Brian Wetzel

Senior Consultant

Brian Wetzel is a Senior Financial Analyst with ARES Group. In his role, he supports the ARES Consultants with deal specific analysis customized for client review.

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  • STRATEGIC ANALYSIS TEAM
  • ADVISORY TEAM

Education

  • M.B.A., FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
  • B.S., FINANCE, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Background

Brian conducts front-end modeling for portfolio lease restructuring assignments. Brian’s strengths include big data analytics and stress test metrics. He helps evaluate company financial performance, new business, and back-end financial analysis.

Brian has over 35 years of experience in Corporate Finance, including management positions at L3/Harris Corporation, GE Transportation, and DirectBeam Incorporated. During this career, he has managed classified programs in support of select US Agencies, and held Department of Defense Secret and Top-Secret clearances. He is also currently an advisor to multiple new business start-up companies.

Brian graduated from Indiana University (Honors Program) with a BSBA degree in Finance and received his MBA from Florida Institute of Technology.

Experience

DirectBeam Incorporated

  • National Business Development Director

L3/Harris Corporation – 25 yrs

  • Corporate Finance and Strategic Planning
  • Senior Manager Business Development
  • Business Area Financial Manager

GE Transportation

  • Business Unit Financial Analyst

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Why Choose ARES

THE MOST EXPERIENCED FRONT-LINE CONSULTANTS DELIVER THE GREATEST RENT SAVINGS AND PROGRAM RESULTS. MOST OF ARES 21 CONSULTANTS HAVE:

  • Advanced Degrees (M.B.A. and/or J.D.)
  • Senior leadership experience with leading national tenants, owners and developers
  • Negotiation knowledge and skills from all sides
  • Geographic knowledge of multiple regions of the US
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RESEARCHERS PROVIDE PRIMARY AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION FOR “DATA DRIVEN” DECISION MAKING. ARES 5 ANALYSTS:

  • Mine data from proprietary research using many databases: open-source, national crowdsourced, proprietary landlord information, and syndicated/CMBS debt data.
  • Conduct primary trade area-specific research with input provided by ARES Consultants.
  • Interview local experts for current local intel.

SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH CLIENT’S ACCOUNTING, LEGAL, AND REAL ESTATE TEAMS MAKES PROGRAM PROCESS SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE:

  • Concise, clear and simple program reporting. ARES clients regularly adopt our program tracking and reporting tools. Especially useful for communicating with senior officers.

PROPRIETARY MODELING TOOLS ENSURE MAXIMUM RESULTS

  • ARES uses sophisticated and proprietary modeling tools based on “real world” experience-based algorithms to assess portfolios, estimate and maximize rent savings, and validate growth, acquisition or other strategies.

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