Prescient Venture Partners, LLC recognizes that its people are the core of its success. Prescient thus believes it best serves its investors by providing the best talent available in order to deliver outstanding investor returns  Having deep real estate experiences in architecture, project management, and construction and equally deep analytical, investment management and business administration expertise, Prescient has uniquely talented and skilled managers who deliver profit where others see none. 

In addition to its Principals, Prescient has a strong Board of Advisors--consisting of world-class business leaders recognized for their success--that help guide the firm. 

The following are brief descriptions.

Principals

David Aoyagi and Scott Pozzi manage the company and, together, have over 35 years of real estate experience.  With broad backgrounds in the real estate industry, David and Scott bring unique perspectives that create a business model that compels them to seek practical courses of action--not abstract conceptual models--that deliver better results through better insight, faster execution, and exceptional financial returns.  As a hands-on and value driven team, Prescient’s managers truly build real wealth from the ground up.

David Aoyagi

 David has over 15 years  
 of real estate development
 and research experience,
 focusing on quantitatively
 based regional economic
 and property forecasts
 as  well as operations and 
 development models and
  hands-on project and
construction management.  Prior to founding Prescient Venture Partners, LLC, David established and ran two other successful real estate companies as well as a construction-contracting firm, which worked on several high-end commercial and public projects such as the Multnomah County Main Library renovation in downtown Portland, Oregon.  David’s companies acquired, developed and redeveloped multi-family properties, commercial real estate, raw land, and strip malls.  He designed, built, and led his companies to profitability -- increasing revenues by an average of 203% annually.  David holds an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Prior to working in the real estate industry, David was the CFO of a well-established California based company.  David has  served on the Board of Directors of several companies and currently serves on the board of a nationally recognized non-profit tennis academy for underprivileged youths. 

Scott Pozzi

Scott has spent over 20 years in the real estate industry, managing in excess of a billion dollars of investments for the
portfolios of pension funds
and high net worth individuals during the previous twelve years. Prior to founding Prescient Venture Partners, LLC, Scott  was a General Manager for the Trammell Crow Company in charge of a high-rise Central Business District (CBD) office-building portfolio for Pac Tel Properties, High Ridge Partners, the Ouyang Family of Hong Kong and the Lin Family of Taipei. Over a four-year time frame, he increased the portfolio’s value by 243%, outperforming a rapidly rising San Francisco market. As an Assistant Portfolio Manager for JMB Institutional Realty Advisors, Scott was responsible for an industrial portfolio in eight markets across the country on behalf of public and private pension funds including IBM, Exxon, Inland Steel, the City of Philadelphia and Kern County, generating returns 10% above the market averages in the most depressed real estate market of the century.  Additionally, Scott remains an Architect in the State of California, having practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area for nine years.  He was a Project Manager for Gensler and Associates where he collaborated on the design and construction management of high rise office buildings, airport terminals, corporate headquarters and retail stores.  Scott received an MBA degree from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering.  He is a full member of the Urban Land Institute.

Board of Advisors

Prescient’s Board of Advisors plays an invaluable role in networking, analysis, and strategy for Prescient Venture Partners, LLC.  The Board meets on an annual basis and is called upon for advice periodically. 

 Sam Kinney

Sam brings a history of innovation and success to Prescient’s Board of Advisors. Sam is currently the CEO of Right Hand Manager in Bellevue, Washington. Right Hand Manager develops tools to help measure and manage performance across the manufacturing process, from procurement, through operations and sales.  Prior to founding Right Hand Manager, Sam co-founded FreeMarkets, Inc., the company that "marketized" industrial sourcing through the use of online negotiation technology, beginning with real-time online purchasing auctions. In his tenure with FreeMarkets, he participated in technology development, strategy, marketing, customer service, and helped to lead its record-setting IPO in 1999.

Sam is a frequent expert lecturer at industry conferences, government hearings, and academic gatherings. He is co-inventor of numerous patented and patent-pending technologies at FreeMarkets. Prior to FreeMarkets, he served as a budget director for a manufacturing firm, and twice as a management consultant, with McKinsey & Company and Booz-Allen & Hamilton. He holds an MBA with highest distinction from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Jim Kean

Jim is the Managing Director of Bridgespan Capital LLC a private real estate finance company located in Portland, OR. He also serves as Managing Member of Closing time, LLC a private lending group located in Portland, OR. He is also currently working as an advisor to venture capital funds, early stage technology companies, and entrepreneurs.

Jim was President and Co-Founder of Sapient Health Network (SHN).  While with SHN, Jim pioneered the concept of online consumer health communities, building some of the largest and most loyal groups on the Web today.  The company’s service was named one of the “Seven Best Websites of 1998” by Business Week. In 1999, SHN was purchased by WebMD for $185 million. After the sale, he served as EVP of WebMD’s Consumer Division where he played a key role in developing the consumer strategy for the company. Jim was also instrumental in developing the WebMD network strategy with such portals as Lycos, MSN, and Excite@Home.

After WebMD, Jim served as Entrepreneur in Residence with Alloy Ventures of Palo Alto. While with Alloy, he participated in the investment process of one of Silicon Valley’s oldest venture firms. As well, a key responsibility was to parachute in as a senior executive to assist portfolio companies.

 An avid outdoorsman, in 1999 he hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. He graduated in 1984 from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. In 1991 he received his MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Mr. Steve Callan, CPA

Steve Callan is the founder of Callan Account Services, a prominent Bend, Oregon firm.  He has been in practice for over 20 years and has a client list that includes several of Oregon’s leading real estate investment and development companies.  He holds a Bachelor of Sciences Degree from California State University, San Diego.

Mr. David Burback

A 23-year veteran of the commercial real estate services profession, Dave Burback has earned a reputation as a results-oriented, ethical team player, respected by his peers and clients alike. After a successful six-year sales career at IBM, Dave earned Rookie of the Year honors for CB Commercial in 1981, for his outstanding performance as an industrial agent in the Riverside, California office. His successful marketing of more than 1,000,000 square feet of space resulted in his appointment as the Sales Manager of CB’s Los Angeles office. One year later at the age of 32, he was named Vice-President and Resident Manager of the firm's new Jacksonville, Florida office. Burback was responsible for leading the office to consistent top 10 performances in the eastern division. Four years later, Dave was promoted to Senior Vice-President in charge of the 35-broker Riverside, California office. He successfully repositioned the office in the marketplace and restructured personnel during the economic down turn of the early 1990's. Under Dave's leadership, the Riverside, California office ranked in the top 10 for CB Commercial as well.

In 1995, Dave accepted the position of Senior Vice President/General Manager of the Colliers International’s office in Portland. After successfully merging the existing Colliers firm with Bullier & Bullier, he continued to strategically expand their business in the Portland Metropolitan area. Dave left Colliers in 1999 to form Northwest Realty Advisors specializing in commercial investment services throughout the greater Pacific Northwest.

A California native, Dave is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He is licensed as a broker and is a past President of NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Parks), a former member of ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers), and ULI (Urban Land Institute). A recognized industry expert, he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Dave is a former member of the Rotary Club and Beta Theta Pi fraternity. His fund raising and service associations have included United Way, AYSO Soccer, and Economic Development Partnership, the Portland Chamber of Commerce and the William Temple House.