structural Engineering. He is also a LEED Green Associate.

Emily Hyun

Director of Operations

Emily leads our operations team across the InSite property portfolio.

Emily started her career at Ernst & Young managing audits in the financial services industry for nearly a decade. She then transitioned to events management in the nonprofit, tech, and media space, most notably overseeing VIP operations for seven Tribeca Film Festivals.

She was born and raised in New York but recently moved to Los Angeles and is looking forward to the milder winters.

Hilke Sanchez

Controller

Hilke oversees the corporate and development groups in the accounting department.

Hilke has over 20 years of real estate accounting and management experience in the commercial real estate and private equity industry. She began her career in public accounting as an auditor and managed the accounting teams at Wedgewood, Colony Capital, and Watson Land Company.

Originally from the South Bay in Southern California, she lives in Hermosa Beach and enjoys spending time outdoors with family and friends.

Jack Modesett

Technology Acquisition Analyst

Jack sources sites for development and performs acquisition analysis of investment opportunities for InSite.

A Texas native, Jack graduated with honors from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Technology Management and Environmental Science in 2019. Prior to joining InSite he worked for a fintech real estate platform helping investment managers streamline their backend processes. Jack utilizes his technology background to manage portions of SiteId, InSite’s proprietary acquisitions platform.

Jack is from Austin, Texas and lives in San Diego with his 9 surfboards.

Jake McMillan

Digital Strategist

Jake focuses on scaling the inbound and outbound marketing strategies for InSite and its growing portfolio of properties.

Jake graduated from Colorado State University in 2017 with a BS in Business Marketing and a Certificate in Market Research & Data Analytics. He began his career with Zack’s team concentrating on Systems Engineering & Customer Acquisitions across a variety of industries.

He lives in Orange County, CA.

Jeff Monday

Software Engineer

Jeff builds outstanding software solutions for the InSite operating platform.

Jeff is a skilled web developer with over 15 years of experience across a wide array of industries, including information technology, e-commerce, and travel. He spent a year abroad in Sydney, Australia growing his web development career, while having the opportunity to travel.

Jeff now lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife and two daughters.

Keith Wetzel

Partner

Keith leads InSite's acquisition and capital raising efforts.

Keith has over 15 years of real estate experience, having completed over $60 billion in transactions. Most recently, he was a Managing Director and the Head of West Coast Real Estate at Goldman, Sachs & Co., based in Los Angeles.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, three children and three grills.

Martin John Vagulans

Partner

MJ leads strategy and corporate development initiatives.

MJ’s experience extends across the real estate value chain from acquisitions, construction, asset management, and property technology. He has previously worked at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, and top tier publicly listed firms in real estate strategy, M&A, and capital markets. He has completed in excess of $20 billion in transactions globally.

Max Ross

Acquisition Analyst

Max performs underwriting and acquisition analysis of investment opportunities for InSite.

After receiving his Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Minor in Business from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Max moved back to California to join the team at InSite. While at the University of Michigan, Max was an active member of the Michigan Ross Real Estate Fund and completed multiple real estate acquisitions internships in NYC.

Max is from San Francisco, CA and lives in Los Angeles.

Nathan McElmurry

Head of Self Storage Acquisitions

Nathan oversees all acquisitions for SecureSpace Self Storage.

McElmurry was previously the Senior Vice President of Acquisitions for SmartStop Self Storage, a public non-traded REIT, where he helped to drive roughly 150 self storage facility acquisitions over five years.

McElmurry graduated from Texas A&M University's Dwight Look College of Engineering and earned his MBA from the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business, with a focus on real estate finance.

Nathan and his family live in Corona Del Mar, CA and enjoy anything and everything outdoors-oriented, so long as no pavement is involved.

Paul Brown

Partner

Paul oversees development for the InSite properties.

Paul brings nearly 17 years of construction management experience and a team of more than 40 construction and development professionals to InSite.

After beginning his career at CW Driver, Paul founded his own development firm and became a partner at iStorage, collectively delivering over 10,000,000 square feet of self storage assets to the market and helping to drive the $630,000,000 sale of iStorage in 2016.

He lives in Del Mar with his wife, four children, and their puppy.

Reid Bartolomei

Director of Strategy

Reid oversees strategic, financial, underwriting, and corporate development initiatives.

Reid spent nearly a decade in the Financial Institutions Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, in New York, covering the Banks, Specialty Finance, and FinTech sectors. During his time at Goldman Sachs, Reid gained extensive experience in capital structure optimization and transaction execution, advising on over $250 billion of transactions globally.

Originally from Northern California, he lives in Los Angeles and can be found enjoying its outdoors firsthand every chance he can get.

