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Executive Team

Brian Bellew
Vice President, Operations

Since his time at Atlas, Brian has contributed in many ways to the growth and evolution of the company. Brian has seven years of experience in both property management and brokerage. He joined Atlas in 2014 as a property manager before switching over to the brokerage team. From 2017 to 2020 Brian led the Zillow […]

Ryan Boykin
Cofounder & Partner

Ryan has 17 years of experience as an investor, entrepreneur and community builder. He has founded or co-founded many businesses, including Atlas Real Estate, a wellness-based social club Archipelago, and a new marketplace technology REACTIV. His first business endeavor in 2004 was Scout Cleaning & Maintenance, an environmentally conscious cleaning service, and in 2005, he […]

Christopher Frierson, VP of Talent and Culture

Christopher Frierson
Vice President, Talent and Culture

Christopher Frierson is Atlas Real Estate’s Vice President of Talent & Culture, having joined Atlas in the fall of 2021. He was formerly a leader in non-profit, private and government sectors where he developed and aligned talent and culture in world-class organizations. Christopher’s dedication to achieving high growth objectives, coupled with his strategic mindset and […]

Mike Hills
Vice President, Brokerage

Mike joined the Atlas team in 2013, today he leads a rapidly growing team of approximately 40 employees. Mike is passionate about both disrupting the traditional brokerage model and leading by example. He personally owns more than 50 units including a condo, townhouse, single-family homes, duplexes, quad-plexes, an apartment and a trailer park. The motto […]

Tony Julianelle
CEO

Tony is a successful organizational leader with more than 20 years in real estate and financial services who is passionate about developing people and serving customers. He is a consultant to various business partners, focusing on strategy, execution, and bottom-line business results. Tony is an articulate, concise and professional communicator as well as a gifted […]

Andrew Kwiat
Vice President, Finance and Accounting

Andrew is a senior level executive with 25 years of operational and financial management experience in both commercial and residential real estate. Prior to joining the Atlas team in 2014, he was CFO of Rossen Associates where he directed all financial operations for over forty commercial and residential real estate and management entities with over […]

Jason Shepherd
Cofounder & Partner

In 2008, Jason Shepherd co-founded DP Assets, LLC, a real estate investment fund focused on distressed and value add assets. DP Assets was created to capitalize on the nationwide real estate crash and foreclosure epidemic. DP Assets currently owns a portfolio of over $60mm in real estate across four states comprised of apartment communities, industrial […]

Eric Thorsen
Vice President, Institutional Acquisitions

Eric has more than 10 years of experience in real estate and finance. He joined the Atlas team as Acquisitions Specialist in 2012, where he identified, underwrote and acquired 100 Million dollars worth of single family rentals as part of a small team. Eric went on to develop his expertise as a Financial Analyst with […]

Kathleen Danilchick
CFO, Institutional Joint Venture

Kathleen has over 20 years experience in the real estate finance industry. Before joining Atlas, she was the CFO for an institutional real estate fund and a alternative investment fixed income fund. She led the portfolio management of the affordable multi-family portfolio of a REIT listed on the NYSE and led the European finance and operations […]