Chief Financial Officer
Steve Caron
Principal Responsibilities: Portfolio Operations, Company Operations, Risk and Asset Management, IT Systems, Treasury
Mr. Caron has recently returned to Means Knaus Partners as Chief Financial Officer. A results-oriented professional who focuses on driving business results and creating value, Mr. Caron possesses a unique vision that takes in both the big picture and the most critical details. He is known for developing high-performance teams that deliver success, even in the most dynamic market environments.
Backed by nearly three decades of experience in operations, negotiation, management and accounting, Mr. Caron will coordinate all aspects of operations concerning both Means Knaus as an operating company, as well as the company’s diverse property portfolio in Houston, Denver and Dallas. His scope of responsibilities will include risk and asset management, HR, information-technology systems and treasury.
Most recently, Mr. Caron served as CFO for Prescott Realty Group in Dallas. His responsibilities at Prescott included work with senior company officers to coordinate all aspects of company and property-portfolio operations. Mr. Caron also played a leadership role in the closing of debt and equity financing totaling more than $250 million, as well as roles in marketing, company growth, and the establishment employee of investment and profit-sharing programs.
During his first tenure with Means Knaus, which concluded in 2001, Mr. Caron directed the acquisition of land valued in excess of $40 million. He regularly prepared business plans for the purpose of equity financing, while creating and implementing an asset-management program that significantly improved asset performance.
Beginning in 1996, Mr. Caron served as a director of operations with Insignia Commercial Group in Dallas. Here he reported directly to presidents of the firm’s East Commercial and National Retail business units. As part of Insignia’s absorption of Paragon Group Property Services, he successfully unified both companies’ commercial business units. He also served as the company’s national budget coordinator, consolidating budgets for 30 different business groups, and was honored with the company’s Commercial Group “Award Of Excellence.”
Prior to arriving at Insignia, Mr. Caron was senior vice president and national commercial controller with Paragon Property Services in Dallas, a property-operations subsidiary of a national publicly traded REIT. Here he managed a staff of 75 located in multiple offices across the United States, and interacted with company leadership in strategic planning and tactical execution of company initiatives. His responsibilities included integration of six different company regions into a single commercial accounting department and accounting for a national portfolio of 200 projects totaling 25 million square feet. Prior to his vice presidency with Paragon, he served as the company’s central region controller and senior accountant with Ernst & Young in Dallas.
Mr. Caron attended the University of Texas. He is a licensed CPA in the State of Texas, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Dallas Real Estate Council.
