Co-founder, Shareholder and Director - DMS Group

Qualifications: Bachelor of Applied Science (Mech. Engineering) - U of T; Masters of Business Administration - U of T; Professional Engineer - Province of Ontario; Faculty Lecturer - U of T Facility Management Program; Chair - Greater Toronto Apartments Association Member - Federation Rental Housing Providers of Ontario

Paul Smith is a real estate professional with over 30 years of experience in design, construction and management of large facilities and property portfolios.  His background includes Consulting Engineering, Contracting and Property Management in various roles leading to his current position as Co-Founder and Chief Administrative Officer with The DMS Group, one of Canada's leading Property Management organizations focused on delivering innovative solutions to clients in the private, not for profit and public sectors. 

Paul has co-led the growth of DMS over 20 years in service lines including: Multi-Residential Property Management; Student Housing Management; Commercial Property Management; Land Management; and Project Management.  In prior roles Paul was Director of Business Development for Profac Management Group and Sales Manager for Honeywell's Performance Contracting division.  Paul has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA both from the University of Toronto.  He is actively involved in the apartment industry as a member of the Board of Directors and past Chair of the Greater Toronto Apartments Association and is a regular speaker at industry conferences.

Qualifications: Over 25 years of multi family management experience in social and Nom-profit housing.

Experience: David has worked for DMS since 1999 managing a wide variety of social housing and non-profit housing portfolios up to 10,000 rental units. David is a subject matter expert in the delivery of property management services to the social housing sector in Ontario.

Qualifications:Over 20 years of Project Management experience

Experience: Imraan has worked for DMS leading our capital project management Division since 2008. With specific expertise in hi-rise residential building renewal and restoration, Imraan oversees a wide variety of projects across the DMS manged portfolio of over 60 institutional and private landlords. Imraan also leads 2 large property management/maintenance contracts for DMS covering commercial and industrial real estate assets.

Qualifications: Over 15 years experience managing multi residential rental portfolios in Ontario.

Experience: Lucy has worked for DMS in progressive positions culminating in the overall lead for Multi Family Property Management. Lucy is an operations expert with a focus on revenue optimization, property tech implementation and expense management. Lucy leads a team of Property Managers, Leasing and Marketing professionals and site based personnel. 

Qualifications: Over 20 years of finance and property accounting experience.

Experience: In his current role, Randy provides leadership to the DMS accounting team for all public sector and private multi-residential contracts.  He is responsible for ensuring that control procedures are in place, internal and external audit requirements are satisfied and for client reporting. The DMS team of accounting staff manage over $350M per year of transactions, as well as banking and reporting for over 150 rental properties.