PRESS KIT
Here you can access all necessary information for our employees, their bios, and anything else needed to produce any news releases. If further information is needed, please reach out to us directly.
PRESS KIT
Here you can access all necessary information for our employees, their bios, and anything else needed to produce any news releases. If further information is needed, please reach out to us directly.
THE SPARTAN BRAND
MEDIA/PRESS CONTACT:
Lauren Brychell
lauren@spartan-investors.com
(904) 718-1714
RECENT PRESS RELEASES:
• Spartan Investment Group Launches FreeUP Self Storage Brand – January 27, 2021
• Spartan Investment Group Launches New Storage Brand Identity – January 25, 2021
• Millions in profits and 5,429 units: … – July 27th, 2020
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
It all started in Washington, DC when Scott and Ryan met as neighbors. Scott’s background in the military and Ryan’s background in aviation seeded the most important fundamentals at Spartan Investment Group – conservatism, due diligence, and a checklist driven approach. SIG started in residential and quickly moved into commercial development. Using the evaluation criteria of easy to manage, easy to maintain, easy to evict, we quickly settled on self-storage. SIG has acquired storage units, RV Parks, and has experienced massive growth in our team and our investors. In 2020, Spartan was named one of the fastest-growing companies by Inc. 500, and 8th in the real estate industry. Today, Spartan is a team of 30, spread out over four states with offices in Denver and Seattle.
LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES
& HEADSHOTS
Scott Lewis
Ryan Gibson
Ben Lapidus
Lauren Brychell
Gerrit Van Maanen
Ted Greene
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER
Scott Lewis
Scott Lewis is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spartan Investment Group, LLC (SIG). 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. Prior to Spartan, Scott held positions as a regional sales manager for a biotech firm, various positions in strategic and project management for the federal government culminating at the GS 15 level, and was on active duty in the US Army as an Infantry Officer.
In addition to Spartan, Scott is active in the US Army Reserves and an Iraqi Freedom 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.
Download Scott’s full Press Kit Here
Previous Appearances:
https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1394125/7018810-spartan-investment-group-with-scott-lewis
https://www.kevinbupp.com/podcast/ep-292-being-versatile-in-business-ventures-with-scott-lewis/
CIO AND CO-FOUNDER
Ryan Gibson
Ryan Gibson is the Chief Investment Officer and the Co-Founder of SIG. He has organized over $40M 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.
Download Ryan’s Full Press Kit Here.
Previous Appearances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJULsi_60ys&feature=emb_title
https://thegoldcollarinvestor.com/tgci-27-self-storage-investing/
https://lifebridgecapital.com/2019/11/30/ws405-scalable-business-infrastructures-with-ryan-gibson/
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Ben Lapidus
Ben Lapidus is a partner and the Chief Financial Officer for Spartan Investment Group LLC, where he has applied his finance and business development skills to acquire the company’s current portfolio, build the corporate finance backbone for the firm, and organize hundreds of millions of debt capital. Ben is also the founder and host of the national Best Ever Real Estate Investing Conference and managing partner of Indigo Ownerships LLC where he sponsored 40+ SF & MF real estate transactions.
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.
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Lauren Brychell
Lauren Brychell is part of the Investor Relations team at 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.
Download Lauren’s Full Press Kit Here.
Previous Appearances:
VP of Development
Gerrit Van Maanen
As Vice President of Development 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.
Download Gerrit’s Full Press Kit Here.
Previous Appearances:
Investor Relations Manager
Ted Greene
Ted Green is the Investor Relations Manager for Spartan Investment Group. Ted Greene is a third-generation Seattleite who went to high school with his sweetheart. Ted and Melissa have two children, one in college and the other attending 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.
Download Ted’s Full Press Kit Here
