MORLIN ASSET MANAGEMENT - Key Persons

Jeff Gunther - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Team
  • Senior Vice President
  • Certified Commercial Investment Member
  • Partner and Senior Vice President of Morlin Asset Management, LP
Jeff Gunther is a Partner and Senior Vice President of Morlin Asset Management, LP. In addition to his role as a partner with the company, his current responsibilities include direct oversight of asset management services for the company's largest client - the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority - overseeing property management, operations, event production, marketing, leasing, and project management services for Los Angeles Union Station, the largest multimodal train station in the western United States. Jeff has broad experience in the management of all real estate product types including small and large high-rises, medical office, retail, industrial, specialty, and residential properties. His primary clients include private investors as well as institutional, governmental and large educational entities. Jeff has had hands-on and oversight rolls in capital and tenant improvement projects in excess of $12 million each. He has also been an expert witness in over 75 cases and was appointed in more than 90 cases by the court as a rents and profits receiver. Jeff is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) from the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute. He also has a Certified Shopping Center Manager (CSM) designation from the International Council of Shopping Centers, Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation from the Building Owner's and Manager's Association (BOMA), and Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). Additionally, Jeff is a past President of BOMA Orange County and IREM Los Angeles. Prior to joining Morlin in 2003, Jeff spent 25 years with Charles Dunn Real Estate Services, a large regional full-service property management company. As president, he helped dramatically expand the company's portfolio of commercial and residential properties including opening and managing offices in Orange County, Phoenix, and San Diego. Jeff directs the oversight of asset management services for the company's portfolio of large multi-functional facilities.

Jock Ebner - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Team
  • President
  • Principal and President of Morlin Asset Management, LP
Jock Ebner is a Principal and President of Morlin Asset Management, LP. He has his Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation from the Building Owner's and Manager's Association (BOMA) and was the Chairman of the Board of BOMA Greater Los Angeles in 2018. He directs the daily operation of the company to include property and facility management, leasing, and construction management for a portfolio of commercial assets in excess of 4 million square feet. Jock has extensive experience in the management of significant high-rise and medical office, retail, and industrial assets. Additionally, he has leasing experience that includes both tenant and landlord representation with transactions ranging from 1,000 square feet to over 200,000 square feet, as well as construction management experience on multi-million dollar projects. Prior to joining Morlin in 1994, Jock was an asset manager with Lamwest, a subsidiary of Highridge Partners (a Los Angeles-based investment and development company) with responsibility for a two million square foot portfolio of office and industrial assets located in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Prior to Lamwest, he began his career as a property accountant and portfolio manager with the Charles Dunn Company, moving on to manage a downtown Los Angeles high-rise for Tishman Speyer Properties. As a Principal and Partner of Morlin Asset Management, Jock manages a portfolio of commercial assets in excess of 4 million square feet.

Kelly Valles - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Executive Team
  • Chief Financial Officer ( CFO ) for Morlin Asset Management, LP
Kelly Valles is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Morlin Asset Management, LP and supervises a department of five controllers. She has developed Accounting Operating Procedures used by the department and trains all corporate staff on software used to support company reporting. She also manages all software and hardware configurations across the portfolio as well as the security measures associated with the data integrity and required recordkeeping regulations. She reviews all budgets, business plans, and financial reports produced for clients, and has regular interaction with many of our clients on asset review and multi-year forecasting. Kelly is responsible for the entire Morlin insurance portfolio including general liability, property coverage and earthquake policies as well as the corporate errors & omissions, fidelity bond, workers compensation and medical policies for our staff. She is also responsible for oversight of the insurance tracking for both tenants and vendors. Prior to her role as CFO, Kelly was responsible for a portfolio of properties of approximately two million square feet and handled all accounting for a variety of property types including retail, industrial, and office assets. Kelly manages all financial services and reporting for a variety of property types including retail, industrial, and office assets.

Timothy Moore - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Senior Vice President
  • Director of Operations for Morlin Asset Management, LP
Timothy Moore is the Director of Operations for Morlin Asset Management, LP and partner of the firm. He is directly responsible for the oversight of all Morlin managed properties in excess of 4 million square feet. Timothy has RPA and FMA designations from BOMA as well as a California Real Estate salesperson license. Prior experience with Morlin includes positions as a non-certified Utility Engineer in a 35-story class "A" office building totaling 600,000 square feet, and Assistant Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President/Portfolio Manager on several different types of assets including one of Morlin's largest portfolios with Wells Fargo. Timothy has extensive experience in the management of significant high-rise and medical office, retail, and industrial assets as well as 24/7 critical data center facilities and cash vaults. His data center facility experience includes broad experience in Information Technologies and knowledge of running critical facilities that house co-location and internet companies. Timothy also helped form and run the day-to-day operations of ColoNet Solutions, LLC, a subsidiary of Morlin that provided management of colocation services to multiple customers such as AEG (owner of Staples Center) in a 51,000 square foot data center. His leasing experience includes tenant and landlord representation, lease negotiations for License & Right of Entry Agreements, GSA Leases, Data Center Leases, and Office/Retail Leases with transactions ranging from $10,000 to over $52 million, Additionally, Timothy has comprehensive construction management experience on multi-million dollar tenant improvement and capital projects. Tim directs the daily operation of the company to include property and facility management, leasing, and construction management.