George and Sean have been lifelong friends, business partners since 1987 and were born in Vicenza, Italy located in the heart of the Veneto region, a region that also includes Venice, Verona, and Padua. Their company is named for the Veneto region where they were born.
Prior to starting Veneto West in 2006, George served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Intera Group Inc., the company he co-founded with Sean Venezia in 1987. In February 1997, GTCR acquired Intera as a platform company to consolidate and grow public telecommunications companies. GTCR capitalized Intera with $115 million of debt and equity used to acquire over 50 regional communications companies. Intera, with over 200 employees and 10,000 customers, generated annual revenues exceeding $50 million and EBITDA of $15 million. George served on the boards of directors of his industry’s Federal and California State trade associations. In addition to self-storage, George has been involved with the ownership and development of office, light industrial, multi-family and residential properties. George earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley in 1985, has been married to his wife Michele since 1986 and has four daughters. On weekends, you might find George surfing, mountain biking or snow skiing.
Prior to starting Veneto West, Sean served as Chief Financial Officer of Intera Group Inc., the company he co-founded with George in 1987. In February 1997, GTCR acquired Intera as a platform company to consolidate and grow public telecommunications companies. GTCR capitalized Intera with $115 million debt and equity used to acquire over 50 regional communications companies. Intera, with over 200 employees and 10,000 customers, generated annual revenues exceeding $50 million and EBITDA of $15 million. Sean served on the boards of directors of his industry’s Federal and California State trade associations. In addition to self-storage, Sean has been involved with the ownership and development of light-industrial and residential properties. Sean earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Santa Clara University in 1983, has been married to his wife Kappy since 1990 and is the father of two daughters and a son. Sean played college baseball at Santa Clara, captained his 4.5 USTA Men’s Tennis team to the national championship in 2006, managed Tri-Valley Babe Ruth’s 13-year-old all-star baseball team to a 3rd place finish in the 2012 Babe Ruth World Series and was awarded the Carnegie Hero Award for saving the life a high school student from a burning SUV in 2007. On weekends, you may find Sean playing tennis, snow skiing or hiking with his wife, Kappy.
Ed Boersma is president of Cubix Construction, a private construction company based in Danville, California, that has specialized in self-storage design and construction since the late 1970s with more than 20 million square feet of self-storage buildings completed. Cubix is Veneto West’s construction partner.
Cubix Construction was a pioneer in developing efficient, standardized construction practices for self-storage units. Ed earned a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from Westmont College in 1985 before joining Cubix. He has two children and resides in Danville. On weekends, you may find Ed kite surfing, surfing on a stand-up paddleboard or zooming around Danville on his electric long-board.
Prior to teaming up with Veneto West and Cubix Construction through Cubix Asset Management, Eric founded ITLO Equity, LLC, and served as Director of Acquisitions and Leasing for Sutter & Pierce EPC, LLC, both privately held opportunistic real estate investment companies focused on the development of single and multi-tenant net lease retail projects. Eric has extensive experience in commercial real estate finance, acquisition, disposition, and development, with a specialized focus on sourcing and executing value-add developments from site selection to operation and exit sale.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Eric is also a proud Godfather to two nephews and holds a bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship from the University of Dayton. On weekends, you will find Eric seeking out adventure near and far, from the granite slabs in Yosemite to the mountainous peaks in the Eastern Sierra’s and across the West Coast.
Kerry has more than 25 years of management experience within the telecommunications and route logistics industries. With a solid background in merger and acquisition integration, he is a versatile team leader with proven success in private industry and in the U.S. armed services. Kerry oversees all operations of Cubix Asset Management.
Kerry is a former general manager with Arctic Express and Pacific Telemanagement Services and worked with George and Sean at Intera as both product manager and Vice President of Operations. Kerry is married with a son.
On weekends, you might find Kerry running trails or hiking with his son and dogs.
Susan Hebert is the owner of Out-Books, a third-party bookkeeping service, and has been providing various bookkeeping services to clients since 1997. Sue has been providing bookkeeping, accounting, and payroll services to all Veneto West self-storage projects since 2007. Sue is married with three daughters.
Cubix Construction Company’s roots in the design and construction business extend back to 1948. Stanley Boersma, an immigrant from the Netherlands, joined the company in 1958 and rose through the ranks to become president in 1969.
In 1972 the Company built its first Self Storage facility for Kaiser Aetna in Pacheco, California. After completing that project, Stan realized that standard construction methods were inefficient and costly for this type of use. Under Stanley’s management, Cubix developed new design concepts and standardized construction systems that resulted in a higher quality product providing a competitive edge for the owner and greater security and access for the tenants. The Cubix design, concept, and methods have become the model for the industry.
Stanley has, on several occasions, been the featured speaker for the Self-Storage Association’s seminars on the construction of Self-Storage facilities. Stan has been instrumental as a founder of the Self-Storage Operators Network in the Bay Area. He has led the company to be involved with the design, construction, and operation of over 400 self-storage facilities in the Western United States, Australia, and the Netherlands.
Stan’s son Ed, and grandson Logan, continue the family legacy as managing members of Cubix Asset Management. Stan and wife Geurtje of almost 60 years have 13 grandchildren and have an active life spending time between homes in Alamo, CA and the Netherlands.
Bradd joined Cubix Asset Management as Controller in 2020 after nearly 15 years of experience in the accounting field. Bradd’s diverse experience includes public accounting, external and internal audit, as well as running a full-service accounting shop at University of the Pacific’s Dugoni Dental School. Bradd earned his CPA in 2009 and his MBA from California State University, Stanislaus in 2017.
In his spare time Bradd enjoys gardening, reading, movies, concerts or playing a competitive game of backgammon. Bradd resides in the East Bay of San Francisco with his wife Bethany.