Our Executive Leadership Team
Chris Mitchell
CEO & Founder
Chris Mitchell serves as Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Reszi, and is the person responsible for the firm’s vision, direction and global strategy. His experience includes over two decades of acquiring, developing, managing, operating and disposing of real property. Mr. Mitchell has spearheaded projects in a number of asset classes, including the following: both value-add and core plus student housing projects, conventional apartment communities, multi-unit developments, commercial office buildings, and single-family residences. He is integrally involved in every aspect of the lifecycles of Reszi’s respective projects, from identifying desirable targets, to sourcing debt and equity funding, to acquisition and operation, and ultimately disposition. Previously a member of the Board of Directors for the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) Orange County, Mr. Mitchell currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Global One and previously Pacific One Chapters. He holds a Certificate in Business Excellence from Columbia Business School. Mr. Mitchell is also dedicated to community development and has volunteered hundreds of hours to various programs designed to improve the community and its youth. He previously was the co-founder of SoCal Divers, Inc., a (501c3) nonprofit youth sports organization focused on developing and fostering children’s leadership skills, goal setting and community involvement through sports.
Tyler Arrington
Chief Investment Officer
Tyler Arrington serves as Chief Investment Officer of Reszi overseeing acquisitions, treasury management, and capital markets. Mr. Arrington also serves as a Partner at Staubach Capital. Prior to joining Staubach Capital and Reszi Homes, Mr. Arrington spent almost 5 years at Hillwood Properties, a Perot Company, where he served as an Analyst and Senior Financial Analyst. In these roles, he led Hillwood Properties’ underwriting efforts of speculative and build-to-suit developments, acquisitions, and joint venture opportunities across virtually all product types. During his tenure at Hillwood, he played an integral role on a variety of successful transactions including developments, acquisitions, equity interests, refinances, and dispositions, with an aggregate value of over $1.5 billion. Before joining Hillwood, he spent 1 year at Colliers International in Los Angeles, with a brokerage team that focused on multifamily acquisitions and dispositions. Mr. Arrington graduated from Pepperdine University’s 5-year accelerated BS/MBA program where he earned a BS in Business Admin and MBA in Finance. In 2017, he graduated from Harvard Business School’s Real Estate Management Program (one week intensive) and from 2019-2020, Mr. Arrington earned a Commercial Real Estate Certificate from Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business (online). He also completed Leadership Fort Worth’s Young Leaders Program, Leading Edge. Mr. Arrington currently lives in Dallas and enjoys spending time with family and friends, wakeboarding, skiing, golfing, hiking, and traveling.
Kim Beckley
Chief Financial Officer
Kim Beckley serves as Chief Financial Officer at Reszi. She is responsible for all aspects of the company’s accounting and financial reporting functions – including technical accounting, internal controls, and financial systems implementation. She began her career at KPMG Peat Marwick in the audit department with an industry emphasis in distribution and manufacturing; clients included Ralphs Grocery Company and Harman International. From there she transitioned to the accounting industry where responsibilities ranged from capital improvements, franchise business, international reporting, budgeting and various SEC reporting; including but not limited to Form 10Q and Form 10K. In addition, she was responsible for SOX404 compliance. Mrs. Beckley received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. In her spare time she enjoys volunteering on the booster club of her kids sports teams.
Thadeus Avvampato
Chief Operating Officer
Thadeus Avvampato serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Reszi. Thad has over 30 years of sales, operations, leadership, revenue generation and employee development experience across the asset rental and real estate industries. Mr. Avvampato is a graduate from the University of Phoenix with a BS in Business Management. He began by serving our country in the United States Marine Corps. Mr. Avvampato transitioned from the military to launch his career in the private sector and has several different leadership and senior executive roles across Operations, Customer Service and Sales with some of the largest global industrial asset rental and single family home building companies. These include Brambles global giant CHEP; Ryland Homes (now a part of Lennar Homes); supply chain innovator iGPS; and most recently International Keg Rental, the world’s largest stainless steel keg rental company.
