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I joined the Essex family back in 2002 as a Leasing Agent at Foothill/Woodland Commons
in the PNW. I was honored my first year with the Star is Born award and I continued to
grow in Operations for the next two years. During that time, I earned a Star Performance
in Sales award, was promoted to Assistant Manager, and had the amazing opportunity to
know and love two other PNW communities, The Elliot at Mukilteo and Forestview.

In 2004, I took an internal Bookkeeper training class led by IT for Assistant Managers and
Amy a few days after the class, I received a call asking if I would be interested in joining the

Larson Application Support Team which kicked off the beginning of my Corporate
adventure. Immediately, when I started this job, I had a passion for supporting…. our
associates, the business, and my team. As a Senior Application Support Analyst,
Manager of
I provided daily support for the business for over 11 years and was part of some major
Information earlier Essex IT milestones, such as the AMSI to Yardi system/data conversion and the
Technology rollout of the RentCafe Resident Portal.

I joined Voyager Admin in 2015 as an IT Systems Administrator and have been part of the
Enterprise Applications team ever since. Being in this position expanded my technical
knowledge of our systems at an administrator level. I also transitioned to a new role in
projects and implementations where I had to learn to become confident in my ability to
be a leader and an advisor. I was awarded with a Corporate Associate of the Year award
in 2016.

All that I have learned, the experiences I have gained and the opportunities that have
been provided at Essex over the last 18+ years has brought me to my job today. I was
recently (2020) promoted to Manager in Information Technology. I now have the privilege
of managing our amazing Application Support Team and continue to be part of a core
technical team involved in system implementations, upgrades, projects, and new
integrations.

My Essex story continues, and I look forward to the journey ahead…

I have been with Essex? 5.5yrs
I have held these positions in my career with Essex: Resident Relations Rep, Leasing
Agent, Assistant Manager, Bookkeeper, and CM.
I like the overall culture at Essex. There is a positive attitude from leadership. I've been
lucky enough to always work with great teams who truly believe in teamwork. Lastly,
diversity. I think representation matters, and I love to see the diversity in leadership
roles.
Brent
Hobbies: I have a culinary arts degree.
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