Demetrios Louziotis, Jr. to Head Firm's Global Real Estate Solutions Group
HOUSTON, TX, December 02, 2009 – ARGUS Software announced today that Demetrios Louziotis, Jr. has been selected as the firm's senior vice president of the newly created ARGUS Global Real Estate Solutions Group and as such will have responsibility for managing ARGUS' partner network, key accounts and strategic initiatives.
"ARGUS has a long tradition of acquiring intellectual capital from within the top tiers of the commercial real estate sector itself as a means of speaking to and delivering products that provide real value and measurable efficiencies to the market," said Mark Kingston, president and CEO of ARGUS Software. "Demetrios Louziotis is an impressive thinker and innovator within the industry and adds a wealth of knowledge, especially regarding the capital markets to round out my executive management team."
In his new role, Louziotis brings to ARGUS over 25 years of real estate and finance experience, nearly half of which in global markets. Prior to joining Argus, he was a director with Credit Suisse in New York and Tokyo. During his tenure with Credit Suisse, Louziotis founded the firm's International Real Estate Pricing Group, and went on to manage the Domestic Real Estate Pricing Group as well. The groups were responsible for analyzing the bank's existing debt and equity real estate investments. He was also a global member of Credit Suisse's real estate investment and new business committees, and founded the Global Private Equity Pricing Group.
While in New York, Louziotis was instrumental in the bank's efforts to secure the first ever exclusive agreement to use NCREIF data, which was used to launch the U.S.'s first commercial real estate derivatives products. In 2005, he moved to Tokyo to join Credit Suisse's Asia-Pacific Real Estate Finance and Securitization Group. His range of responsibilities included acting as the group's internal credit review function, managing the underwriting team, loan origination and closing, as well as looking at new business and market opportunities for the group.
Louziotis joined Credit Suisse from Price Waterhouse's Valuation and Advisory Services Group where he was a manager and involved in a wide range of consulting, transaction support and corporate real estate engagements. He holds a B.S. in finance from the University of Connecticut with a minor in real estate, and an M.S. in real estate with a minor in international business from Penn State University. He has spoken and been published academically and professionally, and was an adjunct faculty member in New York University's real estate masters program where he taught courses on international real estate. Louziotis is a Counselor of Real Estate, is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and holds the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute.
About ARGUS Software
ARGUS Software is the leading provider of software and solutions for managing the value of real estate investments worldwide. ARGUS Software has a world-class user base consisting of over 90,000 customers and users and has been focused solely on the commercial real estate segment for over 20 years. The ARGUS Software portfolio includes industry-standard products such as ARGUS Valuation - DCF, ARGUS Developer, ARGUS Asset Management and ARGUS Lease CRM.
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