Morgan Evans
Corporate Counsel
Morgan Evans serves as Corporate Counsel at Reszi A real estate and business transactional lawyer with nearly 21 years of experience, Mr. Evans has handled and overseen all aspects of real estate transactions from acquisitions, development, dispositions, leasing and financing. Mr. Evans’ experience includes real estate product types ranging from commercial and industrial, to multi-unit and single family residential. Mr. Evans received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Mr. Evans enjoys spending his free time traveling with his wife and their teenage children. He also enjoys surfing and reading.
Our Advisory Board
Lee Froschheiser
Chairman
With roots in the Midwest, Lee Froschheiser is a prototype from his region – hard working, ethical, easy-going, passionately patriotic, and, as a former athletic coach, crazy about sports. Yet all those classic characteristics aside, Lee is anything but some ordinary guy from the cornfields of America’s heartland. He is one of America’s most gifted business coaches. He guides, nurtures, inspires, and helps businesses and individuals face reality squarely and never duck the hard decisions. Lee has 30 years of experience in executive leadership positions for Fortune 500 companies, plus having served as the president/CEO of one of the most established, yet progressive business management consultancies in America. He’s consistently coached an extremely diverse portfolio of clients into newfound positions of profitability and other measures of success, helping companies raise their bottom lines and boost overall health through customized solutions. At the root of his business management success is a focus on fundamentals, developing leadership and accountability, driving home the importance of goal setting and building high performing teams. Lee has managed all aspects of business operations, provided consulting to a broad range of businesses, and worked in the public sector in the field of education. Lee has served as a board member for several associations, financial institutions and companies, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board for MAP. Lee is the author of the best-selling book, Vital Factors: The Secret To Transforming Your Business and Your Life. Lee has a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Nebraska and an M.B.A. degree from Cal Poly Pomona.
Michael Caito
Advisor
Michael is the CEO of Management Action Programs, Inc. (MAP). A visionary, nose-to-the-grindstone leader, Michael’s entrepreneurial roots date back to the early 1990s when he joined two partners in launching Restaurants on the Run with a mere $6,000. Michael spent the next 20 years building that business through a strategic lens, adopting MAP’s accountability system along the way. When the company sold in 2015, it was valued at 12x EBITDA and scaled 10 markets, 600 people and $40 million in revenue. A self-taught business student, Michael practices proven management methodologies. Known as a “metrics guy,” he’s big on data, using it to measure progress and get breakthrough results. He also thrives off sharing lessons learned. A member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization for 20+ years, he’s served as a past Global Chairman and traveled to over 25 countries, engaging with countless company owners and organizations. Michael is also active in the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). In December 2017, Michael purchased MAP, the very company that helped him so much over the years. Now at the helm, he’s set his sights on developing MAP’s people and expanding its footprint globally. The father of three young boys, Michael coaches their athletic teams and in his spare time enjoys mountain biking.
Jeff Staubach
Advisor
Jeff grew up in Dallas and graduated from Jesuit College Prep in 1993. He graduated from Duke University with a degree in Economics. While at Duke, Jeff was a four-year letterman on the Blue Devil baseball team, and then signed a minor league contract with the NY Yankees, playing two seasons with the Greensboro Bats. In 1998, Jeff joined the Staubach Company as an analyst in the financial services division, where he handled acquisitions of single-tenant properties across the country, working on over $1 billion in sale-lease back transactions. From 2000-2017, Jeff worked in the office brokerage side of the business for Staubach and JLL. During this time, Jeff served as the broker lead for the Dallas office, and in his last two years as the president of the South Central region compromised of 800+ employees and $100mm of revenue. Jeff and his wife, Jenny, have three active children. Jenny is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and is a full-time mom. Jeff and Jenny are active in several charities, including Children’s Hospital, Baylor Scott and White, Jesuit College Prep, Christ the King Catholic School, Genesis Women’s Shelter and the Center for Brain Health.