Scott Lewis

Scott Lewis is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spartan Investment Group, LLC (SIG). To date, SIG operates over 5500 storage units, 200 RV pads, has completed $11M in development projects, has $115M more underway, and raised over $42M in private equity.

As the CEO, Scott is responsible for the strategic direction of the company and ensuring it aligns with SIG’s mission to Improve Lives Through Real Estate. In addition to Spartan, Scott is also in the US Army Reserves and a combat Vet. Scott graduated from Michigan State University with degrees in Chemistry and Marketing, from Catholic University with an MS in Management, and from Georgetown University with a Certificate in Project Management.

In his free time, Scott enjoys spending time with his wife, Lindsay, mountain biking, skiing, and chasing their Jack Russell Terriers around the yard.

Ryan Gibson

Ryan Gibson is the Chief Investment Officer and the Co-Founder of SIG. He has organized over $30M of private equity for Spartan’s projects. Ryan has experience managing the development of SIGs projects in challenging markets.

For SIG, Ryan is responsible for investor relations and capital raises for projects. Ryan is also a highly experienced commercial airline pilot. Ryan graduated from Mercyhurst University with a bachelor’s degree in Business, with concentrations in Marketing, Management, and Advertising.

Ben Lapidus

Ben Lapidus is the Chief Financial Officer for Spartan Investment Group LLC, where he has applied his finance and business development skills to construct from scratch a portfolio of over $100M assets under management, build the corporate finance backbone for the organization, and organize over $20M of debt capital from the firm.  In addition to completing over 50 real estate transactions at and prior to Spartan, Ben is also the founder and host of the national Best Ever Real Estate Investing Conference and managing partner of Indigo Ownerships LLC.

Before Spartan, Ben founded and sold a multi-million dollar study abroad company and worked with several start-ups through IPO or acquisition.  He graduated from Rutgers University with dual degrees in Finance and Economics where he founded the Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society.

Jackie Gibson

Jackie Gibson is the Director of Operations for Spartan Investment Group, LLC. In this role Jackie is leveraging her 10+ years of logistics, procurement, project management, and engagement experience to increase quality, profitability and efficiency for SIG’s projects.

Jackie graduated from Mercyhurst University with a bachelor’s degree in Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Management.

Aaron Saunders

Aaron Saunders is the Director of Construction for Spartan Investment Group. He brings over 15 years of construction leadership experience including roles as a Sr. Project Engineer, Project Sponsor, and Director of Operations.  Aaron has managed concurrent projects ranging from 1M to 25M and has managed over 150M worth of projects during his career. He has a strong knowledge of project planning/scheduling, contract management, engineering oversite, subcontract management and has been a part of building multiple construction teams over his career. In addition to Spartan, Aaron oversees a real estate portfolio including single-family rentals, residential development, and multifamily limited partnerships.  

Lauren Brychell

Lauren Brychell is the Investor Relations Associate for Spartan Investment Group, LLC. In this role, Lauren brings her skills in marketing and project management to assist the team with investor facing collateral, communications, capital raise projects, and investor education.

Lauren graduated from Belmont Abbey College with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a concentration in Marketing and a minor in Entrepreneurship.

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Tyler Burke

Tyler Burke is the Senior Investment Associate for Spartan Investment Group, focusing primarily on new property acquisitions and business development. Prior to Spartan, Tyler was an Associate at Baceline Investments LLC, a Denver based private equity real estate investment firm. In this role, he was responsible for $63,000,000 of acquisitions in under three years. Tyler is a Denver native, where he attended Colorado State University majoring in Economics.

Gerrit Van Maanen

As Construction Project Manager for Spartan Investment Group, Gerrit brings his skills in project management, financial analysis, and residential construction to oversee Spartan’s development and capital improvement initiatives. Prior to this role he worked as a Financial Analyst for IBM.

Gerrit graduated from The University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in Finance.

Danika Anderson

Danika Anderson is the Senior Corporate Property Manager at Spartan Investment Group. Danika executes Spartan’s strategies related to property management operations by directing the team members on the assigned portfolio of properties, and by implementing the policies, procedures and practices that enable each facility to meet and exceed budgeted financial goals and achieve operational excellence.

Before joining Spartan in February 2020, Danika was a Property Manager for Greystar where she managed multi-family communities in the Denver metro area.

Danika graduated from The University of Arkansas with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism-advertising and public relations.

