West Builders, Inc.

Mark Temple is Sr. Vice President and Regional Director for the Southern California office and is responsible for the operations of both the office and jobsites in the region by coordinating staffing, safety programs, jobsite setup, project close-out and contributes to the business development side with support on scheduling, site planning and estimating. He started his career in 1997 with Charles Pankow Builders, Ltd. and moved to WEST Builders soon after it was founded in 2004. Mark has experience in multi-family residential, mixed-use commercial projects, high-rise, medical (OSHPD), parking structures and TI build-outs while working for 5 years in Northern California and nearly 20 years in the Los Angeles area. In that time, Mark has worked on and managed over $350 million worth of construction projects and has a diverse background and experience in many types of construction projects. Mark has a degree in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Construction Management from the University of Michigan.

Michael Beckler has over thirty years of construction experience ranging from high- rise, mixed-use, advanced tech, medical, multi-residential, structural building enhancements, office tenant improvements, civil/site infrastructure and retail. As Vice President of the Northern California Division he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of projects from marketing, estimating, design, contract negotiations, and managing construction teams. Prior to joining WEST, Michael was the Senior Vice President of a major design build mechanical company. His responsibilities included the managing of four area divisions and overseeing all project management teams.

Ricardo Zamorano has over twenty-six years of design-build construction experience from large scale commercial office, residential, mixed-use and renovation projects. Ricardo has managed projects at each level of the construction process from the field to the corporate level. As Senior Vice President, Ricardo continues to manage projects, in addition to leading the firms estimating and pre-construction efforts. Prior to joining WEST, Ricardo was Senior Project Engineer with a large national design-build firm. Ricardo holds a Civil Engineering degree from the California Polytechnic University.

Todd Whitlock is WEST Builders’ CEO and co-founded the company in 2003. Mr. Whitlock began his career in 1986 at Charles Pankow Builders, Ltd. where he spent over fifteen years and rose to the position of Senior Vice President. He held a corporate executive management position beginning in 1990 and was involved in overall company steering and management. In the three years prior to founding WEST, he was one of three corporate executives sharing direct responsibility for the nine operating divisions of a $300M design-build engineering firm. Mr. Whitlock graduated from UC Berkeley, holds the DBIA designation from the Design-Build Institute of America and was honored with its’ annual Leadership Award.

Todd Whyte is West Builders’ Chief Financial Officer and joined the firm in 2008. He is responsible for the financial reporting and controls within the company and works extensively with the partners on the company forecast, HR and Insurance issues. Mr. Whyte has over two decades of experience in the Real Estate industry and before joining West he worked for some of the most well known and respected property management and asset management firms in the industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Mr. Kirby began his career with WEST Builders in 2006 upon graduation from Cal Poly. He has worked extensively on project management, project design-development, and constructability. In recent years he focused on preconstruction working with the design team and consultant engineers coordinating the delivery of efficient optimized designs with a focus on value. Sean has a BS/MS degree in Civil Engineering with a CM minor from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo along with an Environmental Science degree from UC Berkeley.

Dave de Jong has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. Dave began his career with WEST Builders in 2007, and prior to that was a project manager for a glazing contractor. Project types include mixed-use apartment buildings, dormitories, seismic upgrades, commercial tenant improvement projects, public works projects, and high-end luxury condominiums.

Mehmet Cankiri began his career with WEST Builders in 2007 as an intern and joined the company permanently in 2010. As the Project Director for the Southern California office, he is overseeing Preconstruction services as well as sharing business development duties. His experience includes ground up, mixed-use, commercial, tenant improvements and underground utility distribution. He has been involved in projects from estimating to design development through project completion. Mehmet holds a Construction Management degree from Purdue University.

Noyan Uras leads the Southern California office as VP and Regional Manager, overseeing business development, contract structuring and deal negotiations. He has over 18 years of construction and design-build experience with a background in structural engineering. Having managed approximately $450MM worth of construction projects in the Los Angeles area, his prime focus is in commercial and residential multi-family and mixed-use projects. In recent years, he has added distressed (incomplete) multi- family, commercial property assessment and completion services to WEST Builders business portfolio. Noyan holds a BA in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and MA in Construction Management from University of Southern California. In addition he is a green enthusiast and a LEED Accredited Professional with focus on Building Design and Construction (LEED AP BD+C).