About
Professional Summary
Raul is considered a market leader in the data center sector. He leads Colliers Americas data center advisory practice and is based in San Francisco. Prior to his time at Colliers he was the Northern California Data Center practice lead for JLL and a Co-Chair for the Data Center Practice Group. Before that he was a Senior Asset Manager for Digital Realty, a leading publicly traded international data center firm, where he ran a portfolio over 30+ properties and had profit and loss responsiblity.
Raul is a data center transactional specialist but also focuses time on capital markets in the sector. He has extensive site selection, JV, acquistion, dispositon and financing experience.
He has completed over 300MW of transactions.
Accomplishments
Three time winner of JLL's Top Gun award which recognizes top performers
Prior Northern California Data Center Practice lead for JLL and National Co-Chair.
Education
B.A., University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
MBA, The Kellogg School of Management @ Northwestern University
Memberships & Involvements
Northwestern University, Bay Area Regional Board Member
Tiburon Peninsula Club, Board Member
REED School Foundation, past Board Member