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Executive Leadership Team

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Vincent Deorio
Vice President, Corporate Development
Vincent Deorio is the Vice President, Corporate Development for Atlas Real Estate, a full-service real estate company specializing in investment brokerage, property management and institutional acquisition. In this position, Deorio will continue to expand all divisions of the Denver-based company through M&A, corporate development, market expansion and a $`1-billion single-family rental (SFR) joint venture with […]

Mike Hills
VP of Brokerage
Mike joined the Atlas team in 2013, today he leads a rapidly growing brokerage team of approximately 35 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. In […]

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 […]

Brian Bellew
Director of Zillow Offers
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 Offers team, managing five analysts and overseeing thousands of transactions. Today Brian has returned to his roots in property […]

Sarah Galligan
Controller
Sarah was the first full-time employee to join Atlas back in 2011. As Controller, she is responsible for conducting monthly financial reporting for third party owners, as well as Atlas’ internal companies. She also manages account reconciliation, account support, payroll and various human resource duties. Sarah’s strong work ethic goes beyond her daily responsibilities. She […]

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 […]
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 […]