Steve is an accomplished technology leader who continually confronts and solves challenging IT and business problems. His global experience delivering technology solutions spans 30+ years across multiple industries, allowing for a unique technology perspective. Steve’s entrepreneurial spirit and drive for innovation, along with a strong business and engineering acumen, focuses on delivering business solutions that provide customers high performance, adaptability, scalability, and sustainability. Steve is a highly principled relationship builder and team leader who positions organizations for the next stage of growth through collaboration and trust, enhancing individual growth and instilling a culture of success.

As Vice President of Client Services, Doug oversees business development in the Southeast Region. He has experience in a range of areas including revenue optimization, strategic planning and implementation, and customer satisfaction. Prior to joining RPM, Doug served as Senior Director leading a team of 10 business development managers across the U.S. Doug enjoys building new relationships and creating successful partnerships that provide value to his clients. He is a graduate of The University of Georgia and a long-time Atlanta resident.

Cerwin joined RPM in 2018 as a Regional Facilities Manager with over 24 years’ experience in the multifamily industry in both conventional and student housing. He has a strong passion for our Service teams and diverse experience working with a wide variety of Class A-D assets including garden-style, midrise, high-rise, new construction, and lease-up communities. During his time in student housing, Cerwin oversaw approximately 5,000 beds across 14 buildings on the facilities side in the Austin area. Prior to joining RPM, Cerwin held positions at JPI, Greystar, and American Campus Communities. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from Eckerd College.

As Vice President of Software Support, Dixie oversees the optimization, management, and support of all RPM property management platforms. She has both domestic and international experience in a diverse range of industries including industrial, commercial, retail, corporate, and multi-family real estate. Over the course of her career, Dixie has managed more than 75 property management system implementations and consulted for clients like Republic Industries and Charles Schwab. Prior to joining RPM in 2017, Dixie served in leadership roles at BNY Mellon and Related. She enjoys mentoring new graduates and has established academic scholarships to support community service and healthcare innovation. Dixie is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a degree in Accounting and minor in Computer Science.

Over her 17-year career, Kim has extensive experience leading and building teams, implementing change management, and assisting with Property Accounting projects. Since joining RPM, Kim has successfully recruited and led the Phoenix Accounting team, onboarded a 30+ asset portfolio, and participated in many new department initiatives. As VP of Property of Accounting, Kim has oversight across the national property accounting team, taking a leading role in department initiatives including cross collaboration with other directors and departments. She is also responsible for the training and recruiting strategy across the greater property accounting team.

Danica has spent the last five years with Alliance Residential Company in a variety of responsible roles, serving as HRIS Project Coordinator, Human Capital Project Manager, Senior Payroll Payroll Manager, and most recently, as the Director of Payroll and People Systems. There, she was instrumental in the implementation of their new UKG System and many its components. Prior to her time with Alliance, Danica was with Blackhawk Network as a Program and Technical Account Manager and with Arizona State University as a Program Coordinator. She holds a B. S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Arizona.

Daniel is an analytics leader who loves data and using it to make decisions. Over the past seven years in both multifamily and healthcare, he's helped develop and measure KPIs that drive large-scale performance improvement. Additionally, he’s helped support and grow several corporate analytics transformations to a full stack, big data solution. Daniel has a Master’s of Public Policy focused in Empirical Methodologies and Statistics at UT Austin, a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center, and an undergraduate degree in Neurobiology from UT Austin.

Theresa Sopata joined the company in 2022 and maintains identification and oversight of all new student business opportunities. She is also responsible for establishing and nurturing client relationships. She has over 15 years of successful property management and business development experience that includes student housing, multi-family, commercial and new developments. Prior to joining RPM, Theresa has served in various client services roles where she has been responsible for facilitating key communication with clients to drive portfolio growth, assisting clients with their strategies for asset renovation, consulting on lease-up assets, tracking changing market conditions, and tracking new management technologies. Theresa received a bachelor’s degree in individual and family studies from Miami University in Oxford, OH. Theresa is also a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) Emerging Leaders Committee.

With nearly a decade of multifamily experience, supporting and creating marketing strategies for a variety of verticals including senior, student, affordable, rebrands/repositioned, lease-up, and conventional communities, Victoria brings a unique advantage to her role where she represents Client Services on the Executive Board. She joined RPM in 2017 to help create and build out the Marketing department, growing the team to include regional marketing support and in-house services and assisting in the company’s first rebrand. Prior to joining RPM, Victoria started onsite with Village Green where she was awarded Top 20 Sales Professionals and received national recognition with NAA.

Paul has been with our collective group since 2013 and provides oversight for the construction division. His background in accounting and structural engineering set the stage for his 30-year career which is comprised of firsthand knowledge within all facets of the residential and commercial building industries including plan development and past ownership of residential and commercial engineering firms. He transitioned into multifamily with a primary focus on management 15 years ago and has continued to provide clients with guidance. Paul prides himself on growing and maintaining successful client partnerships from the inception of property purchases, through asset repositioning and execution of the work itself.