Mr. Quesada has over 20 years of experience in finance and real estate, having executed and managed nearly $2.0 billion in real estate transactions across all asset classes including Mixed-Use, For-Sale Residential, Multifamily, Retail, Office, and Hospitality. As Director of Investments and Development, his responsibilities include the oversight of acquisition, development, financing, and asset management for all of Alterra Worldwide’s investment activities.

Recently, Mr. Quesada was Principal at Fides Capital Management where he established a real estate investment fund focused on making direct investments in distressed real estate and senior loan portfolios, providing high yielding senior loans to quality sponsors for real estate acquisitions, re-financing, and re-capitalizations.

Prior to Fides Capital Management, Mr. Quesada was Vice President at Canyon Partners where he was responsible for sourcing and managing new equity and debt investment opportunities. He also oversaw existing investments in the west coast and Florida urban markets for the Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund.

Prior to joining the Canyon Partners, Mr. Quesada was in the investments division at CIM Group. While at CIM Group, Mr. Quesada executed development and third-party equity and debt joint venture investments for the CIM Urban Fund and acquisitions for the CIM Urban REIT across all real estate asset classes throughout the USA. Additionally, he managed third-party sponsors and internal project managers to ensure that best practices were employed and each investment progressed in accordance with its business plan.

Prior to CIM Group, Mr. Quesada was in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs and Co. While at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Quesada analyzed the strategic rationale for potential acquisition opportunities in the biotech and telecom industries and developed financial models to value acquisition targets.

Mr. Quesada began his career in the Finance Division at The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Quesada is a graduate of The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania (BS in Economics) and the Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA).