Pelorus Equity Group

Rob is the co-founding President of Pelorus Equity Group and has more than 18 years of experience in the real estate finance industry. Since the formation of Pelorus in 2010, he has raised more than $175,000,000 in secured real estate transactions. Rob’s primary role at Pelorus Equity Group is the development of strategic alliances with both private and institutional investors, formation of equity partnerships, coordinating the company’s growth into new markets and as an underwriter of transactions. Rob also oversees the direction of the marketing programs to borrowers, brokers and investors. Today, Pelorus raises several million a month through the company’s investors and equity partnerships. Prior to joining the real estate industry, Rob was the founder and CEO of an international action sports manufacturing company. He has also managed medical product sales in Southern California as well as trained the sales reps nationally for an orthopedic manufacturer. Rob earned a BA from San Diego State University. Licenses include California Real Estate Broker’s License, NMLS License and designated expert witness as an asset based lender. He is also the CEO of JRS Capital USA, Inc. a real estate consulting firm based out of Newport Beach, California. Currently a member of Gen Next and a donor to the Gen Next Foundation. Rob is married and has a son.

Mr. Leimel is the CEO of Pelorus Equity Group and the Managing Director of The Pelorus Fund. He has more than 28 years of extensive industry experience including operating, owning and managing several corporations, loan servicing entities and a real estate fund. Over his career, Mr. Leimel has successfully underwritten and closed thousands of real estate transactions by raising capital for both debt and equity. His vast transactional experience is invaluable when underwriting complicated scenarios and structuring solution based terms to satisfy a broad spectrum of situations. Mr. Leimel possesses deep experience in risk mitigation and has expertly navigated adverse client conditions while still maintaining a fully transparent and equitable upside for the investor. His primary investment philosophy is to focus on capital preservation and mitigating risk in every investment.

Rick Scatterday is responsible for acquisitions and asset management, daily operations, as well as its entitlement, and disposition activities. Between 1997 to present, he completed transactions valued at over $375 million including residential, office, retail, R&D and industrial properties. As a development partner at Zion, Mr. Scatterday has over 15-years of experience in strategic management and ownership roles in the real estate, finance and insurance industries and as an advisory board member and consultant. Rick has extensive experience in the field of finance including real estate, trade finance and insurance. He holds several professional licenses including California Department of Real Estate Broker license and California Property and Casualty Insurance license and life insurance license. Mr. Scatterday graduated from California State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance. He has been interviewed by Nightly News with Tom Brokow for his capital markets strategies.