Why Texas?

Endeavor Principal Ben Bufkin is responsible for sourcing and executing development and acquisition opportunities for the company. In addition, he has served on Endeavor’s five-member Operating Committee. Relevant Experience Most recently, Ben has led the development of Domain NORTHSIDE, a 40-acre mixed use project within the Domain in north Austin. In addition to his work at Domain NORTHSIDE, Ben has served as the co-master developer of the broader Domain project. This highly successful 300-acre mixed-use development contains approximately seven million square feet of retail, office, residential, and hotel. During the 2008 economic recession, Ben co-led the creation of a partnership between Endeavor Prophet Capital Management. With Prophet, Endeavor created two funds designed to invest in RMBS bonds, CMBS bonds, single property commercial loans and distressed assets. Prior to joining Endeavor, Ben was a Senior Real Estate Analyst in the Dallas office of HFF. During his career, he has been involved with nearly $750 million of development projects, $1 billion of real estate finance and acquisition activity, and a $900 million debt fund focused on commercial and non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities.

After founding Rockstar Capital in March 2011, Robert has since directed the growth of Rockstar Capital’s managed portfolio to 21 apartment communities with a total of 3,762 rental units. Since 2011, he has directed the underwriting, acquisition, and management of 30 apartment communities consisting of more than 5,243 rental units. On top of running an award-winning business, Robert holds an Engineering Degree from Texas A&M and is the only person to have won the National Apartment Association Independent Rental Owner of the Year twice. Robert shares a passion for soccer with his two boys, Ryan and Conner, and enjoys supporting their daily efforts in local club soccer.

Mr. Voss accumulated over 10 years’ experience in Commercial Real Estate across; Investment Banking, Structured Finance, Asset Management and Acquisitions. Mitchell Voss launched WindMass Capital, a Real Estate Private Equity Firm in 2017. Prior to forming Mitchell was a Vice President in Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Group where he focused on originating CMBS, balance sheet and bridge loans. Prior to working at Goldman Sachs Mitchell was at UBS Realty, UBS' Real Estate Investment Arm where he worked as an acquisitions and asset management associate performing both development and acquisitions along with asset management on multifamily, industrial, office and retail. Immediately prior to UBS Mitchell was in Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Structured Finance Group. In total Mitchell has developed in excess of 1.0 million square feet of Industrial, 1,000 apartment units and underwritten in excess of $35.0 billion in potential deals while placing over $6.0 billion of both debt and equity. Furthermore, Mr. Voss started his commercial real estate career holding an analyst position at Centerline Capital, a firm focused on multifamily lending and due diligence. Immediately after graduation and prior to his position with Centerline Mr. Voss worked for a private equity group based in Chicago where he completed a rigorous two-year analyst program. Mr. Voss holds a Certificate in Commercial Real Estate from Cornell University’s SC Johnson School of Business and a BSBA from the Daniel's College of Business at University of Denver where he double majored in Finance and Marketing.

Dan joined IMA as Director of Professional Services Practice in 2019 to lead the Professional Services Practice across all markets. Dan works with sales and account teams to help clients in the design, construction, legal and other industries manage complex professional liability and property and casualty risks inherent to their businesses. He is passionate about providing best-in-class service to his clients and maintaining solid relationships with the underwriting community to advocate on behalf of those clients. In addition, Dan is viewed as a strategic consultant and is frequently engaged by clients to provide guidance on their most complex endeavors. He enjoys understanding the unique elements of individual clients and/or projects and pursuing creative solutions to those challenges, whether through insurance, contractual transfer elsewhere, or alternative risk finance opportunities.

Michael has been working with contractors since 1990 either as an underwriter or broker for ENR 100 ranked Specialty and General Contractors. Prior to coming to IMA Michael was directly involved in the marketing and servicing of 5 of the top 100 Specialty contractors including one in the top 10 and three ENR General Contractors, one in the top 25. Michael graduated NWMSU with a Finance degree and earned his MBA from University of Missouri, Kansas City ten years later. His passion for risk and insurance extends to teaching where he was an adjunct professor for the University of Missouri, Kansas City campus teaching Risk & Insurance 201 and Enterprise Risk Management to MBA students.

Hussain's passion for sales and commercial real estate can be traced back to his dad, a first generation immigrant from Afghanistan, who shared his interests of new developments in Dallas, TX with Hussain and a young age. After leaving Dallas, he moved to Fayetteville, AR to attend the University of Arkansas (Go Hogs!) where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Finance with a concentration in real estate. During his time at Arkansas, Hussain established himself as a co-founder of a wine accessory company and a 4.96 star Uber driver (we'd give him a 5). Outside of the office, Hussain cheers for the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, and the Texas Rangers (incase you forgot where he was from). Most importantly, Hussain prides himself on being an investigator and organizer of engaging conversations, connecting with people from all backgrounds.