Doug Thomas serves as  Partner with Live Oak and Director of Leasing, where he manages portfolio leasing as well as planning and strategy. Doug joined the industrial leasing division of Live Oak - Gottesman in 2007 as Vice President of Industrial Leasing and was responsible for securing new business and day-to-day leasing transactions. During his tenure in commercial real estate, Doug has closed over 500 deals totaling over five million square feet.

Prior to Doug's tenure with Live Oak, he was focused on landlord representation for the Trammell Crow Company (TCC) and CBRE industrial teams, and tenant representation transactions with Hill Partners Corporate Services.

Education

• Bachelors of Business Administration, Finance - St. Edward's University

Affiliations

• Member, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
• Member Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA)
• Member, Commercial Brokers Association (CBA)

Career Summary
Dax Benkendorfer serves as Vice President of Leasing with the industrial leasing division of Live Oak where he is focused on procuring lease transactions for both project leasing and tenant representation, sales, acquisitions and business development. Since joining Live Oak in 2018, Dax has completed 285 transactions totaling more than 1.9M square feet. He has been involved in sourcing 40 acres of land for future industrial development.

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Dax joined Live Oak full time after graduating from The University of Texas at Austin. His prior experience includes an internship at Live Oak in the summer of 2016 and 2017 while attending the University of Texas at Austin.

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Education

• Bachelor of Science in Advertising - University of Texas at Austin
• McCombs Real Estate Finance and Investment Certificate Program
• McCombs Business Foundations Certificate Program

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Ryan Whalen is a Partner at Live Oak and serves the Leasing & Investments divisions, where he is focused on leasing, industrial development, and acquisitions. Ryan has completed over 100 lease transactions totaling over 2 million square feet. He has also been involved in five value-add acquisitions totaling 250,000 square feet and two industrial developments totaling 250,000 square feet.

Ryan's prior experience includes being a member of the National Football League as a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, and Cincinnati Bengals.

Affiliations

Member-Commercial Brokers Association (CBA)

Member-Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA)

Member-Stanford Professionals in Real Estate (SPIRE)

Member-Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Member-Former Players Network (NFLPA)

Education

Bachelor of Arts

Science, Technology, and Society - Stanford University

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