Kellie Rastegar
Co-founder and Creative Director
Kellie’s diverse experience, seasoned skills, and vast network paved her path to success as co-founder of Rastegar Property Company. Specializing in luxury, residential, commercial and new development real estate, Kellie’s passions include philanthropy and design. Her background in communications helps Rastegar ensure top services to clients, ensuring every detail runs smoothly.
She later worked in commercial and residential real estate in New York. Today, she makes sure Rastegar acquires high profile projects and that the firm keeps a diverse portfolio. With unflagging optimism, Kellie has been recognized for her cultural leadership and for bringing kindness and compassion to the Austin real estate industry. A member of the Forbes Real Estate Council, Kellie is a frequent contributor to Forbes and has also been featured in several living and fashion magazines.
Premal Amin
Chief Operating Officer
Premal Amin is the Chief Operating Officer of Rastegar Property Company, overseeing all aspects of the company’s operations, including financing activities, investment decisions, and investor relations. He brings over 20 years of experience running businesses. Before joining Rastegar, Premal was the Interim Administrator for the Austin Firefighters Pension and Director of Operations for the Austin Firefighters Association.
Scott Olguin
Managing Director of Institutional Relations
Scott oversees the capital raising team and raises money for our private equity funds, leverages all avenues with consultants/plan sponsors, and handles all consulting relations. He has more than 30 years of experience raising capital for alternative strategies, including private equity, hedge funds, and real estate. Scott’s success stems in part from his strong relationships with public pension funds and family offices. Prior to joining Rastegar, Scott was Managing Director of Boustead Securities and Director of Institutional Services at CHOICE Investments, Inc., where he raised over $100 million in assets for investment management clients. His previous roles included marketing funds to institutional investors and managing relationships with governmental entities on behalf of the firm. Scott was also a founding partner of Dallas-based Gray Capital Partners, LLC, as well as a registered representative at both Merrill Lynch and Dean Witter. Scott holds his FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.
Mychael Perry
Director of Institutional Relations
Mychael is an integral part of the capital raising team for Rastegar’s private equity funds. He supports all functions of this service line, including investor relations, prospecting, and marketing. Mychael works directly with our consultants and plan sponsors onboarding to join our multi-family fund. A recent graduate of Texas Tech, Mychael is eager to learn the business, and also supports our CEO in preparing speeches and presentations for various events with our investors.
Francisco Resendiz
Designer & Acquisitions Associate
Francisco enjoys working on projects with specialized programs and finding solutions to challenging designs. He brings more than 3 years of architectural practice experience to his role. At Rastegar, he provides design solutions with sensitivity to the location and related typology for our various developments. Francisco is also part of the acquisitions team for residential, hotel, office and industrial assets. His experience with working on a broad range of projects has taught him to be detail-oriented, organized and proactive. Francisco graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Master’s of Architecture Degree. Shortly after, he began working with Snohetta at their New York City office. During his time there, he collaborated on the design of Ford Motor’s 3.5-million SF master plan projects in Dearborn, Michigan along with other higher-ed and institutional competitions. He previously worked at Corgan & GSR-Andrade in Dallas where he collaborated on over a quarter-million SF of civic and historic preservation projects as well as other commercial, municipal and recreational projects. In his free time, he enjoys biking and trying new taco joints in the Austin area.
Arturo Garza
Construction Project Manager
Arturo Garza is an experienced project management and construction professional. Prior to joining Rastegar Property Company, Arturo owned his own construction company in Mexico. He has more than seven years of experience, along with an MBA from Universidad Regiomontana. Bringing solutions to the way people live their day-to-day life and helping to develop projects into something that improves the end user’s experience is one of Arturo’s largest passions. From start to finish of the development process, Arturo plays an active role in all aspects of efficiently and strategically managing projects.
Nicole Sawaya
Development Accounting Manager
Nicole serves as a Development Accounting Manager at Rastegar Company where she handles all development draws, invoicing, and budgeting. She is an experienced Financial Analyst with a background working in both the banking and real estate industries. Nicole holds an M.B.A. concentrated in Finance and is skilled in portfolio management, financial risk, and asset management. In her free time, Nicole likes to swim, travel, and spend time with family.
Sandy Fliderman
Third-Party Administrator
Sandy is the Co-Founder and President of Industry FinTech (“IFT”), an innovative, digital back-office platform supporting Funds, SPVs, REITs, Deals and Private Companies. The IFT proprietary platform allows firms to automate back-office functions including finance, accounting, investor relations, compliance, HR, reporting and more while meeting regulatory and fiduciary control requirements. With IFT, entrepreneurial firms can now access a modern back-office platform to more effectively scale and lower costs while improving the investor experience.