Management
Founder
Robert C. Ewald, Jr. has spent three decades in the business world in the motion picture and residential remodeling industries. The Summit Studios venture began in and continued development after graduating in the Class of 2015 from the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona, double majoring in Finance and Entrepreneurship by completing the top ranked McGuire Entrepreneurship Program. Previously he had been an assistant director on motion pictures, TV commercials, and music videos in the Minneapolis/St. Paul production market. In the mid-1990’s, he transitioned to studio/production market development with a $35 million motion picture studio facility, Polestar Studios, Inc., in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota production market. He astutely assembled a professional team to launch the venture including an investment bank to underwrite over $21 million of debt financing. Later, he exercised his talents as a student senator at Normandale Community College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by developing a construction proposal for a desperately needed on-campus parking ramp. The project was approved by the president and Board of Regents in May 2010. Construction of the ramp was completed in August 2012 as proposed.
Accounting
Marty Kanter; Schechter, Dokken & Kantor, Minneapolis, MN. SDK was formed in 1990. They are based in Minneapolis, MN, however their reach is international, and our resources augmented due to their membership with the PKF North American Network. Memberships include the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) in the Private Companies Section (PCPS); the Center for Public Company Audit Firms; the Governmental Audit Quality Center; and the Employee Benefit Audit Quality Center.
Feasibility Study
John Robinett; AECOM Economics, L.A. CA. Feasibility services for regional and place-based economic development, urban revitalization, real estate, tourism and culture, and sharpen the boundaries of a preliminary plan or concept. Collaborating with other disciplines, they develop strategies so that plans can respond to the market, attract financing, and execute.