The Team

Eric Jafari earned his business degree from California Polytechnic SLO with a double concentration in international management and marketing. Mr. Jafari has over ten years of experience in real estate private equity, asset management, development finance, distressed asset reorganization, tax structure and trading.

Mr. Jafari joined First Meridian as a wealth advisor counseling the ultra affluent in the areas of asset management, business succession, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment, tax and estate planning. In 2005, Mr. Jafari originated and oversaw the recapitalization of DDU Express in addition to originating and aiding in the orchestration of the merger between First Meridian and the InvestLinc Group. During the same year, Mr. Jafari founded BridgePoint Ventures LLC. Since 2005, Mr. Jafari has managed BridgePoint's $675,000,000+ in real estate acquisitions globally and has succeeded in maintaining a 100% capital preservation record since inception. During this same period, Mr. Jafari co-founded EquityBridge Capital in addition to being appointed as a fund manager for a number of different real estate investment funds.

Mr. Jafari has sat on the corporate advisory boards for Strategic Wealth Alliance, Source China, and Equity One. Mr.Jafari has been requested as key note speaker and panellist for conferences globally including China's Ministry of Construction International Exhibition on Housing and Canada's Pro-Seminars National Advisor Conference. Mr. Jafari earned the 'Certified in Mergers and Acquisitions, Chartered Trust and Estate Planner and Certified Estate Planner' designations in and successfully completed the NASD Series 7 (General Securities Representative), NASD Series 66, (Uniform Investment Advisor Law Examination), Florida real estate and insurance examinations.

BridgePoint Distressed Assets Group

Peter Debs joined BridgePoint Ventures as the Senior Vice President of the Distressed Assets Group in late 2008 with the responsibility of strategizing and implementing distressed property initiatives and developing new business in the Middle-East and North Africa regions. He now serves as a Director for the company. Mr. Debs began his professional career as a brand builder, working for a high-powered New York Marketing agency as the Regional Director for the South-Eastern portions of the US for three years before founding Influence Marketing Inc, a boutique grassroots and guerilla style marketing agency that worked on international lifestyle brands such as Heineken, Amstel Light, Campari, British-American Tobacco, Sony-Ericsson, Nintendo, and Pepsi. In 2000, Mr. Debs began shifting his focus to real estate and formed the Debs Development Group, a private equity firm that specialized in identifying opportunities in undervalued assets. By 2007, Mr. Debs had overseen the purchase and asset management of over thirty properties, including 350 hotel rooms, 200 residential units, over 160,000 of commercial space and two private marinas. For the past two years, Mr. Debs has focused on debt re-negotiations, work-outs, and creating investment opportunities out of distressed or non-performing assets. Mr. Debs was raised in Dubai, UAE as an American Expatriate, completed his MBA at the University of Miami with Honors and now resides with his wife and two children in the Miami area.

Chris Cormier is responsible for overseeing the firm's operations. Mr. Cormier earned his Bachelor's Degree in Marketing with a minor in Economics from Fairfield University in addition to obtaining his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University. Mr. Cormier was employed by Fidelity Investments as an Actuarial Analyst where he was responsible for administering the pension plans for Unilever Companies and Coors Brewing Company. In 2004, he obtained his real estate license and joined Exit Charde becoming one of the nation's top first-year real estate advisors. In 2006, Mr. Cormier joined BridgePoint Capital serving as the Vice President of Business Administration overseeing due diligence and the financial analysis of the proposed real estate investments on behalf of the BridgePoint client base.

Edward dePasquale was initially hired by BridgePoint as Director of Due Diligence to assure compliance on logistics-related projects in addition to auditing and analyzing any applicable permitting documentation. Later he was appointed to head the Member Relations division for all BridgePoint members and spearhead the interaction between firm and clientele. Today, Mr. dePasquale oversees and audits all non-distressed acquisitions conducted by BridgePoint. As VP of Asset Management, he maintains consistent contact and serves as liason between our firm and all legal and compliance arms. He oversees the compiling of pertinent information as it relates to BridgePoint initiatives both past and present, and continually scrutinizes everything presented to our firm and in turn our members. Mr. dePasquale studied for a Bachelor's Degree in Public Management at Florida Atlantic University, along with an undergrad of Paramedical Science from BCC.He is a certified OSHA trainer, as well as being LEAN, APICS, and Sarbanes Oxsley certified. He has also initiated the process of acquiring Six Sigma certification as well. He has over 17 years of experience in the area of Logistics and Operations Management. As the Operations Facility Manager at ABC Distributing (six years), Mr. dePasquale oversaw one of the largest logistics operations in the state of Florida, encompassing over 1,100 employees in a one million square foot facility. During his tenure with ABC, Mr. dePasquale received Manager of the Year honors twice. Prior to joining ABC, Mr. dePasquale served as the Returns Operations Manager for Alliance Entertainment/Source Interlink Inc. (six years), Warehouse Distribution Manager for ANDRX/ Watson Pharmaceuticals (two years). After ABC, he served as Regional Distribution Manager for MOHAWK Industries, the largest distributor of floor coverings on the planet (two years). His experience has seen him provide intimate logistics experience over various commodities for multiple publicly traded companies. Mr.dePasquale is also a licensed Florida Real Estate agent.

