Jim Osmani

Experience

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  Freedom Mortgage Team

  Jan 2001 - Feb 2009

  Chief Financial Officer, Marketing Director

  Spearheaded business operations of privately owned commercial and residential real estate financing firm servicing real estate investors and homeowners. Orchestrated the funding of mortgage financing in excess of $1 billion. Expand operations to over 100 originators and supporting staff and multiple Chicagoland locations.

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  WALLTAT

  Dec 2008 - Feb 2016

  Co-Founder, Marketing Director - Exited

  Founded Innovative wall decor product company with on-demand fulfillment, capable of delivering over 300,000 unique product SKU's. Managed supply chain for customers and raw materials /equipment required to satisfy industry leading lead times (2-4day). Built e-commerce website on SAS platform capable of handling thousands of daily visitors and product options. Wrote product descriptions and category content using SEO best practices and achieved 1st page organic results for over 200 keywords and search terms. Developed product visualization tool for mobile devices as part of brand and product awareness campaign. Led marketing efforts to increase brand awareness and drive conversions by designing and implementing highly targeted Print, Television, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Social Media Marketing (SMM) campaigns. Show less

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  Self-Employed

  Mar 2009 - Apr 2020

  Business Innovation Consultant / Product Manager

  Engage in contract projects with brick and mortar and web-based businesses to design and implement products and marketing campaigns with a focus on customer acquisition and retention.

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  Sierra U.S.

  Apr 2011 - Aug 2014

  VP Operations and Finance

  Led national expansion of Chicago based commercial real estate brokerage into strategic regions to better serve national tenant and landlord clients.• Served as Controller and oversaw the addition of four offices across the United States, including: state licensing, build-out and broker recruiting. • Initiated brand refresh, and re-launch of company website based with a focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for property listings• Established enterprise cloud communication solution (Office365) and oversaw the migration of in-house legacy systems. Defined internal systems and procedures for shared marketing and accounting resources for regional offices via SharePoint Online• Designed and managed the outsourced development of a proprietary, web-based system to manage and rate proposed sites for tenant clients based on quantitative and qualitative metrics• Created proprietary Excel based real estate financial models for purposes of marketing investment sales and underwriting proposed property acquisitions. Analyzed economics of proposed LOIs and counteroffers (Term, TI, Escalations, Abatement, etc.)• Supported partners and dealmakers in a wide range of strategic meetings from New Developments to Project Leasing, including the design and implementation of a RFP management portal for iconic Chicago tourist destination• Obtained IL Real Estate Broker’s License to support ownership in licensed activities and ensure regulatory compliance Show less

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  DotRIP Limited

  Feb 2012 - Jun 2014

  Co-Founder / Product Owner - Exited

  Identified unique opportunity in Internet history and made successful application for new Generic Top Level Domain (GTLD) dedicated to digital memorial websites. Participated in a binding third party auction opposite a publicly traded company for the exclusive right to operate the new GTLD and successfully exited. This expansion of GTLDs by the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) attracted the attention of Google, Amazon and numerous international brands.

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  Cedar Street Companies

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2018

  VP Urban Retail

  Identify new development and re-development opportunities in Chicago and surrounding area. Research and secure new Chicago locations for exclusively represented clients in fashion retail, lifestyle fitness, financial services and law.• Assess and audit tenant requirements based on analysis of business operation and needs• Research qualitative and quantitative metrics for proposed locations to determine compatibility with Tenant business• Prepare LOI’s, negotiate deal terms and finalize lease agreements with Tenant counsel.• Assist in design and cost estimation of build outs • Licensed Real Estate Broker Show less

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  AnyCurb

  Apr 2020 - Mar 2021

  COO / Managing Broker (Acquired)

  We aim to increase housing supply by empowering homebuyers with predictive data to pursue off-market homes as part of their next real estate transaction.

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  Zayed Law Offices

  Mar 2021 - now

  Chief Operating Officer

  We are a trial law firm, and our multifaceted goal includes taking on a plurality of the most complex and catastrophic injury cases in the State of Illinois. Our goal is to express and convey the totality of each client’s losses as we fight for complete remedy.