Jorge Jimenez
CEO
Real Estate Broker and DeveloperSince 2002.
Industrial Engineer, MBA and Project Manager. Specializing in Real Estate Marketing and Sales with more than $200 Million in sales over 20 years of experience.
Currently (in 2022) leading the $2.5B portfolio of hotel, leisure, residential and nautical real estate projects.
Establishing commercial relationships with companies such as Marriott, Marina Monaco Management, Meliá, Majestic, Hotusa, Tyrval, among others.
Alexander P. Grikitis
PRESIDENT
Partner in Cobano Preserve & Tambor Marina.
Alexander Grikitis Currently, Mr. Grikitis is the President of Grikitis Group LLC, and he was formally the President and Manager Director of Operations of Oban Energy, LLC (a $ 5.5 billion project), which is developing a refinery and storage facility in The Bahamas. Prior to joining Oban, Mr. Grikitis was a Partner in DGD Capital which ran Parallel Fund III A $300 Million Dollar Private Equity Fund, and principal of Savannah Trust Realty, LLC and its affiliates, a commercial real estate brokerage firm established in Savannah, GA. Mr. Grikitis was also a principal of ShipShape Restoration and Design LLC. ShipShape specialized in re -developing and re -positioning historical and industrial properties and specialized in utilizing historic tax credits and LEED Certified Green Historic Restoration Mr. Grikitis is also the President of Art for Everyone Foundation, LLC, which is a not -for -profit art foundation that supports and assists in the development of young artists. Mr. Grikitis graduated from Savannah College of Art & Design with a B.F.A. in Historic Preservation.
Michel Neutelings
CHIEF HOSPITALITY DEVELOPER
Consolidated professional in the areas of project analysis, project financing and valuation of start-up companies. He has held managerial positions such as Credit Manager and Operations Manager in financial institutions in Costa Rica. He has 15 years of experience in project finance, project management and financial evaluation.
He has carried out research in various fields such as Pharmacoeconomics and Public Sector for the research division of the Postgraduate in Economics of the University of Costa Rica, and for the State of the Nation Program. He has founded and directed personal companies in the food and beverage, textile, vending industries and currently owns Montecastilla, a company dedicated to the outsourcing of personnel for foreign companies and consulting on project finance and business strategy issues. He has complemented his professional career with a part-time dedication as a professor since 2014 for postgraduate, undergraduate and specialization programs at the University of Costa Rica and the Central American Technological University UNITEC® in Honduras.
Education: Economist from the University of Costa
Master in Business Economics at the University of Costa Rica
Master in Project Management at EAE Business School, Madrid, Spain. Certified as a Project Manager Professional PMP® by the Project Management Institute PMI®
Ángel Coello Segura
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Chief Operating Officer and partner in
Cobano Preserve & Tambor Marina.
Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Degree in Technical Architecture. Degree in Business Sciences. Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Degree in Tourism. Tourism School, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Diploma in Ecological Tourism, Turistik Union International (TUI), Munich, Germany. Air Traffic Controller by Civil Aviation, Madrid, Spain Technician in Flight Operations by IBERIA, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. International Flight Dispatcher by IATA, New York, USA. Partner and general manager of the company “Team 4×4” dedicated to rural and adventure tourism in Canary Islands and Venezuela. General Secretary of the Canary Islands Association of rural and adventure tourism. Tourism Advisor of the Canary Islands Autonomous Government. Chief Operating Officer of the Marinas Pasito Blanco and Puerto Rico in Gran Canaria Island. Light sailing and windsurfing instructor by the Spanish Sailing Federation. Yatch Skipper by the Spanish Sailing Federation and the Spanish Ministry of Marine. Hang gliding instructor and Ultralight Pilot by the Spanish Federation of Air Sports and Spanish Civil Aviation Ministry. In Costa Rica.- Director of TURAVIA in Costa Rica. Partner and general manager of the touristic companies Water World and Terra Tours, both with operations in Playa Tambor and Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in Montelimar, Nicaragua and in Atitlan Lake, Guatemala. President of the Federation of Chambers of Tourism of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. General Manager of the real estate development called ¨Tambor Hills¨ in Playa Tambor. Owner of the touristic development called ¨Coqueluche´s place¨. Playa Tambor.
Kevin Vilchez
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Sense Digital Agency Founder.
Digital Marketing Expert, Advertiser. Kevin has +13 years of experience in digital marketing working with the lead companies in Costa Rica and worldwide companies. Worked as professor of digital marketing and speaker, source main media in Costa Rica in his field. Certified as a partner with: Google, Meta, and HubSpot among others.
– Digital Marketing Expert
– Social Media Expert
– E-Commerce
– Paid Media
– Digital Strategies
– Digital Advertising Campaigns
Phill Marriott
HOSPITALITY PARTNER
Partner in Cobano Preserve & Tambor Marina.
Phil Marriott was born in Washington, DC. His dad, Russell, brother to J. Willard Marriott who founded Marriott Hotels, developed Marriott with the 4 brothers into an 8,500-hotel business. Phil is proud of the Marriott name and is committed to maintaining and continuing his good name. The Family has donated to Universities like University of Utah and Brigham Young University as well as many deserving charities. His mom, Phyllis after whom he is named, was just as accomplished and influential to Phil, as she was the ‘National Mother of the Year’ in 1972.
The Phil Marriott Company has built a partnership with Millennium Commercial Properties to support existing hotel owners, REITS, and Capital partners to enhance the growth and expansion of their operating partners. Phil Marriott has over 50+ years of experience in the hospitality industry and has experience in all aspects of the industry. The Phil Marriott Company has built a team of experienced real estate experts, property owners, capital sources, and hospitality industry leaders that can privately manage acquisitions, dispositions, and provide creative capital solutions from around the world. These solutions bleed into Land Development, Data Centers, Self-Storage, Adult Living Centers, Multi-Family Properties, etc.
Dirk Dewitte
STONE FINANCIAL PARTNER
In mid-2014, Dirk Dewitte founded Dewitte & Partners S.A., a strategic management and economic advisory firm. This has been the outcome of his long-standing experience as Senior Partner of Deloitte.Over the past 30 years,Mr Dewitte has gained extensive experience advising North American, Russian, Asian and in particular Chinese partners and clients, on the Luxembourg and international markets.
In his current role as President and CEO of a private marina in the French Riviera, Mr Dewitte enacts his knowledge of the maritime world and yachting industry, with a strong focus on marine and maritime financial management and structured finance.This includes the construction of marinas, the management of yacht clubs at an international level, assisting in the building-out and development of operational and financial structures of private marinas, and the funding and commercialisation of marina projects and private marinas
From May 2013 to June 2019, it was Mr Dewitte’s honour and privilege to serve as the President of the China-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (CHINALUX), and since June 2019, he has held the position of Honorary President of CHINALUX, alongside the Chinese Ambassador to Luxembourg.
Since May 2021, Mr Dewitte is the co-founder and Managing Director of D Group Capital S.à r.l. which is a European-based alternative investment platform gaining access to high- quality private market investment opportunities.
José Daniel Valdés
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER STONE ALLIANCE
Consolidated professional in the areas of project analysis, project financing and valuation of start-up companies. He has held managerial positions such as Credit Manager and Operations Manager in financial institutions in Costa Rica. He has 15 years of experience in project finance, project management and financial evaluation. He has carried out research in various fields such as Pharmacoeconomics and Public Sector for the research division of the Postgraduate in Economics of the University of Costa Rica, and for the State of the Nation Program. He has founded and directed personal companies in the food and beverage, textile, vending industries and currently owns Montecastilla, a company dedicated to the outsourcing of personnel for foreign companies and consulting on project finance and business strategy issues. He has complemented his professional career with a part-time dedication as a professor since 2014 for postgraduate,undergraduate and specialization programs at the University of Costa Rica and the Central American Technological University UNITEC® in Honduras.
Education
Economist from the University of Costa Rica
Master in Business Economics at the University of Costa Rica
Master in Project Management at EAE Business School, Madrid, Spain.
Finacial
Certified as a Project Manager Professional PMP® by the Project Management Institute PMI®
Arq. José Calderón Sandino
CHIEF ARCHITECTURE OFFICER STONE ALLIANCE
Architect and builder of architectural projects since 2000.
Architect and founder of CALDERON architects S.A. since 2003. Specialized in project development: consultancy, construction, paperwork, budgets and property surveys,
be it residential, commercial, hotels, sustainable and industrial development. With a wide interdisciplinary participation. He has more than 250 projects and preliminary projects in various areas. Ongoing projects: CAO Chief Architect O cer of Stone Alliance.
Director and builder of residential projects for Coopefenix in alliance with Coopeservidores, in different areas of the country: Condominium Bonaire (24 residential units), Condominium
Araucaria (100 residential units), Condominium Maderal (350 residential units).
Arq. Alberto Reifer Zonzinski
Stone ARCHITECTURE PARTNER
Architect with more than 33 years of experience, he has designed with his firm REIFER ARQUITECTOS around 600,000 square meters in projects of great diversity, such as Residential Buildings, Mixed Use Projects, Office Buildings, Shopping Centers, Banks, Educational Centers, Institutional, Residential, Wineries, Masterplanning, Interior Design, etc.
(https://www.reiferarquitectos.com)
He has developed real estate projects, from the initial stages such as Idea Management, Preliminary Studies, Preliminary Project and Design, as well as the development that contemplates the Plans, Paperwork, Construction and Marketing Tender among others.
Recognized investor in other companies and projects nationwide.
Bertha Mora Jiménez
PROJECT & MARKET RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
Economist graduated from the University of Costa Rica, master in economics with an emphasis in Banking and Risk Management.
Bertha also earned two MBA’s the first one in Management from the University of Costa Rica and the second one in Finance from the European Business School and a postgraduate degree in Project Management.
With more than 12 years of experience in areas such as: Macroeconomic Statistics, Project and Property Management, Real Estate and Retail Market Research in Central America and the Caribbean.
Hence past works, Bertha have an extensive experience in carrying out feasibility studies, real estate and retail market research, national/international economic analysis and fiscal statistics.
James France
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
Mr. James France spearheads the CFO Advisory Practice for Sia Partners US, a global management consulting firm. He has more than two decades of experience in diversified consulting, strategic advisory, and corporate and operational finance.
James works with finance and operations teams for Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms and portfolio holdings, family offices, and mid-size and small businesses across industry sectors, where he focuses on improving and executing business strategies and aligning business goals with the needs of his clients and stakeholders.
His experience covers all CFO and finance function competencies, from target operating models and methodological framework development to process optimization and implementation of changes into the company’s practices.
Javier Salinas
JAVIER SALINAS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
Javier has more than 40 years of professional experience in the national and international market, offering a conscious vision of the environment to be treated, and seeking innovative and avant-garde answers at an architectural and urban level. its projects focus on obtaining the highest levels of quality and excellence, through proposals that comprehensively resolve, and with high added value, expectations and needs of customers and society in general, in a context of sustainability. profitability and innovation. His works maintain a holistic vision of Architecture and habitat, seeking to contribute to the sustainable and balanced development of sociel.in on environment of beauty emotion. His professional experience ranges from single family residential projects, to institutional buildings, offices, condominiums, parks, hotels, urban developments, among others, always achieving harmony between spatial design and the urban environment. His greatest work is the new Congress of the Republic of Costa Rica, with the completion of its construction in 2020. Awarded with sustainable Blue Flag in the process of design and construction.
Roberto Rojas
CHIEF DEVELOPER OFFICER
Civil Engineer, University professor and director of degree thesis projects. Permanent member of the joint commission for the urban development of the great area metropolitan federated college of engineers and architects of Costa Rica. April 2017 at date. International project consultant for investor constructions companies and consultants in San Jose, Panama, Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Spain, design and works supervision.
Fernando Rojas
CHIEF CONSTRUCTION OFFICER
Construction Engineer with more than 36 years of experience in Real Estate Construction .2004-University for International Cooperation. Master in Project Management Certification1998 – Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Cochabamba, Bolivia. In coordination with Lund Centre for Habitat Studies LCHS, Lund University. Sweden. Certificate in improvement of the Popular Habitat.1997 – National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, UNAN, Managua, Nicaragua. In coordination with Lund Centre for Habitat Studies LCHS, Lund University, Sweden. Certificate in Architecture and Development of Popular Habitat.1997 -Business Incubation Center, CIE, Costa Rica. Activity-Based Management.1997 – National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, UNAN, Managua, Nicaragua. In coordination with the University of Catalonia, Spain. Certificate in Urban Planning.1996 – Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Cochabamba, Bolivia. In coordination with Lund Centre for Habitat Studies LCHS, Lund University. Sweden. Diploma in Architecture of the Popular Habitat.1996 – Society of Engineers of Bolivia, Diploma in the Use of Nylon Fibers and Chemical Products of last Generation in Concrete.1981 – 1985 – Technological Institute of Costa Rica ITCR. Cartago, Costa Rica.
Brian McCarley
PROJECT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Brian McCarley serves as Grikitis Group’s COO. Brian is responsible for the successful execution of Grikitis Group’s Planning, Design and Construction of new developments. Brian has spent 20 years in various capacities as a general contractor and also as owners representative for two of the largest healthcare providers in the nation. Brian has managed $200m of construction projects across the United States ranging from Healthcare, commercial and K-12.