BRE Properties, Inc. (NYSE:BRE) today announced the appointment of Todd E. Katler as senior vice president, sales and marketing, effective February 15, 2010. Katler joins BRE from Level One, Inc., where he served as vice president, business development since 2007.
Katler will be responsible for sales management, enterprise-wide and community-level marketing programs, and the company's centralized customer service center. He will be based in the company's Irvine, Calif. office.
"We are pleased to welcome Todd to BRE," said BRE President and Chief Executive Officer Constance B. Moore. "We created this new position to combine progressive sales management with our existing marketing programs to support property operations. The new role will help BRE meet the challenges of a changing resident demographic and a customer preference for e-commerce transactions. Todd is well known in the apartment industry as a leader in sales management, and an authority on all aspects of Web-based marketing. We look forward to Todd joining the team and his future contributions."
At Level One, the multifamily industry's largest outsourced leasing agent/call center provider, Katler contributed to a substantial increase in the company's revenue; helped clients mine marketing data to support advertising and operating decisions; and uncovered multiple areas for improving customer retention, new revenue streams and operating efficiencies. From 2001 to 2007, he was director of sales for Rent.com, an eBay company, where he was responsible for increasing sales revenue from $700,000 to $92 million per year and raising operating margins to 31%. Prior to Rent.com, Katler was director of sales for Rentals.com, a multifamily Internet listing service.
Katler is a frequent speaker on sales and marketing topics at major multifamily industry conferences, including the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC) Technology Conference and the National Apartment Association (NAA) Education Conference. He is a member of the board of directors of the California Apartment Association.
About BRE Properties
BRE Properties, based in San Francisco, Calif., owns and manages apartment communities convenient to its residents' work, shopping, entertainment and transit in supply-constrained Western U.S. markets. BRE directly owns and operates 73 apartment communities totaling 21,245 units in California, Arizona and Washington. The company invests in communities through acquisition and development, and currently has five properties in various stages of development and construction, totaling 1,526 units, and joint-venture interests in 13 additional apartment communities, totaling 4,080 units. BRE Properties is a real estate investment trust (REIT) listed in the S&P MidCap 400 Index. For more information on BRE Properties, please visit our Web site at www.breproperties.com.(Property data as of 09/30/09)
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