Ryan Marshall

Software Engineer

Ryan builds outstanding software solutions for the InSite operating platform.

Ryan's extensive software development experience spans nearly two decades across a wide range of industries including fixed income securities, news, and e-commerce.

He has a degree in Actuarial Science and lives in Oklahoma City, OK with his wife and two teenage sons.

Samantha Moffitt

Design Administrator

Organizes and manages projects and priorities for InSite’s Design Team

Prior to InSite – graduated from Arizona State with a degree in early childhood education and special education. She taught elementary school for several years before becoming a design administrator for a general contractor.

Lives in Mesa, AZ with her husband, 3 children, and their chocolate Labrador.

Sam Santhivong

Senior Associate

Sam performs and helps oversee underwriting and acquisitions analysis of investment opportunities for InSite.

Prior to InSite, Sam worked alongside Nathan as the Senior Acquisitions Analyst for SmartStop Self Storage, a public non-traded REIT, where he helped acquire over 40 properties. Sam’s prior work experience includes residential land acquisitions and apartment acquisitions.

Sam earned his MBA from the University of California, Irvine Paul Merage School of Business. Sam lives in Irvine with his wife and 2 daughters. Prior to having children, Sam enjoyed backpacking, golfing and playing basketball.

Shane Niebergall

Director of Technology

Shane leads software and technology architecture efforts across the InSite portfolio.

Prior to joining InSite, Shane oversaw the development of the iStorage digital platform that led to record-setting growth within the self storage industry. Shane earned his BS in Computer Science and MS in Systems Engineering.

He lives in Thousand Oaks, and communicates in binary with his wife and two daughters.

Sydnee Neilson

Design Administrator

Sydnee organizes and manages projects and priorities for InSite's Design Team

Tae Lee

Controller

Tae oversees the accounting department and the production of financial reports.

Tim Karp

West Coast Development Manager

Tim manages site development opportunities for the InSite projects on the West Coast.

Tim was previously the Vice President of Store Development for SmartStop Self Storage, a public non-traded REIT. He helped drive the store development program throughout the US & Canada over four years.

During his career, Tim has worked at Extra Space Self Storage, AutoZone & The Home Depot. He graduated from California Coast University with an undergraduate in Business Management. Tim's career centers around real estate, construction, facility management, and store development.

Tim and his family live in Newport Beach, California, enjoying time together and all beach-related activities including biking throughout Newport Beach.

Tim Trevino

Software Engineer

Tim manages all backend development for the proprietary InSite software stack.

Tim is a seasoned web developer with a focus on backend applications. With professional experience in an array of industries including e-commerce, fulfillment, finance, commercial A/V, travel, DNS, and law, he is uniquely equipped to provide comprehensive and specialized technical solutions.

Tim has a degree in MIS and a JD. He lives in Austin, TX with his wife and three children.

Tony Park

Partner

Tony leads technology strategies across the InSite portfolio.

Tony has built his career around designing cross-functional, high performance software spanning marketing, operations, and sales.

As Zack's co-founder and collaborator for 20+ years, Tony has delivered solutions across a variety of industries culminating with the development of a disruptive platform in the self storage industry.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Utkarsh Kumar

Lead Planner

UK addresses the needs of our customers along with the goals of municipalities to help advance the InSite development pipeline.

With 8+ years of experience spanning China, India and North America, UK brings a global perspective to planning and design at InSite.

Prior to joining the team, UK held the dual role of designer and planner at Smithgroup working on notable higher education and planning projects including campus masterplans for some of the leading public universities in the country, headquarters for an automotive company in China, and a new medical district for the city of Las Vegas.

UK received his B.A. Architecture and M.Arch Masters of Urban Design from University of Arizona and lives in Phoenix with his wife.

Zach Rocktashel

Senior Analyst

Zach performs underwriting and acquisition analysis of investment opportunities for InSite.

Zach graduated Villanova University in 2017 with an MS in Finance. He began his career at Greysteel, a national brokerage firm with a specialty in multifamily investment sales and finance.

He lives in Los Angeles with his golden retriever, Cody.

Zack Linford

Partner

Zack leads marketing and operations strategies across the InSite portfolio.

Alongside Tony, Zack is the founder of several companies that build technology solutions to drive operating efficiency for clients including Intuit, Experian, and Arrow Electronics.

Zack and his team joined iStorage as partners where Zack took on the dual roles of CTO and CMO. There he and his team built a disruptive customer acquisition and operating platform that provided a foundation for the company's record-breaking growth and eventual $630,000,000 acquisition.

He lives in North County San Diego with his wife, two children, and a VR flight simulator.

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