Drew Breneman

Breneman Capital

I started what would become Breneman Capital in 2005 at age 19 to purchase my first rental properties and grow my own wealth. 

Today, we work with individual investors, Family Offices, PE, Fund of Funds, RIAs, etc., and they invest alongside us in the best opportunities that we find (and have been for nearly 20 years).

Invest with us: https://www.breneman.com/invest

Founder & CEO

The Blackhawk Investment Group

About Blackhawk:
•	Vertically integrated real estate investment firm primarily focused on Minneapolis/St. Paul and select neighborhoods within Chicago with over $100MM in assets under management. 
•	The firm is similar to a private family office in that it is not open to outside investors. The firm is built around one investor/partner with targeted hold period of forever.

2008-2012: 
•	Acquired heavily discounted commercial properties in Minneapolis/St. Paul we could own long term with high cash flow. 
2013-2019: 
•	Focused on value-add multifamily in Chicago, where we could increase the income and refinance out all of our initial equity. 
Results:
•	Refinanced out over 100% of initial equity on average across 11 investments. 


Learn More At: www.BlackhawkInvest.com

Breneman Capital is an owner in Blackhawk's individual properties.

Co-Founder

Rubloff Development Group, Inc

Development Firm in Numerous Product Types: Retail, Office, Mixed-Use, Market Rate Apartments, Senior Housing, Self Storage, and For Sale Housing.

• Assessed financial feasibility and contributed in the acquisition, development, repositioning, and disposition of RDG's portfolio (Portfolio Size - Approximately $1B asset value, 50 properties, and 5,000,000 square feet under development)

• Responsible for sourcing opportunities, obtaining necessary approvals and incentive packages from municipalities, securing debt and equity financing, reviewing and negotiating legal documents, overseeing the construction process, and negotiating with lenders, investors, joint venture partners, potential tenants, and third party vendors

Development Associate

Dominium Development & Acquisition, LLC

Multifamily Development/Acquisition Firm. Market Rate & Affordable Multifamily.

• Responsible for assisting the firm's partners in takeovers of stalled construction projects, acquisition of mismanaged apartment portfolios, development of new multifamily communities, and the acquisition of general partnership interests controlling Section 42 housing 

• Performed financial analysis in all sectors of multifamily (Market rate, Section 42, Section 8, and Senior Housing) in markets throughout the country

• Lead on Dominium's tender option bond funds and financings with the fund. Experience with tax-exempt bonds, swaps, caps, and other derivatives

T. Wall Properties

Industrial and Office Real Estate Development Firm.

• Gained experience with real estate development, industrial, office product types.

Development Intern

RPGeStore.com

Online business operated while in high school and college that allowed me to make the money I would use to purchase my first 4 rental properties with while in college.

Founder and CEO

Protect & Grow Capital With Our Multifamily Investment Opportunities For Family Offices, Fund Managers, & High-Net-Worth Individuals

When I was 19, I bought my first property.

I didn’t realize it then, but that little duplex changed my life.

Now, almost 20 years later, I’ve sourced, capitalized, and closed on over $250 million of properties for my firm, Breneman Capital.

For the last 15 years, I’ve worked closely with investors — family offices, PE, Fund of Funds, RIAs, and individuals — to help them generate income and wealth through multifamily real estate.

The old real estate adage says, “You make your money when you buy in real estate.”

I agree with that — but I think it’s only 50% true.

The other 50% comes in the execution. And I’ve built Breneman Capital through that lens. 

Over the last 20 years, our realized investments have produced an average gross return of:

• 24% IRR
• 2.2x equity multiple
• 5.6-year hold period

In my opinion, our longest-standing investor relationships come down to 2 factors:

1) Our deals have performed well.
2) We focus on giving investors the best possible experience.

Real estate can be complex. But we like to keep our goals for our investors simple.

Strong returns.
Great experiences.
World-class communication.

If you’d like to set up an exploratory call, feel free to click the link in my Featured Section.

