Gannon International
Troy W. Gordon is Vice President and General Counsel of Gannon International, Ltd. As General Counsel, Mr. Gordon provides legal advice and counsel to the management team of Gannon International and its affiliated entities, primarily by assisting the management team of Gannon Realty Group in the negotiation, documentation, and closing of various real estate transactions.
Mr. Gordon received a B.A degree in Political Science from Indiana University in 1984 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Gordon earned his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1987.
Mr. Gordon joined Gannon in 2000. During the prior 12 years, he practiced law with Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis, Missouri in that firm's Real Estate, Development and Construction, and Lender and Business Finance practice groups.
Colleen Peck joined Gannon in 1987, and currently serves as Vice President of Financial Services for Gannon International, Ltd. In this capacity, she is responsible for ensuring that financial policies and procedures for all affiliated entities are properly administrated, and for producing statements accurately and on time—using a variety of accounting systems. Ms. Peck’s group works with several CPA firms in the preparation of all of the tax returns and in the management of all external audits. Ms. Peck holds a B.S. degree in both Accounting and Management from Southeast Missouri State University.
Information Technology
Mike Keymer is Vice President and Director of Operations for Gannon Technologies Group, LLC. In this role, Mr. Keymer oversees the general operations of the company and manages its administrative functions. Mr. Keymer is also responsible for coordinating and managing the organization’s growth in both the short and long term.
Mr. Keymer was the first member of the Gannon executive team to complete the Assistant to the CEO of Gannon International program, a unique general management training program that provides young professionals a breadth of experience working alongside the CEO and founder of Gannon International. During his tenure in that program, Mr. Keymer executed special projects on behalf of the CEO of Gannon International, Ltd. in each of Gannon’s three operating groups.
Prior to joining Gannon, Mr. Keymer gained extensive project and asset management experience at AMEC Construction Management, Inc. and Weidlinger Associates, Inc., including working as a member of the general contractor’s team selected to reconstruct the Pentagon after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Mr. Keymer holds advanced degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Amen Zwa is Vice President and Director of Engineering at Gannon Technologies Group, LLC. Mr. Zwa, who joined GTG in late 2006, is an imagery and computer scientist with more than 20 years of software development experience. He began his life-long fascination with computers early in life. By the early 1980s, while still in his pre-teens, he began creating and selling record keeping software for small medical offices. Soon, he became interested in game design, 3-D computer graphics, and high-performance computing hardware.
Mr. Zwa earned his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1991, and immediately began a career as a software and hardware engineer. In 1996, he received his M.S. degree in Computer Science. As a graduate student, Mr. Zwa researched extensively and co-authored several papers in the then new research frontier of 3-D volumetric information visualization. After graduate school, he returned to the software industry. Over the past two decades, he has worked in numerous scientific and engineering disciplines including artificial intelligence, noise cancellation, cryptography, parallel processing, object-oriented design, and user interface design. He has also managed a number of research and engineering programs.
Today, Mr. Zwa continues to contribute in scientific research, software engineering, and technical management, at GTG, overseeing image processing scientific research and high-level software engineering.
Frank Carlucci Frank Carlucci is Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Development for Gannon Technologies Group. In this capacity, he has primary responsibility for GTG’s go-to-market strategy and positioning.
Mr. Carlucci brings over fifteen years of technology industry experience to GANNON, having held senior executive positions at Extreme Networks, Avaya, Lucent, and Nortel. Prior to starting his technology career at Nortel Federal Systems, Mr. Carlucci served for six years as an intelligence officer in the Navy. He is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Real Estate
David W. Weygandt serves as Senior Vice President of Gannon Development. A member of the Gannon organization since 1984, Mr. Weygandt administers the expansion of the Gannon Realty Group’s portfolio of properties, and has a wide range of experience in all phases of realty operations, including financing, construction, and management.
Mr. Weygandt is a certified public accountant and holds a B.S. degree with honors in Accounting from Southern Illinois University.
Douglas D. Everett serves as Vice President of Development for the Gannon Development Company. Mr. Everett brings 30 years of engineering, construction, design, and project management experience to Gannon Development. His projects have included commercial, residential, and industrial properties, in both new and renovated designs. Mr. Everett joined Gannon in 1992 as the licensed certified general contractor for the state of Florida, responsible for design and construction of Florida projects. Numerous hurricane reconstruction projects have been completed in Florida, in addition to new multifamily development. He has also served as director of engineering and design for overseas operations consisting of projects in Vietnam and Thailand. Recently, he has designed and managed the renovation of multifamily condominium conversions.
Mr. Everett is both a Magna Cum Laude graduate in Civil Engineering from Youngstown State University and a Graduate Fellow at the Carnegie-Mellon University. His educational background includes areas of concentration in geotechnical design, structural system design, and real estate economics and management.
Robin Kessinger is Vice President of Facilities & Construction Management for Gannon Management. Mr. Kessinger has an extensive background in construction and building maintenance. He has been in the multifamily property management field for over two decades, beginning in 1985. In this time he has become proficient in all phases of daily operations including fire alarm and fire protection systems, electrical and plumbing systems and supervision of multi property maintenance staffs, including the design and implementation of the annual budgets and management of all capital projects from design to completion.
Currently, Mr. Kessinger is responsible for the oversight of all maintenance and construction activity within our real estate portfolio. His position also includes oversight of maintenance programs and operational programs dealing with the physical aspects of our properties, including grounds and hardscape elements.
