ALLY Energy Professional Profile: Scott Podvin
Scott Podvin
Scott Podvin, Executive Director
Miami Beach, FL, US
Professional Summary
I'm a Harvard educated entrepreneur, real estate & sustainable energy developer, representing cattle ranchers, farmers, municipalities, colleges and universities, master planners, city planners, urban planners, regional planners, real estate and land developers -- building and developing profit centers and designing smart mini-grids using only sustainable and renewable energy sources . I helped develop and manage resort properties in 379 vacation destinations. I helped acquire RCI's object and source code for its reservation system, customizing it to create a sustainable multi-sided technological platform (MSP), automating payments' and collections' gateways for mortgage receivables, HOA dues, club dues & exchange fees saving the company time, money and aggravation. MSPs create a network effect, which extraordinarily increased returns to scale.
Experience
Seeking New Opportunities
Miami Beach, FL, USA
Executive Director
Jul, 2017 - Present

Executive Director

VisaAmerica, LLC
Miami, FL, USA
Founding Director
May, 2015 - Feb, 2017

As a Harvard alum with Masters'? degrees in law and business, I help high net worth individuals and family offices around the world to develop new asset management strategies to safeguard their financial assets. We deliver prompt, responsive and cost effective services and help our clients secure optimal investment opportunities in franchises, restaurants, hotels, apartment communities, single family neighborhoods and master-planned communities. After graduating from the TRIUM GLOBAL EMBA program -- the no. 1 ranked business program in the world, according to FT.com--, I have expanded the firm's horizons to help international investors and companies expanding into new markets develop apartment buildings, condominiums, condo-hotels, hotels and resorts, mixed-use projects and 5,000+ acre master-planned, golf course and yacht club communities.

Podvin Development Group
Miami, FL, USA
Founding Partner
Jan, 2011 - Mar, 2012

Owner and operator of multi-family apartment communities; hotelier; resort development; sales and marketing; profit optimization; refinancing; acquisitions; strategy; green technologies; telecommunications; security.

The Crest at Waterford Lakes
Miami, FL, USA
Managing Director
Jan, 2005 - Dec, 2009

In April 2005, I located and identified a site for a 276-unit apartment community on a 30-acre tract in Central Florida approximately one mile away from University of Central Florida. Once the 14-building community was built and practically fully occupied, we successfully converted the apartments to condominiums by generating more than $100,000,000 in sales in less than 2 years. In converting the project, I formed a real estate brokerage, mortgage brokerage, title company, property management company, condominium association management company, a broadband telecommunications company, a construction management company and a materials and supplies company so as to vertically integrate operations and streamline efficiencies.

Education
HEC Paris
Master of Business Administration International Finance and Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Sep, 2013 - May, 2015

The Financial Times ranks HEC Paris #1 worldwide in its annual ranking of the world’s top Business Schools in 2014 for senior managers and executives. In addition, TRIUM's Executive MBA program is ranked number 1 worldwide in the Financial Times Executive MBA 2014 rankings. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-mba-ranking-2014

Harvard University
AMDP Real Estate
Sep, 2007 - May, 2008

Subject Areas 1. Finance: Capital markets, Structuring complex deals, Obtaining debt and equity, International finance, Investment analysis; 2. General Management: Strategic planning, Organizational management, Succession planning, Corporate real estate;

Skills
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Real Estate
  • Due Diligence
Awards