Experience

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  Weston Urban

  • United States
  • Real Estate
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Development Manager

    • May 2022 - Present

    Weston Urban's vision is to develop a vibrant, mixed-use district in downtown San Antonio. In this pursuit, Weston Urban is active in ground-up construction as well as the redevelopment of historic buildings.

  • Director of Placemaking

    • Oct 2020 - May 2022

    David serves as Director of Placemaking at Weston Urban, where he is focused on launching and programming Weston Urban’s new downtown park. Weston Urban began as an effort to attract and retain San Antonio’s tech talent. Since its founding in 2012, it has broadened its mission to encompass reviving the city’s center. By collaborating with partners and strategically leveraging resources, Weston Urban works to create downtown spaces where serendipity is possible.

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  Urban Future Lab think tank

  • San Antonio, Texas, United States

  • Visiting Scholar

    • Sep 2021 - Present
    • San Antonio, Texas, United States

    Our collective goal for the future is to concentrate our efforts on community, urban, regional, and transnational and geographic issues across the San Antonio, South Texas, and Northern Mexico region. The future is now. And we are claiming a leadership role in determining the parameters of the future of the built environment through consulting, research, and public-private partnerships, focusing on socio-economic development in underserved communities of color, and creating opportunities for student-led interdisciplinary engagements with public, private, and philanthropic partners. The lab is housed within UTSA's College of Engineering and Integrated Design.

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  The University of Texas at San Antonio

  • San Antonio, Texas, United States

  • Lecturer - Urban & Regional Planning, College of Engineering & Integrated Design

    • Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
    • San Antonio, Texas, United States

    Graduate Course Professor - Introduction to Urban & Regional Planning

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  Blueprint Local

  • San Antonio, Texas Area

  • Investment Associate

    • Oct 2018 - Oct 2020
    • San Antonio, Texas Area

    Founding member of Blueprint Local, a platform for investors to intentionally deploy capital with impact into their communities. One of two members on the team responsible for investing Blueprint's Texas-focused Opportunity Zone Fund.

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  Admiral Capital Group

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Head of Social Impact

    • Sep 2017 - Oct 2020
    • Greater New York City Area

    Built on Admiral Capital Group’s mission to make a strong social impact in the cities where the firm invests, focused on housing affordability, education and lower income communities. We are also growing an existing community of professional athletes and business leaders focused on sharing investment and social impact ideas.Admiral Capital Group has $1.5 billion of assets under management, primarily focused in value-add real estate. We have also made investments in strategic sports and hospitality businesses including Centerplate, Academy Sports, LeagueApps and Krossover and more recently launched a franchise platform starting with Blaze Pizza and Jimmy John’s.

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  LeagueApps

  • United States
  • Software Development
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Business Development Associate

    • Sep 2016 - Sep 2017

    As a department our goal was to help professional sports leagues and teams scale and monetize their youth sports initiatives. I was responsible for account management, execution of existing deals, and generating a sales pipeline.

  • Partner Success

    • Jan 2016 - Sep 2016

    Worked on a team of three to provide customer service and account management to over 1500 grassroots youth and adult sports leagues. Led an initiative to improve and redesign our self-help materials to reduce inbound support requests.

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  PenPal Schools

  • Austin, Texas

  • Community Engagement

    • Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
    • Austin, Texas

    Created the PenPal Schools Global Ambassador program, along with leading customer support and community engagement efforts for the company. I was also one of two members on the marketing team. We created a new marketing strategy while executing existing campaigns.