Franchise Management Team

Franchise Team

The success of any company starts with exceptional leadership as well as innovative and seasoned management. Management One has assembled a team of knowledgeable and experienced associates who, collectively, have over 100 years in franchising experience. In addition, their vast personal networks within the franchise industry will bolster Management One’s rise to the leadership in the property management industry.

Ron Sudman – CEO

Ron is the founder of Management One and provides the vision and guidance for the Company and is responsible for all of the systems currently in use today by current franchisees. He created what was to later become Management One, by managing several homes for clients in the Inland Empire of California back in 1983. He has over 35 years experience in the Real Estate Industry and 30 years in the property management business as a Real Estate Broker and Agent. Ron’s proven track record of innovation and success in creating a company starting with the management of just 1 property to well over 1000 properties led him to develop professional and successful systems that have resulted in the establishment of Management One Franchising Corporation.

Cara Hopsiter – Director of Franchise Operations

Cara is a California Real Estate Broker and joined Management One in 1991 and provides a number of invaluable services in the area of “franchisee support.” Cara has spent more than 20 years in property management at Management One, helping it to become the success it is today. She became Director of Operations in 2004. Her experience includes expertise in project management, mentoring, operational management and general management. Cara brings a wealth of experience to the area of franchisee training and property management system design. One of the most important positions in any Franchise organization is that of the training and ongoing support of its Franchisees. Cara’s performance of those tasks is highly regarded as evidenced by her well earned respect from everyone in the Management One family.

Jim McPhee – Franchise Consultant

Jim has extensive experience (35+ years) with franchised companies, from initial organization and start up, to selling individual and Master franchises to CEO responsibilities. He has been a multi-unit franchisee and a sub franchisor (Regional Owner) in 3 different franchises and has held senior executive positions at the franchisor level with major international brands such as Century 21 Real Estate Corporation and Fantastic Sam’s Hair Salons. His responsibilities have included franchise development in both the US and abroad. He has served on the Board of Directors for the International Franchise Association in Washington, DC and was awarded the coveted Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) designation. Currently, he serves on the California State Bar Franchise Law Advisory Commission. As an advisor to Management One, Jim provides invaluable guidance and a seasoned perspective to the Company’s franchising future.

Cheri Vasquez – Co Owner of Management One Company Owned Offices

Cheri is a Real Estate Broker and the President of the Management One company offices that originated in 1983. Cheri has 27 years of experience in all facets of property management. She has helped build the Management One organization from the ground up and her experience has come from working every position in the company and in the management of the company owned offices of Management One. Cheri’s expertise in training and customer service has greatly enhanced the level of client satisfaction at Management One. Today Cheri is in charge of finance and administration of the company owned offices.

Aaron Batley‑ Director of Finance and Business Development

Aaron started his real estate career in 1998 with Investment Development Services (IDS), managing a 1,000,000 sq ft mixed commercial portfolio in their San Diego regional office. He has worked at Pacific Life, a Fortune 500 Insurance Company, as a commercial mortgage servicer where he helped manage their multi-billion dollar construction loan portfolio. Aaron has also worked directly in Management One’s first franchise in Newport Beach, CA where he helped build a property management portfolio of approximately 500 residential units. Aaron is a licensed CA broker and is a Certified Property Manager (CPM). As a member of the Management One executive team, Aaron provides well-rounded leadership. Aaron holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from ClaremontMcKenna College and an MBA from RSM Erasmus University (NL).

Todd McEvoy – Software Product Development

Todd is the owner of Precision Business Technology, Inc. Management One partnered with Precision in 2005 to develop our proprietary property management “M1” Software. Todd has been a small business owner for more than 15 years and has more than 20 years of experience as an application engineer for various environments such as the United States Department of Energy at Argonne National Laboratory, transportation and logistics, financial printing, medical practice management, warehouse management, telecom and both commercial and residential property management. Todd achieved his Bachelor of Science degree majoring in both Computer Science and Business Administration from Lewis University in 1994.

Craig Batley – Franchise Consultant

Craig is Licenesed California Real Estate Broker. He opened the first Re/Max residential franchise in California in 1977. He later opened Re/Max branches in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Irvine, Tustin, and Laguna Beach and also was the broker for a Re/Max investment property/commercial brokerage office from 1987-1991. As a broker, Craig has closed more than 1 billion dollars in residential and commercial sales, and was Re/Max Broker of The Year in 1986. Craig sold his interest in Re/Max in 1991 and purchased the first Management One Franchise in 1997. Since then, Craig has grown the business from management of 30 units to a billion dollar portfolio with over 500 high-end residential properties. During the last 35 years, Craig has brokered over 20,000 Real Estate transactions. Craig received his MBA from the Universityof Washington in 1971.

Keith Galus – Director of Franchise Marketing

Keith Galus has been working with Management One since 2010, having spent more than 35 years in franchising and marketing. He previously was Vice President of Marketing at Fantastic Sams, Sir Speedy and PIP Printing, and has worked on the advertising for a number of major franchise companies including Arby’s, Midas Mufflers and Carstar Collision Repair. Keith has also been a franchisee with several different brands and is a rental property owner himself.

Bob Harple- Franchise Licensing Director

Bob has 30 years experience in domestic and international real estate and franchising. For eight years he was affiliated with Century 21 Real Estate managing four offices and 137 agents. Bob also spent five years with Century 21 corporate operations where he licensed more than 100 offices and was the number one Franchise Sales Director for Century 21 for two years in a row. During his career with Century 21, he directed the Northeast US Agent Training Centers, providing training and support to approximately 9,000 agents.

Bob also has served as Director of Franchise Sales at Re/Max, where he was responsible for over 2,000 franchise sales including expansion of the Re/Max brand internationally into 16 countries including start-up operations in Mexico, Europe, South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean. During this time Bob also designed and launched the RE/MAX “Sales Academy” training program. Click here for more information on becoming a franchisee of Management One.