I started Breneman Capital in 2005 at age 19 to purchase my first rental properties and grow my own wealth. 

Today, we work with individual investors, Family Offices, PE, Fund of Funds, RIAs, etc., and allow them to invest alongside us in the best opportunities that we find (and have been for nearly 20 years).

Invest with us: https://www.breneman.com/invest

Locus Robotics

Improving the lives of humans all over the globe by supplementing their work environments with Autonomous Mobile Robots.

Software Engineering Manager, Business Systems

LabelZoom

Founder & Lead Developer

RJF Technology Solutions

Founder & President

Cycle Labs

At Cycle Labs, I was pivotal in helping our customers measure the success of their Test Automation implementations. I spearheaded various reporting and analytics initiatives to help my team and our customers better-understand the large datasets generated by our application.

I also learned the following valuable skills:
• Asynchronous and functional programming in Scala, Golang, and JavaScript
• Distributed computing patterns using Akka and Akka Streams
• Building, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Using TDD and BDD to write better code and user stories
• Tracing and monitoring distributed applications using Kamon, Prometheus, Jaeger, and Grafana

Software Developer III

Solutions Architect

Sr. Test Automation Engineer

Trisept Solutions

a.k.a. Software Developer IV
• Member of an agile/scrum development team, writing code in C#. NET, VB .NET, ASP .NET, T-SQL, and JavaScript
• Spearheaded process improvements related to database object versioning and deployment
• Spearheaded various mentoring and best practices initiatives

Application Software Analyst II

Accenture

Before MacGregor Partners was acquired by Accenture, I led their Blue Yonder WMS development practice. During that time, I...
• Grew team from 4 direct reports to 15, responsible for over $2mm in annual revenue
• Built tools and dashboards to facilitate managing the workflow, as well as to measure KPIs of team in real time
• Managed work queue spanning over 10 customers and over 20 software developers/consultants using Kanban methodology
• Championed process improvements to code review, delivery, support escalation, prioritization, and resource planning/staffing
• Negotiated delivery dates and contract terms with customers. Managed project timelines so that key delivery dates were met consistently
• Mentored employees on coding and industry best practices
• Conducted yearly performance reviews and met one-on-one monthly with employees to aid mutual growth
• Escalation point for all things technical: solution design, estimation, development, troubleshooting/root cause analysis, and code reviews

Technical Delivery Manager

Americold Logistics, LLC.

• Participated in software development, WMS migration/conversion (ETL), production support, and go-live support activities
• Mastered the art of root cause analysis. Learned how to troubleshoot complex, intermittent software issues and resolve them by modifying as little code as possible.
• Re-architected the inbound EDI document processing and auditing system, cutting file processing time from 15 minutes to 30 seconds (30x speed improvement) while simultaneously reducing hardware load

Senior RedPrairie Software Developer

Blue Yonder

Implementation Services Group: Configure and customize RedPrairie Warehouse Management (WMS) to satisfy customer needs.

Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with customers, assess business/operational needs, propose and design technical solutions, help customer evaluate various approaches, then implement the optimal solution
• Write code in SQL, VBScript, Java, C# .NET, C, Groovy, MOCA/Local Syntax (proprietary RedPrairie language), ActiveReports, JasperReports, and ZPL
• Troubleshoot and debug software using integrated logging/tracing
• Mentor customers and fellow employees on both functional and technical aspects of the software
• Coordinate with off-shore resources in India, China, and South America, and provide QA before delivery to customers

Consulting Software Engineer, Intermediate -- JDA Software

Senior Software Engineer -- RedPrairie

Software Engineer -- RedPrairie

Software Engineer Intern -- RedPrairie

School District of Kettle Moraine

Computer Technician

Hi, I'm Rob! 👋 I'm a software enthusiast located in the greater San Antonio area. I have been programming computers since I was 8 years old and it's something I'm extremely passionate about. I love using software to solve real-world problems and simplify cumbersome processes.

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