LseMod Bios
LseMod Organization
President & Founder, Jim Duport
Jim Duport is the President and founder of Lease Cost
Solutions Inc., a software company that develops and
markets financial analysis tools for the corporate real
estate industry.
With over 20 years experience as the
corporate real estate manager for two major high-tech
corporations, he
can say, "Been there, done that!
Got the T-shirt."
Learn
about getting Jim as a speaker
for an upcoming event.
Mr. Duport spent over ten years at Amdahl Corporation, a $2 billion manufacturer of mainframe computers and other services. As Manager of Global Real Estate, Mr. Duport was responsible for over four million square feet and 200+ locations.
Directly responsible for strategic planning, International relations, site selection, and lease negotiations, Mr. Duport developed and implemented processes (including outsourcing) and standards enabling fewer staff to manage an increased volume of transactions.
Prior to joining Amdahl in 1989, Mr. Duport served in a variety of finance and facilities management positions at Calma Company, a General Electric subsidiary. With the closing of Calma, he managed the disposition of the real estate assets and "turning out the lights" in over 30 offices nationwide.
Mr. Duport has an MBA and a BA in mathematics. His careers have taken him from high school math teacher to corporate real estate management and currently, software entrepreneur. With a demonstrated strong commitment to customer service, Mr. Duport is an excellent negotiator, a proven problem solver, a hands-on leader and teacher recognized for innovation, creativity, and developing effective teams.
Founded in 1996, Lease Cost Solutions Inc. has established a diversified customer base of both large and small companies who have realized the benefits of standardizing on one platform to Analyze, Budget, and Compare all their real estate transactions worldwide . . . the ABC’s of corporate real estate. Contact Jim.
Director of Training & Sales, Cinnamon Trimmer
Cinnamon Trimmer is the Director of Training and Sales for LseMod. She has over 13 years experience in commercial real estate and has worked extensively with corporate and commercial clients in the States and abroad.
Cinnamon began her career in the industry in 1994 with Colliers International Silicon Valley, a global partnership of real estate services firms with 267 offices in 57 countries. During her tenure there, she and her team worked in all aspects of the field, including leasing, subleasing, selling and purchasing over five million square feet of commercial real estate. She represented both landlords and tenants domestically and internationally. As a tenant rep agent working with medical device, toy, and software companies, Cinnamon was a part of teams that negotiated deals on properties ranging from 450 to over 600,000 square feet.
While working at Colliers, Cinnamon used LseMod as the driving tool for all her lease analyses, and saw firsthand how LseMod’s flexible, easy-to-use format and professional, standardized reports saved time, impressed the bosses, and won clients.
Cinnamon joined LseMod in 2005, and provides demos, training, and support for potential and established customers. She lives in Colorado with her husband and four sons.
Affiliations and Credentials:
- Chamberlain Real Estate School (1997 graduate)
- Anthony School of Real Estate (1994 graduate)
- California Real Estate Agent (active)
- Association of Silicon Valley Brokers (1997-2005)
- CREW Silicon Valley (1997-2003)
Contact Cinnamon.
Manager FASB & GAAP Compliance,
Gary Scheier, CPA
Gary joined Lease Cost Solutions in 2004 as a consultant advising on issues related to Federal taxation and U.S. GAAP.
Gary spent nine years with KPMG and Arthur Andersen & Co., and was a Senior Tax Manager before going into the finance and accounting disciplines for various companies within the real estate industry.
As a CPA specializing in real estate, Gary now spends all of his time consulting (and sailing), and his role at LseMod is to ensure that relevant products are U.S. GAAP & FASB compliant.
Contact Gary.
Marketing Manager, Ted Feely
Ted has served as our Marketing Manager since 2001 with primary responsibilities in our web marketing area.
With over 30 years experience in online marketing and presentation—including Control Data’s PLATO system, Intellisance’s EPS, and, since 1998, World Wide Web marketing and development—Ted brings a wealth of experience and insight to LseMod.
Ted started his career in web marketing as a principal in Feely & Associates, a web marketing and development firm. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Product Development, for Intellisance Corporation, a publisher of online training materials and startup in San Jose, California. And, prior to that was Manager, Western Region PLATO Development Group, Control Data Corporation.
Like Jim Duport, founder of LseMod, Ted began his career teaching—first with the Peace Corps in Thailand, then high school and finally at the university level. Ted has a Ph. D. in Education from Stanford University, Master’s Degree from the University of Chicago and BA from Stanford. Contact Ted.
Business Development & Product Direction,
Derek Visocky, Advisor
Derek comes well suited to the LseMod team with 22 years experience in the areas of real estate, finance and enterprise software.
Derek began his real estate career by completing a degree in Real Estate & Urban Planning under Grasskamp professors at the University of Wisconsin system, and included a double major in Finance. He later added an MBA from the University of Arizona with dual emphasis in Finance and Information Systems. Working internships included Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), Trammell Crow, and Del Webb Corporation (now part of Pulte Homes).
Derek’s finance education took him down the path of an IPO and then into corporate finance, where he was Controller of Operations for a Fortune 200 company. While in that role, he tired of the manual ways of performing financial reporting and analysis, and leveraged his information systems education to automate financial and reporting processes. In doing so, Derek was intrigued by the software industry and its ability to make life easier for the people who made the best use of it. Over the past 13 years, he has spent the majority of that time in the software areas of Financial Reporting & Analysis and Business Intelligence.
In 2005, while attending a corporate real estate conference, Derek was highly impressed with the functionality and sophistication of the LseMod product line, and bought it for a corporate real estate advisory firm for which he was advising. In doing so, he befriended LseMod's founder and shared his experiences from over a decade in the software industry, and hence became an advisor to Lease Cost Solutions.
Derek lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife and three children where he works for one of the world's largest software companies. Contact Derek.
Customer Care Manager, Rory Nagy
Rory has anchored LseMod's communications department since 2002. In Fall 2008 she took charge of the LseMod Customer Care program, and now oversees the annual agreements for support and software upgrades. In this capacity, Rory is responsible for promoting and administering the LseMod Annual Support Agreement, which ensures that LseMod clients with current contracts receive unlimited technical support and all product upgrades and new releases.
Rory is a UCLA graduate who has management experience in customer service, public relations, and event planning, as well as a background in the arts. She lives in Virginia with her husband and two sons. Contact Rory.
Communications Coordinator, Deborah Gleason
Deborah started with LseMod in 2003. Deborah provides client follow up and coordinates interactive web demonstrations. Her degree is in psychology, with a background in the human services field, specifically with social work and counseling. She also has experience in management and client services in the Treatment Foster Care system.
Deborah lives in Central Virginia with her husband and two young sons. Contact Deborah.
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