Michael handles deal sourcing, development, legal, and capital and debt structures. Before forming Vault, Michael served as Director of Legal/Real Estate at Crane Worldwide Logistics in Houston, Texas. At Crane, Michael led the real estate division with a portfolio totaling over five million square feet leased, and over $100 million of development and acquisitions. Prior to his time at Crane, Michael was an associate at the law firm Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago where he focused on dispositions and acquisitions, development, and leasing with the Real Estate Practice Group of the firm.

• BA, University of Texas at Austin
• JD, Tulane University Law School
• MBA, Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business

Matthew focuses his efforts on legal, deal sourcing and development. Matthew joined Vault from The Friedkin Group where he served as Legal Counsel for Gulf States Toyota, Inc., exclusive distributor for Toyota vehicles and parts in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. While at Gulf States Toyota, Inc., Matthew managed legal aspects associated with real estate purchases and dealership construction throughout Gulf State’s five state region. Matthew began his career as a commercial litigator at Crady, Jewett, McCulley and Houren, LLP before moving to Locke Lord, LLP, both in Houston, Texas. At both firms Matthew’s practice included a substantial focus on real estate disputes, purchase-sale agreement and landlord-tenant related.

BA, Hamilton College
JD. Albany Law School

Josh’s focus includes acquisition, deal sourcing, and financial management of the company’s portfolio. Prior to joining Vault Partners, Josh has experience working on the development, acquisition, and management of a variety of asset classes throughout the United States. Most recently, Josh was a managing partner of a 400k SF industrial portfolio. He started his career at Goldman Sachs where he worked as an asset manager for the firm’s Whitehall Funds. He continued his career at Fortress Investment Group where he helped grow and manage the firm’s 100+ property senior living portfolio. After moving to Houston in 2016, Josh led the underwriting and acquisition process for M-M Properties’ operating office portfolio.

• BA, University of Texas at Austin

TJ’s focus includes acquisition, deal sourcing, asset management, and brand development. Prior to joining Vault Partners, TJ has experience working in retail & industrial brokerage in New York City and throughout the United States. Most recently, TJ was an Associate Director at Newmark, where he constructed real estate strategies for Tenants expanding their network of logistics facilities, negotiated letters of intent, and oversaw lease negotiations. He led the Tri-State area expansion for goPuff, completing over 30+ deals on their behalf. TJ started his career in real estate at Robert K. Futterman & Associates (RKF), the #1 retail brokerage firm in the country at the time. Some of his clients included Hines, Taconic Investment Partners, New York Presbyterian Hospital, XIN Development, Union Square Hospitality Group, and CVS Pharmacy.

BA in Economics, Trinity College

Natalie’s focus includes property management, vendor contract negotiation, and operational development. Prior to joining the Vault team, Natalie co-founded 4WARD Energy Solutions, an energy consulting firm in Houston, Texas where she managed special projects, program management, and regulatory compliance. Before 4WARD Energy Solutions, Natalie was an administrator for the legal and insurance departments at Crane Worldwide Logistics, where she led the development of its international, corporate insurance program.

BA, University of Houston

Jake is an Operating Partner with Vault whose primary focus is sourcing deals and establishing creative processes for management / lease –up. His real estate career began in college by sourcing off market opportunities for developers and eventually he built an overseas call center to facilitate these efforts. After sourcing well over 100 commercial and residential deals for investors, he went on to find his own opportunities in a variety of asset classes (primarily industrial). He has continued to use his unconventional background to create a competitive edge locating opportunities as well as marketing to potential tenants. Jacob earned his BA from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas.