INDUSTRIAL

Alan is one of the founders of Fidelis and currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer where he is responsible for the overall operation as well as serving as the lead for its investment and development activities. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University, he began his career at Price Waterhouse in Dallas and achieved his CPA certification. After receiving an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, Alan began his career in real estate. He spent the first 15 years with Trammell Crow Company in Houston. Starting out as a leasing agent, Alan advanced to become a Senior Managing Director. While there, he was the largest retail investor and developer within the Trammel Crow Company. He left Trammell Crow to create Fidelis.

Active in an array of business activities and organizations, Alan is a licensed real estate broker, member of ICSC, and currently serves, or has served, on numerous corporate, educational, non-profit, political, municipal, and civic boards and committees including Chairman of the Houston Realty Business Coalition, Commercial Retail Council for the Urban Land Institute, Chairman of the Board for ProVision, Inc, and the Advisory Boards of Amegy Bank and Texas Tech University’s Rawls College of Business. In addition, he previously was a City Councilman for the City of Southside Place within Houston, where he resides with his wife, Cherie. He and his wife have two grown sons.

Jim joined Fidelis as Vice President of Construction in May of 2022 to oversee all retail construction projects and was quickly promoted to Vice President – Development & Construction for our retail and industrial divisions. He has over 30 years of commercial construction and development experience which aids him in leading the Fidelis development and construction teams. His past positions include field project manager, construction territorial supervisor, manager of construction and image, director of corporate real estate and development, and director of project management. With about the same number of years of experience on the tenant and landlord side, Jim gained a comprehensive understanding of the industry. 

With a BS in Civil Engineering from Valparaiso University, Jim went on to earn his MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. He is a member of ICSC. Jim relocated to Houston from Chicago to join Fidelis and in his spare time enjoys working out and attending professional sports events. He has two sons and one daughter.