Christopher Shiota
President
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Christopher Shiota deployed approximately $900 million of capital through joint ventures with residential builders and developers in approximately 50 transactions while at Kennedy Wilson, Isles Ranch, and Lakebridge.

Chris manages the day-to-day operations of Lakebridge while acting as its President directly or indirectly managing originations, underwriting, due diligence, asset management, accounting, and reporting.

As a key member of the for-sale joint venture group at Kennedy Wilson and as the Director of Investment Management at Isles Ranch Partners, Chris designed and implemented the majority of key processes around deal selection, underwriting, due diligence, closing, asset management, and reporting. Chris was instrumental in the creation of both platforms and assisted in growing Isles Ranch Partners to 20 employees.

Through his education at University of Southern California and training at TriMont Real Estate Advisors (the asset manager for Lehman Brothers), Chris developed significant industry knowledge and contacts. Chris attended the University of Southern California where he graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration. Chris also studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

R. Jeffrey Spindler
Partner
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As a Founding Principal and President of Land Advisors Organization-California Division, Jeff Spindler leverages his extensive experience in the real estate industry to broker and advise on residential land transactions throughout California. In his 45-year career, Jeff has played an integral role in the sale of more than 130,000 residential units for consideration exceeding $5 billion.

In 1997, Jeff established Park Place Partners, Inc., along with Co-Founding Principals, Terry Ruckle and Brian Carricaburu. In March 2009, Park Place Partners, Inc., California’s largest residential land brokerage and advisory firm, merged platforms with Land Advisors Organization, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, and created the California Division of Land Advisors Organization. The combined platform is the only national brokerage and advisory network dedicated to the residential land development industry with offices located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

Along with other panels, Jeff is an annual speaker at the Zelman & Associates Housing Summit held in Dallas, Texas. Jeff is a licensed California Real Estate Broker and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach.

Ilana Liauw
CFO & Vice President
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Ilana Liauw’s extensive experience in the homebuilding industry has spanned roles in finance and land acquisition for public and private builders. At Lakebridge, Ilana oversees all financial aspects of the company as well as asset management and due diligence in Southern California.

Previously as the Director of Finance and Market Analytics at The Olson Company, Ilana prepared proformas and investment packages, produced robust financial reporting, and oversaw analytics within the company including market analysis, pricing, and buyer segmentation.  

Ilana managed Land Acquisitions at Beazer Homes and SummerHill Homes (the homebuilding subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap), where she was responsible for sourcing and underwriting new land opportunities, conducting due diligence, and obtaining corporate approval of target properties. During her time at Beazer, she spearheaded the acquisition of $110 million in land closings for the California Division.  

Prior to Beazer, Ilana was a Financial Analyst at K. Hovnanian Homes, preparing business plan financial projections and assisting the Land Acquisition department in preparing feasibility books and deal underwriting.  

Ilana attended Emory University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus in Finance and a double major in Mathematics.  Ilana is a California CPA.

Robert Shiota
Vice President of Real Estate
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Bob Shiota leads the firm’s underwriting, asset management, and operating activities. Prior to working with Lakebridge, Bob held senior management positions at major public homebuilders such as Standard Pacific, Richmond American, and Beazer Homes, as well as running his own private homebuilding company. 

Bob ran the Southern California Division of Beazer Homes and became California Area President during his tenure. He oversaw offices in Sacramento and Brea with 75 employees and 600 annualized closings approximating $200 million in revenue. Bob was the Southern California Regional President for Richmond American Homes, with responsibility for three divisions with over 200 employees, and managed the Salt Lake City office. He led the growth at Richmond to over 1,000 annualized closings and opened offices in Los Angeles and San Diego counties. Bob was a Vice President at Standard Pacific for over 9 years, performing land acquisition and project management on the Irvine Ranch and other Orange County projects as well Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire.

Bob received his Bachelor of Architecture and Masters of Urban Design from the University of Southern California. Bob was a founding member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and began his career as a city planner at the cities of Lakewood and Irvine.  He is also a licensed real estate broker and a general contractor in the state of California.

Andrew Spindler
Vice President
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As Vice President, Andrew assists the team with Asset Management and Investment Management functions. In addition, he leads the fundraising and investor relations efforts serving as the primary contact for investors and partners for capital transactions. With more than 17 years of experience in real estate, he brings a wealth of knowledge providing Lakebridge with institutional analytics, innovative financial solutions, cash flow forecasting, risk management, and value optimization.

Prior to joining Lakebridge, Andrew served as Senior Vice President in Green Street’s Advisory and Consulting business. The Advisory group harnessed Green Street’s market-leading data and insights to provide custom advice to institutional owners and investors ranging in topics from IPO advisory, transaction/M&A support and portfolio valuation. Andrew also has experience in the debt space as a former capital markets manager for a mid-sized multifamily lender and as the lead acquisition analyst specializing in sub-performing and non-performing commercial debt pools.

Andrew earned an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles with a focus in Real Estate Finance and a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Southern California’s Leventhal School of Accounting. In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.

Kwame Do
Vice President
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As Vice President, Kwame Do leads the team’s strategic financial underwriting, asset management, originations, and market analysis. With more than 8 years of Capital Markets experience, he's been involved in $350 million in capitalization and $350 million in dispositions, totaling $700 million in transaction volume.

Prior to joining Lakebridge, Kwame worked at Goldman Sachs where he specialized in risk management and funding allocation for the equity derivative synthetic product group. He also had the opportunity to intern at Land Advisors in 2013 where he worked alongside the Los Angeles Infill team to provide competitive market and deal analysis with the implementation of Salesforce.

To provide value for his clients, Kwame stays well-versed in real estate and land use as a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is also active as the Vice President, Board of Governor for Occidental College where he holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics. During his time at Occidental College he was a 4-year starter on the Football Team.

Scott Matsutsuyu
Associate
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As an Associate, Scott Matsutsuyu provides investment management support that includes financial underwriting and market analysis on all new and existing projects for Lakebridge.

Prior to Lakebridge, Scott managed institutional sales and bulk loan trading activities of DSCR and bridge product for Andreessen Horowitz-backed residential mortgage fintech start-up, PeerStreet.

He attended Drexel University graduating with a Bachelor of Finance degree. While attending college he interned for global alternative asset manager FS Investments where he focused on emerging wealth tech trends.

Loan Nguyen
Director of Marketing
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As Director of Marketing, Loan Nguyen leads the strategic branding and design of all Lakebridge collateral to aid in deal sourcing, capital sourcing, investment management, asset management, and investor relations.

Prior to joining Lakebridge, Loan was the Marketing Manager at Hanley Investment Group where she led the marketing team that delivered 199 closed retail listings in 2022, valued at $1 billion. With more than 12 years of experience in commercial real estate, Loan started her career with CBRE and Newmark, working on national high-profile pursuits that included office, industrial, and multifamily investments.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from California State University, San Bernardino.

Shann Sanese
Accountant
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Shann Sanese has extensive accounting and financial experience in the development industry including preparing and reviewing audited financials. Shann is responsible for coordinating the timely and accurate funding of draws from equity groups and lenders. Shann has experience working with various partner formats and processes. In addition to coordinating draws, Shann reviews Project and Investor entity financials and assists in reprojections and quarterly/monthly reporting. Shann’s industry experience includes Information Technology Companies, Residential General Contractors, Heavy Equipment Rental Companies, Boarding School for Elite Skiers, and Commercial General Contractors.