Ron, Vice President and Regional Account Manager for Northern California, is designated as a Certified Exchange Specialist®, one of fewer than 110 people nationwide who currently carry that certification as accredited by the Federation of Exchange Accommodators. Since 2002, Ron has taught 1031 Exchange accredited courses to over 30,000 investors, real estate agents and others. Ron is a frequent contributor on local radio and television real estate shows and is a guest lecturer at the College of San Mateo, Menlo College and San Francisco State University. He has served on the Board of the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors and the Commercial Broker Association, and is very involved with numerous real estate associations and industry groups throughout Northern California. Ron has a BS in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley, a MBA in Marketing and is an active real estate investor.