team

The eldest of the four Oved brothers, Isaac took his father’s original seed capital and founded Oved Apparel, the current anchor business of the Oved Group, in 1981. Over 30 years ago Isaac began planning for the future, investing the family in long term assets with a focus on generating passive income and additional wealth creation. With over $1bn in commercial real estate transactions across 20+ deals, the Oved family is currently invested in more than $500mm of real estate across the country.

Joseph is the CEO of IceCap Group and the Oved Group’s Real Estate divisions. Joseph manages the Oved’s current portfolio of real estate and leverages that knowledge to direct and manage IceCap's lending activities. Joseph focuses on financing, new business opportunities, maintaining smooth day-to-day operations, and critical problem solving. Joseph has almost a decade of experience in purchasing value-add properties in New York, presiding over $750mm of real estate purchases and debt transactions. Joseph graduated from CUNY Baruch with a major in Real Estate Finance.

Prior to joining IceCap Group, Ezra was the Head of Private Equity at Safra Asset Management and later the Chief Investment Officer at Brooklyn based Duke Properties. At Duke, he led the acquisition of over 40 properties and developed a keen understanding of the New York City market. At IceCap, Ezra runs the Originations, Underwriting, and Closing teams. Ezra graduated with honors from the Wharton School of Business and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, with a dual concentration in finance and entrepreneurial management. While there, Ezra was a member of the University’s Ben Franklin Scholars program.

Jack is responsible for managing post-closing duties, monitoring day-to-day execution of internal policies, as well as operations and loan servicing. Additionally, Jack develops relationships with capital partners and implements the firm’s compliance programs. Jack graduated from Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Baruch with a major in Finance.

David is the Chief Credit Officer with over 20 years of experience in real estate credit, lending, securitization, and trading.  David was most recently the Head of Credit at Toorak Capital Partners, a leading real estate private debt investor backed by KKR.  Prior to Toorak, David was a Principal at Prudential Mortgage Capital Company where he led the Capital Markets pricing team.  Previous to Prudential, David spent six years as Co-Head of CMBS/CRE CDO trading at both Sterne Agee Inc and StormHarbour Securities.  David has also held the role of Senior Director in the Capital Market group at Hypo Real Estate Holding as well as Pricing and Hedging Manager at GE Real Estate.  David graduated with High Honors in Economics from Brandeis University and has an MBA from Stern School of Business.

Felix is the Chief Financial Officer with over 27 years of real estate experience in lending, risk management, asset management and capital markets.  Most recently Felix was co-founder & COO of Streamline Realty Funding, an origination service company that sources and underwrites commercial bridge loans throughout the United States.  Prior to Streamline, Felix spent 15 years at Deutsche Bank where he held various roles in CRE. He was the COO of Deutsche Banc Mortgage Capital, and Co-Headed CRE Global Risk Management. Additionally, Felix was the Business Area Controller in DB’s Real Estate Private Equity Group. Mr. Rivera received a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and has a M.S. in Real Estate Finance from New York University.

With over 20 years of commercial real estate experience, primarily focused on mortgage debt and capital markets, Stephen adds significant institutional relationships and knowledge to the platform. Stephen has held senior roles at leading global investment banks, including Deutsche Bank, RBC, Macquarie, and Jefferies, focused on commercial real estate lending, securitization, and trading. Stephen has transacted in risk across the capital structure including senior loans, mezzanine loans, and both performing and distressed commercial real estate securities. Stephen graduated from Hobart College with a degree in economics.

Andrea is the Head of Investor Relations & Business Development. With over 10 years of experience in the finance industry, Andrea has spent time on both the buy-side and the sell-side.   Prior to her current role, she was a Director of Marketing and Investor Relations at LibreMax Capital, an $8bn structured credit asset manager. From 2014 to 2018, Andrea was responsible for Investor Relations & Marketing at Jamison Capital Partners, a discretionary macro commodity hedge fund managing $2bn in AUM at its peak. From 2010 to 2014, she worked at Goldman Sachs as an Energy Sales Analyst in Calgary and then as a Relationship Manager with the Institutional Client Group in New York. Andrea holds a BComm in Energy Management from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.

Joseph is the Head of Underwriting at IceCap Group. Having worked with the Oved Family for over 5 years, he has been an integral part of IceCap Group since its inception. His experience involves several property acquisitions as well as leasing and loan origination/underwriting for both the Oved Family and IceCap. Joseph’s intimate knowledge of the market allows him to secure profitable loans for the company, participating in over 900 loan originations totaling $500mm to date. Joseph is a graduate of Baruch College.

Secoyah Browne is the Post Close Department Manager. She oversees the four sectors of Post Closings: construction draws, servicing, securitization and collateral. Prior to her current role, she was a Client Services Coordinator for CBRE’s Industrial Division in Houston, Texas from 2017 to 2018. Secoyah was responsible for facilitating the leasing, disposition/acquisition and site selection of industrial properties in the Houston Area. From 2015-2017 Secoyah worked at SCG Retail as a Transaction Analyst where she learned how to identify market opportunities, marketing strategies and sales plans. Secoyah holds a BA in Fine Art from Howard University.

Liza Ho is the Controller at IceCap Group. With over 10 years of accounting experience, she is responsible for managing accounting operations for the firm. Most recently, Liza was an Assistant Controller at the Oved Group from 2014 to 2019. Prior to her time at the Oved Group, she began her career as an accountant in the promotional products industry. Liza graduated from CUNY Baruch College with a BBA in Accounting.

Jack H Terzi is the Head of Software Development at IceCap Group. He is responsible for all technology related operations including the development and management of the firm’s proprietary loan management system. