Category: People

Great Goals

Barkan Management Company

One of Jim Merski’s favorite quotes, rooted in a 17th Century Italian proverb, is “Good is the enemy of great.” “Our goal is to be great,” says Merski, chief financial officer of Boston-based Barkan Management Company Inc., a Yardi client that manages 147 residential communities with more than 23,000 units, primarily condominiums, along with other […]

Giving, People

Combating Cancer

Fundraising and Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. As a company, one of our core values is community service. Participating in nonprofit work and giving back is a shared part of the culture at Yardi. Many of our employees give back regularly through local and global charities, volunteerism, and raising awareness. Yardi is honored to support organizations […]

People

Wikimedia Foundation

All Human Knowledge, Free

The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit that’s dedicated to empowering and engaging people around the world to share in free knowledge. The organization supports and hosts Wikipedia and its sister Wikimedia sites, with the vision of allowing everyone, everywhere to freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Three projects have helped expand the scale […]

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The Gershen Group

Keeping Business Personal

Princeton, N.J.-based property management firm The Gershen Group LLC opened in 1959 as a small family based firm. It concentrated on planning and consulting before branching out to housing management in 1972. Its principal focus today is affordable and senior housing, although the company’s commercial holdings have consistently increased over the years. Long after The […]

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Roscoe Properties

Solutions for Growth + Efficiency

The semi-annual Yardi Advanced Solutions Conferences (YASC) take place on the West and East Coasts, providing clients with the opportunity to attend an event close to home. Each conference offers specialized courses on product features, networking opportunities, and one-on-one consultations with Yardi representatives. At YASC in Washington, D.C., Yardi sat down with Mariana Estrada, VP of […]

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Walk with Heart

American Heart Association

You see the little Heart-Check mark anywhere there is food these days: a box of Cheerios in your pantry, a can of Campbell’s soup in the store, a Subway sandwich wrapper at the park. Today, 92 percent of consumers recognize the efforts of the American Heart Association brand. But that wasn’t always the case. Heart […]

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VÖLKEL COMPANY

Yardi client profile

For more than a decade, Dirk Völkel has channeled his passion for retail asset investment into his company, VÖLKEL COMPANY Group, which provides real estate management services in Germany. Founded in 2004, the company today operates 170 properties valued at 1.3 billion euros and handles a high volume of transactions from offices across Germany. “Our […]

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UCSB Arts & Lectures

Endless Learning

Roman Baratiak got his start as a work study student at UCSB. He instantly fell in love and has been changing lives ever since. “I soon discovered what happened when the lights went down and the curtain opened and incredibly talented artists and performers took the stage,” says Baratiak. “They brought us to other worlds, […]

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Boone Atkins

Yardi Leadership Series

Currently serving as Yardi Vice President of PHA and Affordable Housing Sales, Boone Atkins also spent decades as a Yardi user. With more than 22 years of experience in the real estate industry, Yardi gained a valuable asset when Boone shifted from a client into a leadership position in December 2014. “I met Anant Yardi […]

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Fairview Gardens

Nourishment Inside & Out

Over a hundred years ago, a farmer stuck his shovel in the dirt on a small plot of land in Goleta, California. The site has never been the same. The site is now The Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens, a non-profit educational facility and working organic farm. The organization aims to nurture the […]

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Paperless Progress

Electronic Health Records

With thirty years of experience in nursing and senior care, Rhonda Knisley understands the power of ditching paper records for digital data.

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Smarter Acquisitions

Avoiding Nasty Surprises

Shrewd apartment owners understand that the greater financial value in an apartment transaction can be had during the acquisition—not the exit. Industry veteran Ian Mattingly, President of LumaCorp in Dallas, speaks from experience. He is part of a management team that carries more than 90 years of investor experience when it comes to applying due […]

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Uplifting Cleveland Kids

Boys & Girls Clubs

Ron Soeder did not know that he would fall in love with the nonprofit sector. He spent decades in for-profit businesses, beginning as a staff accountant before ending that leg of his journey as an Executive Vice President. Yet after a detour with his startup, he found himself on a new path. “My path to […]

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We [Heart] New York

Regional Office Spotlight

In 2004, Yardi opened its doors in Glen Head, Oyster Bay, New York as part of the BJ Murray acquisition. The team of 16 employees set out to define a course for the fledgling office. “We faced the challenge of merging functionality, converting client platforms and creating a shared culture,” recalls Richard Malpica, Vice President […]

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Call of Duty

Hunt Companies Inc.

“Hunt Companies is always giving back,” says Crisha Kamphorst, a business solutions manager for Hunt Companies Inc., referring to her employer’s devotion to employees, residents and communities. Hunt Companies is a Yardi® client that manages more than 32,000 housing units across the U.S. as one of the military’s privatized housing partners. That dedication is rooted […]

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