Timothy L. Strader Sr. – Founder and Chairman

Tim Strader Sr., the founder and Chairman of Starpointe Ventures, has 48 years of experience in real estate development and investment. He was one of the ten Koll Company partners from 1972 to 1983, involved in all day-to-day development management. In this capacity, he participated in the development of over 10 million square feet of industrial, office and retail properties in California, Washington, Oregon and Arizona, including Koll Center Newport, Koll Center Irvine, Fox Hills Business Center, and Carlsbad Research Center.

In 1984, he formed The Legacy Companies, which developed 298,000 square feet of office in Irvine and Aliso Viejo; 620,000 square feet of industrial in the Inland Empire and Florida; 269,000 square feet of research and development in Irvine Spectrum in joint venture with The Irvine Company; and 840 apartment units in Corona, Chino Hills and Lake Elsinore.

Mr. Strader serves on numerous boards and foundations and was appointed as a member of the California State Contractors’ License Board by Governor Wilson from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Strader also served as an Adjunct Professor at the University California Irvine Paul Merage School of Business where he taught a graduate course entitled Management of the Real Estate Enterprise. The name of The Legacy Companies was changed to Starpointe Ventures in 1999.