He served as the Director of Maintenance for Gannon Management of Missouri from 1999 to 2002. In 2002, Mr. Kessinger moved more exclusively into the development arena to focus more particularly on construction and rehab projects including scope and design, pricing, purchasing, supervision of in-house and subcontractor crews, and final punch-out of completed projects.
Bruce O. Studer serves as Vice President of Construction for Gannon Development and is responsible for Gannon Development construction activities. He also oversees construction at developments managed by Gannon Management.
Mr. Studer, a 1971 graduate of the University of Missouri, began his construction career with Bank Building Corporation, advancing to the level of Area Construction Manager responsible for overseeing the construction of financial institutions and health care facilities in multiple states. Subsequently, he has held principal construction management positions with Phoenix Contractors and the Paric Corporation. Mr. Studer joined Gannon in 1992.
Jeff P. LaRose serves as Director of Purchasing for Gannon Development. He is responsible for the location, pricing, and purchasing of goods and services (including sub-contracts) for both Gannon Development and Gannon Management. He also assists as necessary in the often complex task of obtaining building permits within the appropriate municipalities. Due to Mr. LaRose's efforts, Gannon Development and Gannon Management enjoy significant cost savings in the pooling of purchases for all properties.
Mr. LaRose has 10 years of experience in construction. Prior to joining Gannon, Mr. LaRose was an expeditor and project clerk for Phoenix Contractors in St. Louis, Missouri, building residential developments. He has a Journalism degree from Southern Illinois University.
Chris Marlo serves as Director of Maintenance for the Missouri portfolio. Mr. Marlo graduated from Rankin Technical College in 1989 with an Associates degree in HVAC. He has worked in the multi-family property management field since 1990. He began with Gannon in 1998 as an on-site Maintenance Supervisor of a 1083 unit property and was promoted in 2002 to Director of Maintenance. Mr. Marlo is responsible for oversight of all maintenance employees and the day-to-day maintenance operations of Gannon’s owned and/or managed properties in Missouri.
Jerry Pence, Chief Horticulturist and Director of Grounds, is responsible for establishing and maintaining a program to enhance the grounds of Gannon Realty sites. Additionally, he is responsible for the design and installation of landscaping for sites under development. His designs have won several awards for Gannon properties.
Mr. Pence has a B.S. degree in horticulture from Kansas State University. He is a certified landscape designer and is a past board member with the Association of Professional LandscapeDesigners (APLD). In 1995, Mr. Pence was named Landscape Designer of the Year by the Missouri Botanical Gardens. In 2003, he was awarded the Employee of the Year award by the St. Louis Apartment Association. He is also involved with the Gateway Professional Horticultural Association (GPHA).
Mr. Pence has been published in Landscape Design, St. Louis Home, and Gateway Gardener. He is an instructor in the horticulture department at St. Louis Community College at Meramec, teaching three levels of landscape design. Mr. Pence has also been involved in community programs relating to landscape design throughout the St. Louis area.
International Trade & Development
Tran Quoc Hung is the Deputy Managing Director of Gannon Vietnam, Ltd., where he is responsible for finance, accounting, human resources, administration, and supply chain operations. Prior to joining Gannon, Mr. Hung was a Senior Auditor with Arthur Andersen, and also worked as a Financial and Accounting Manger for Nestle in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. An expert in financial and accounting matters, Mr. Hung has consulted to many local holding companies in Vietnam, and has worked as a Senior Trainer for local Vietnamese educational organizations. Mr. Hung holds a B.A. degree in Finance and Accounting from Ho Chi Minh City Finance & Accounting University.
Eric Binet is the Director of the Commercial Division of Gannon Vietnam, Ltd. The Commercial Division promotes flooring and hardware solutions for the hospitality, office, residential, and industrial real estate sectors. A resident of Vietnam since 2001, Mr. Binet joined Gannon in 2003 and previously worked in Vietnam in the construction and property management industry. Prior to moving to Vietnam, Mr. Binet had more than 15 years of experience in paper and related industries, including printing and textiles, and held the position of Marketing Manager with one of the Merchant Division (Papyrus) units of StoraEnso, a leading forest company. Mr. Binet has been involved in business-to-business marketing and purchasing activities, as well as the development and implementation of E-commerce solutions for paper merchant customers in Europe.
Xavier Codron is the Sales and Logistics Director of Gannon Vietnam, Ltd. Mr. Codron first arrived in Vietnam in 1994 and started working in the wine industry. He set up the wine and spirits marketing and sales activity of a major French company with Vietnamese partners. He returned to Europe for two years before returning to Vietnam in 2000 to develop a remote site services company in Southeast Asia. Mr. Codron joined Gannon Vietnam in 2005, and has been in charge of the spirit distribution division since that time.
Ngo Quang Hien is Director of the Power Division of Gannon Vietnam, Ltd. In this capacity, Mr. Hien manages the development of the Gannon Power Vietnam Project in the Dong Nai Province. Prior to holding this position, Mr. Hien served for 15 years as an advisor to Shaw Stone & Webster (a U.S. engineering group) for multiple power plant projects and an oil refinery plant project in Vietnam. These included the Baria Add-on Power Plant Project, the Pha Lai 2 Coal-fired Power Plant Project, the gas-fired Phu My 2-1 Extension Power Plant Project, and the Dung Quat Oil Refinery Plant Project.
Mr. Hien has consulted to many multinational companies on a broad variety of international development projects in Vietnam since 1989, including the development of motorbike manufacturing facilities, the creation of equipment distribution networks, and the development of a property project and a racetrack facility. Mr. Hien holds a degree in International Law and Political Science from the Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University. He is fluent in English, French, and Vietnamese.
