Your Multi-Family Construction & Facility Management Leaders

Mark has been in the construction industry since 2000 and is a member of HAA and TAA. His career started with the development/construction of commercial real estate and expanded to residential projects in 2002. In 2005, Mark purchased his first multi-family property, renovated all existing buildings, and constructed one new building on adjacent property. In 2008, he joined a Houston construction company as a lead estimator to focus on insurance-related work from Hurricane Ike.

He transitioned to a role as National Construction Manager for a nationwide construction company based in Indiana, continuing to focus on insurance-related work, and built a multi-family and industrial arm for that company as an addition to the existing operations. Centex Construction was formed in 2011 as a partnership with David Borne and Mark Herbert. The combination of experience, expertise, and talents of this leadership team has quickly established Centex as a leader in our industry.

With over 25 years of experience in the construction industry, Mark brings a wealth of knowledge to the Centex Construction family. His experience ranges from construction distribution and running a custom home building company to spending the last 16 years in the multi-family arena.

Mark’s passion, interpersonal skills, drive, and integrity make him an asset to Centex Construction. Mark adheres to the knowledge and belief that developing and sustaining key relationships with our customers and vendors is vital to the success of the company. Mark is active in AAA, AATC, AAGD, SAAA, and TAA and has a communications degree from Stephen F. Austin State University.

David’s experience in the construction industry began early in his life, while still in school, when he worked part-time in several industries, including masonry, welding and fabrication, framing, and commercial interior buildout. He then joined the military and served as an Army Ranger. This is where he learned leadership and management while achieving the rank of Sergeant.

After the military, David worked as a project manager for a national home builder and soon started his own home-building company. During this time, David oversaw the design, construction, and sale of hundreds of homes in and around the Houston market. Following Hurricane Ike, David expanded his experience into the insurance restoration side of the business in residential, commercial, and multi-family applications.

Since then, the relationships established in the multi-family, roofing, and industrial sides of the business have grown into the partnerships we have with our clients today. David is a member of TAA and HAA.

Jeff brings 20 years of experience as CFO and Controller in the construction, food & beverage, financial services, technology, manufacturing, retail, wholesale, and distribution industries. He has extensive experience partnering with CEOs and owners to provide strategic leadership in enhancing financial reporting, cash management and forecasting, and the integration of systems, processes, and personnel.

Through his years of experience, Jeff has managed several acquisitions, integrations, and carve-outs, primarily with private equity ownership, for companies ranging from $5 million to $750 million in revenue. He has improved the companies’ finance and accounting functions by establishing necessary controls and procedures while revamping the budgeting and forecasting process with KPI-driven variance analysis, particularly focused on the treasury function to optimize working capital.

Jeff has a BBA – Accounting from Texas A&M University and an MBA – Finance and Operations from University of Texas at Dallas.

David has over 25 years of experience as an executive in the multi-family industry. He has successfully managed sales teams, grown revenue, and expanded operations across the state of Texas and nationwide for several large multi-family companies. David has been an active participant in local, state, and national apartment associations and truly values the countless relationships he has developed in our dynamic industry. David holds a BA in Communications from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Houston.

Mike started his career in advertising working as a Publisher and Regional National Account Manager at United Advertising Publications (UAP), the parent company of For Rent Magazine. He was instrumental during the acquisition and new development phase for UAP as it became the leading apartment advertising magazine in the U.S.

After leaving For Rent, Mike worked his way up in the telecommunications industry as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for ClearSource, Inc., a commercial and residential telecommunications provider. Mike became the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Capitol Media Group (“CMG”), the parent company of ApartmentHomeLiving.com, an online social media apartment website.

Mike spent the last 12 years working as the Director and then the Vice President of National Accounts for Maintenance Supply Headquarters (“MSH”), a leader in the multi-family supply chain industry. MSH was purchased by Lowe’s 4 years ago, where Mike became Sr. Director for National Accounts and Project Support for both Lowe’s Pro and Lowe’s Pro Supply.

Kory started his career in sales in 1993 with Educational Products, Inc. (EPI). He was instrumental in helping to build out new markets and helping to develop the sales/marketing team at EPI.

After working his way up to Director of Sales and Marketing with EPI, Kory entered the multi-family industry in 2010 as National Account Manager for Maintenance Supply Headquarters (MSH). Kory was again instrumental in a rapid growth plan to expand MSH’s presence across the U.S. MSH was purchased by Lowe’s in 2017, and Kory continued his ascent with Lowe’s to Director of Strategic Accounts. In this role, he oversaw strategic partnerships with over 800 multi-family management companies encompassing over 7 million apartment units across the U.S. Kory is an active member in NAA and holds a BS degree in Ag Economics from Texas A&M University.

Kole joined the multi-family industry in 2017. He played 2 years of baseball at Weatherford College, then transferred to the University of Arkansas and graduated in 2015 with a major in Finance. He worked for Northwestern Mutual as a financial advisor and then transitioned into the multi-family industry as a Director of Sales for a Valet Trash company. In July 2019, he joined Centex Construction, bringing with him various relationships he had built with his previous company. Kole is active in the following associations: AAA, AACT, SAAA, and TAA.