Craig Martin, President and Partner of Tellus Group, LLC., has worked in the real estate industry over 35 years focusing on recapitalizing opportunistic, distressed and value add real estate assets. Craig has a successful track record of purchasing assets from the FDIC, secured creditors and lenders, Federal Bankruptcy trustees, Joint Provisional Liquidators, as well as public companies and private parties.

Prior to forming Tellus Group, Craig was the founder of Terra Verde Group and also the managing partner of several successful large land development partnerships, as well as golf and ski resort developments. Craig also spent seven years as a senior member of Robert M. Bass Realty of Fort Worth, Texas. At RMB Realty, Craig was active in the underwriting analysis, acquisition, and management of primarily large land development transactions and directed a best-of-class team of outside consultants. Other past professional accomplishments include serving as managing director of the Landmark Golf Company of Indian Wells, California and managing general partner of the Angel Fire Ski and Golf Resort in New Mexico.

Craig began his career as a real estate investment broker for the Staubach Company of Dallas while studying real estate and finance at the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. Craig is an active full member of the Urban Land Institute and currently serves on the Community Development Council – blue flight, and is an active member of the Dallas and National Home Builders Associations. Craig is the past Chapter Chairman of the YPO Gold Dallas Chapter (2016-2017). Craig has also served for seven years on the board of trustees of Liberty Christian School in Argyle, Texas, consistently ranked #1 in the 5A Division of TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools).

David Blom, Vice President/Partner for Tellus Group, LLC., has broad experience that encompasses both financial and development aspects of land development, with an emphasis on single-family development. He began his career with RepublicBank in Texas, which led to real estate foreclosures and asset turnaround activities, which included the rehab and eventual sale of retail shopping centers and office buildings.

David then joined a private development company in Dallas in 1990, where he served as V.P. – Finance and then President, presiding over all aspects of the entitlement, development and sale of over 4,000 lots in the Metroplex. David subsequently joined an institutional pension fund advisor, managing and underwriting large scale projects with a wide range of developers and builders from Washington D.C. to Florida, with financial commitments totaling over $300 million.

David joined Forest City Enterprises in 2007, establishing the Texas Land Division and underwriting and acquiring a portfolio of twelve (12) projects in three (3) of the major markets in Texas, with a build-out value of over $400 million. Responsibilities included underwriting analysis, loan sourcing and negotiation, municipal entitlements and builder relationships.

David joined Terra Verde during 2012 to manage all aspects of the development and sale of lots and land in the 2,000-acre master-planned community Windsong Ranch, located in Prosper, Texas, which was acquired from Forest City.