Keith Kozak, Director of Portfolio Operations
Keith Kozak is the Director of Portfolio Operations at Emet. Mr. Kozak joined Emet in February 2016 and is responsible for managing all of Emet’s capital improvement initiatives, lease-up/rehab operations, asset optimization plans, and ongoing property operations.
Mr. Kozak brings more than 25 years of asset and property operations expertise to the firm. Mr. Kozak has experience working directly with contractors, subcontractors, and property vendors, and his expertise is in the areas of construction management, property turnarounds, capital needs assessments, preventive maintenance, property expense optimization, and ground-up development.
Prior to joining Emet, Mr. Kozak was the owner and president of Controllable Expenses, Inc., a consulting firm that provided services including construction/renovation management, capital needs assessments, vendor service agreement negotiations, construction inspections, and compliance training to the investment, lending, property management, and multifamily real estate industry. While at Controllable Expenses, Inc., Mr. Kozak worked with Emet Capital Management and multiple other private equity investment firms, institutional real estate owners, lenders, higher education institutions, non-profit borrowers, and property managers.
Before forming Controllable Expenses, Inc., Mr. Kozak served as the Associate Director of Operations for Trammell Crow Higher Education Services at the University of Pennsylvania, where he managed the redevelopment of the University’s off-campus student housing project facilities. He spent approximately 10 years with Riverstone Residential (formerly Trammell Crow Residential Services), where he was the regional maintenance director and the director of operations in the northeast. He was responsible for the development, staffing, planning and execution of major capital projects for both commercial and residential real estate assets. While at Riverstone Residential, Mr. Kozak supported 15,000 units of multifamily housing assets and managed 32 capital improvement campaigns. Prior to joining Trammell Crow, Mr. Kozak held positions as Director of Technical Services for AIMCO, Director of Regional Engineering and Technical Services for National Housing Properties (NHP), and Regional Engineering and Technical Services Coordinator for Oxford Development and Management Companies.