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About RECHAMP
RE Champ,
Incorporated is privately held with an executive team with
an amazing amount of business expertise, along with very
impressive academic backgrounds. In order to offer potential
buyers a way to overcome the many obstacles of today’s
market; the inability to secure financing, and then the
extreme costs involved with dealing with current banks and
financial institutions to make a home purchase. And to have
a program where sellers can actually sell their properties
for at least what they owe, RE (Real Estate) Champ has put
together an amazing “change of game” plan with an
experienced dream team of executives and advisors.
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Fred Bender (C.E.O.)
Mr. Bender brings accomplishments from
such companies as Time-Warner, Duke Communications, News Group Corp.,
Bender Brothers Builders, Amazing Realty and more, with expertise in
construction, real estate sales, consulting, finance, marketing and
technology. Mr. Bender earned a B.S. in Business Administration from
Arizona State
University. Also, Mr.
Bender is an Arizona licensed
commercial and residential contractor, and an
Arizona licensed Real Estate Broker.
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Ron Kuhn (C.O.O.)
Mr. Kuhn has over 30 years of hands on experience in the Homebuilding &
Mortgage Lending industry. In 1999 as National President of Beazer
Mortgage corporate offices in Atlanta, Georgia;. Ron was directly
responsible for managing a $350 million dollar warehouse line, and the
daily operations and staffing for 32 Branch Offices licensed in 23
states. In late 2007 Ron relocated back to
Arizona and accepted a
position with a local home town Mortgage Banker where he is still
working today. Ron is highly respected in the Mortgage Lending and
Home
Building industry, currently holding a
Class B General Contractors License and a Real Estate Brokers License. |
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Crocker H. Liu (Advisory Board) (Chaired
Professor of Real Estate @Cornell University)
Crocker H. Liu is a past professor of real estate and finance at the W.
P. Carey School of Business, where he held the McCord Chair. He
previously taught at New
York University and was associate director of
real estate. His research interests are focused on issues in real estate
finance, particularly topics related to agency, organizational forms,
market efficiency and valuation. He was a professional realtor in
Hawaii for a number of
years and was a vice president with Prudential Real Estate Investment
Group. He has consulted with RREEF, Milliman and Robertson, and Standard
and Poors, among others. Liu earned his BBA in real estate and finance
from the University of Hawaii , an M.S. in real estate from
Wisconsin under Dr. James Graaskamp, and a Ph.D. in
finance and real estate from the
University of Texas. |
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Rob Calianno (Advisory
Board)
Mr. Calianno, President/CEO of Distinctive Brands, Inc. where he has
served in this capacity for over eight years . Distinctive Brands is a
national / international consumer packaged goods company headquartered
in
Boulder, CO. Mr.
Calianno has +25 years experience in executive level managerial
positions in the Sales, Marketing, Finance and Strategic Planning
functions with fortune 50 corporations. Mr. Calianno brings amazing
experience and insight to the strategic decision making process at RE
Champ, Inc.
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Jessica Bender (Co-Founder)
With a strong technical (chemical engineering) and creative background
(advertising), Ms. Bender has worked in market research and studied
consumer trends while completing her BS in Marketing from
Arizona
State University. She has worked with a
commercial and residential builder in Bender Brothers Builders. She
comes from a family of Real estate brokers and agents. She graduated
from ASU in May 2009, and now she lives in
England working for OmniCom. |
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Bret Bender (Co-Founder)
Bret Bender is a graduate student of Arizona
State University, majoring in English Literature
and Teaching. For the last four years Bret has been a real estate
entrepreneur, acquiring a variety of properties totaling in the
millions. Bret thrives on creativity, knowledge, and the ability to
sculpt his own successful financial future.
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Jeff Rea (Advisory
Board)
Mr. Rea has over 25 years of domestic and international management
experience in marketing and sales, ranging from Fortune 50 companies
(Frito-Lay, Miller Brewing Company, Whirlpool Corporation) to consumer
product and new media startups. He currently serves as SVP, Marketing
with EcoMedia, an early stage environmental media company. Mr. Rea
received his MBA from
Northwestern
University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and
his BBA from Washington State University |
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Karen Baker (Advisory
Board)
Ms. Baker is currently the Executive Vice President/COO of OptoLum, Inc.
which she co- founded seven years ago. OptoLum, Inc. is a
national/international manufacture of solid state lighting located in
Tempe Arizona. Ms. Baker has 25 years experience in
accounting, finance, strategic planning, manufacturing and executive
level management in organizations ranging from Chrysler Corporation,
Ceco Building Systems, and startup electronics manufacturer Multimedia
Telesys, Inc |
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Robert Kerekes
(Advisory Board)
Mr. Kerekes is a former President of Ingram Periodicals and has held
many senior level management positions in such diverse print and media
companies such as Meredith Corporation, Ziff Davis Media and Marvel
Entertainment Group. Mr. Kerekes has also been involved with the
Periodicals & Book Association (PBAA), the largest magazine single copy
trade association and as President been responsible for member growth
over 12% along with helping the industry navigate new distribution
channels and changing paradigms. Mr. Kerekes brings many years of high
level accomplishment in major corporate settings involving contract
negotiations, crisis management and new business development
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Tom Fulcher (Advisory Board)
Mr. Fulcher; founder of The Idea
Gardener® LLC, a business development and marketing consulting
organization. Mr. Fulcher has led projects and divisions for start-up,
small, and large firms including Colgate-Palmolive and Heinz. Mr.
Fulcher serves as COO for a technology start-up in its capital formation
process and recently served as CEO of an internet firm while marketing
it for eventual sale. He has held the positions of Director of
Marketing, VP of Marketing, VP of New Business Development, VP of
International Development, CEO and Board member. Mr. Fulcher serves on
the boards of The American Marketing Association Phoenix Chapter,
Economic Club of Phoenix, Audubon Arizona, and the Marketing Committee
of Invest Southwest Capital Conference. |
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