Distressed Assets Group

James Pape is a 15 year industry leader in construction and distressed property rehabilitation and resurrection. Mr. Pape joined BridgePoint in 2006 to command its distressed property team and brings a long-standing, award winning construction and renovation track record. Mr. Pape meticulously manages all aspects of distressed property rehabilitation; from assessing foundation and structural soundness to design and full installation. Supporting his role in distressed property management is his intuitive connection with the real estate market. He is a licensed Realtor with BridgePoint Real Estate Group. He has renovated over 500 properties since 1992 and has led the construction and design of 20 luxury custom homes. Mr. Pape's extensive construction and management background includes heading complex projects such as leading large demolition teams on high profile projects at The World Trade Center and Time Square renovation.

Having managed over 2000 employees, David Holt was the Senior Vice President of Operations for abc Distributing, one of the largest private mail order companies in the United States. During his 28 years with abc Distributing, Mr. Holt built the infrastructure that allowed the company to grow from $30 million to over $600 million in annual sales. In 1999, he selected the site and managed the construction of the single largest warehouse in South Florida, a one million square foot, state-of-the-art distribution facility. Mr. Holt is also the Co-Founder of DDU Express Inc., a national delivery service company, PacNet Inc., one of the largest packaging supply services operations in South Florida, and uboxes.com, a national internet moving boxes and supply company.

Scott Roberts is a Certified Public Accountant with over 15 years of experience in the financial industry. Mr. Roberts previously worked as a Senior Auditor for Arthur Andersen during which time he planned and performed all phases of audits for both private and SEC companies. He received his Bachelors Degree in accounting from the Fisher School of Accounting at the University of Florida and his Masters Degree in Accounting from Florida International University. In addition to his CPA license, Mr. Roberts holds series 7 and 66 FINRA designations, a Chartered Life Underwriter designation and a Florida insurance license. Mr. Roberts serves as the Chief Financial Officer for BridgePoint Ventures. He is fluent in Spanish

Jennifer Hendrick initially joined BridgePoint as Executive Administrator to the Fort Lauderdale office before being promoted to the firm's Controller. Mrs. Hendrick came directly from Royal Island Bahamas where she served as Contract Administrator/Payables Accountant. Royal Island is a 45 acre private island development that includes a luxury hotel, village, 200 slip marina, estate homes and golf course. Prior to that she spent several years as Contract Administrator and Accountant for public and private companies on several large scale construction projects in The U.S., The Bahamas, Antigua, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. Martin and other Caribbean nations. Mrs. Hendrick has over ten years of construction administration experience including commercial, residential, multi-family, marine and hotel / resort. Mrs. Hendrick is well versed in American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Sarbanes-Oxley Documentation and is also a former member of the National Futures Association.

Dana Munach is responsible for identifying projects that meet BridgePoint's desired criteria in addition to negotiating with developers on behalf of the firm. Prior to joining BridgePoint, Mr. Munach was the founder of Clarity International. After attending the University of South Florida, Mr. Munach opened his first company in 1985. Eighteen months later, he developed his first commercial property and since then, has purchased and managed several commercial properties. Mr. Munach is one of 1,600 Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) worldwide. He is also a licensed real estate broker and a member of the National Association of Realtors. Mr. Munach is Transnational Referral Certified (TRC) and a licensed mortgage broker. He is also a member of the International Consortium of Real Estate Associations (ICREA), American Chamber of Commerce of Panama (AMCHAM), Commercial Real Estate Professional Investor Group CREPIG, The Real Estate Developers Group, and the International Real Estate Network Group.

Len Bage is responsible for the business development and administration of BridgePoint's property related activities in Europe. Mr. Bage's business career commenced in the engineering industry with Durapipe Limited and the Mono Pumps Group, where he worked with major corporations such as ICI, British Steel, Alcan and Ove Arup before moving into the leisure industry with Berghaus and VauDe where he held management and director roles.

Mr. Bage has held significant budget roles as National and Export manager with Madison Cycles/Madison Powersports and as Managing Director of VauDe UK, providing him with international trading experience, which eventually led him into the residential tourism sector in southern Europe, specialising in real estate investment.

As Branch Manager of the Puerto Banus office and a senior management team member with Andalucian Dream Homes, he delivered seminars at international property exhibitions and latterly, heading up the Investment office at the Majestic Group, spearheaded the sales effort to investors via a network of IFA's and introducers before running his own company, Primo International Property, for two years, specialising in property investment opportunities globally.

Melissa Campbell officially joined BridgePoint in December of 2009 after working for BridgePoint through Ascendis Employment Solutions for 3 months. Prior to joining BridgePoint, Mrs. Campbell spent five years as an Administrative Officer at Dr. Popper's Eye Looks, O.D., P.A.. Throughout this time she has continued to pursue a degree in English at Broward College and aspires to become a Certified Paralegal .Her roles at BridgePoint include greeting clients, maintaining contract files and assisting in due diligence. Mrs. Campbell possesses a strong work ethic which is a large part of the BridgePoint corporate culture and helps to ensure client satisfaction.