Ted Greene

Ted Greene is a third-generation Seattleite who married his high school sweetheart. Ted and Melissa have two children attending the same High School where they first met. After graduating from Seattle Pacific University with a BA in Finance Ted spent 24 years in the financial services industry as an investment advisor and Fiduciary.

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Lindsay Lewis

Lindsay Lewis is the Director of Business Intelligence for Spartan Investment Group, LLC. Applying 10+ years of experience in competitive and advanced analytics across the spectrum from data sourcing to integration and exploitation, Lindsay develops and implements the strategy for leveraging data, technology and research to quickly identify opportunities for SIG and its investors.

Lindsay graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and a master’s degree in Biodefense.

Tristan Cottarel

Tristan Cottarel is the Finance Analyst at Spartan Investment Group. Tristan brings his experience with financial analysis and market research to assist the Finance, Acquisitions, and Business Intelligence teams with market feasibility studies, property due diligence, as well as financial planning and analysis. 

Tristan graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Real Estate Finance and an emphasis in Real Property Development.

Danielle Tricarico

Danielle Tricarico is the Real Estate Administrative Assistant and Office Manager for Spartan Investment Group.  For 13 years, she worked in the Real Estate Investments Department for a public pension plan and prior to that as a paralegal in the student loan industry.  Danielle has earned an Associate’s Degree in Paralegal Studies and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business with a Finance concentration.

Valerie Buchanan-Newhouse

Valerie Buchanan-Newhouse is the Regional Manager for Spartan Investment Group’s Tyler Longview Portfolio. She is a United States Army Decorated Veteran and served a tour during Operation Enduring Freedom. She also served as support for Operation Iraqi Freedom, assisted in creating the Warrior Transition Unit(WTU) at Fort Hood Texas, and served five years as the Transition Non-Commissioned Officer. She brings 10 plus years of experience in Multi-Unit Retail Leadership and Corporate Recruitment Management.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from American Intercontinental University and currently pursuing her Master of Business and Administration graduating in the Spring of 2021.

Rachel Ford

Rachel Ford is the Property Management and Marketing Coordinator for Spartan Investment Group, LLC.  In this role, Rachel brings her skills in project management and marketing strategy to maximize the operations of Spartan’s growing national real estate portfolio and drive property marketing efforts.

Rachel graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and a Minor in Psychology. Born and raised in Minnesota, Rachel naturally has a passion for the outdoors. When out of the office, you can find Rachel enjoying all that Colorado has to offer with her golden retriever, Brinley.

Sharon Oliver

Sharon Oliver is the first Talent Support Associate for Spartan Investment Group. Sharon has a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Science and has a passion for working with people. She loves science, playing, and being outdoors. She enjoys spending time with her fantastic husband Josh and amazing daughter Gabriella.

Shannon Walter

Shannon Walter is the Staff Accountant for Spartan Investment Group, LLC. In this role, Shannon brings 15 years of accounting knowledge from various industries to assist the team with managing property level and corporate accounting functions.

Shannon graduated from Lenoir Rhyne University with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance.  

James Betzer

James is the new Acquisitions Associate for Spartan Investment Group. Prior to making the transition to brokerage in 2004, James was a commercial appraiser at a top firm in Seattle, Washington. He has valued hundreds of property types, including retail, industrial, multi-family, office, and raw land. He has over a decade of experience in brokering commercial properties, with local, regional, and national clients. He offers his clients the strategy, analysis, vision, and perspective necessary to negotiate the most complex sales and lease transactions. Whether it’s a passive investment or owner/users, James enjoys working with seasoned veterans or first-time commercial buyers.

James is an experienced buyer, seller, and landlord representation broker. He uses his broad experience to facilitate challenging 1031 exchanges and acquisition/dispositions of all property types. In addition, he specializes in investment properties including office, industrial, retail, and redevelopment opportunities. Along with the traditional lines of Income Properties, James enjoys alternative classes of income-producing properties.

Nelson Payne

Nelson Payne is the new Acquisitions Associate for Spartan Investment Group, focusing primarily on new property acquisitions and business development. Prior to Spartan, Nelson was a Residential Real Estate Broker for Jackson Hole Sotheby’s International Realty, and on the Acquisitions teams for Cortland, a multifamily investor/developer, and Prime Group Holdings, the largest private owner-operator of self-storage in the country. He has helped to close over $175 Million in acquisitions over his career.  

In his free time, Nelson enjoys spending time with his wife, Charlotte, and son, Charlie. They enjoy fly fishing, golfing, and skiing in the great Colorado outdoors.