Joe Ernst, Managing Principal
Joe is the Managing Principal and Founder of srmErnst Development Partners, having over 35 years of commercial real estate experience in development, investment, asset management and finance.  Prior to that, Joe joined SRM Associates in 1999, becoming in charge of all new development in 2005.  Previously, Joe was involved with the structuring of private mortgage and asset-backed securities transactions, developing a conduit for the acquisition and securitization of subprime mortgages, and the acquisition, restructuring and fund management of a $1 billion portfolio of distressed residential loans and underperforming CMBS deals, all while with Cargill Financial, Piper Jaffray and Norwest (now Wells Fargo) in Minneapolis, MN.  Joe has his B.A. in Finance and Computer Science from the University of St. Thomas.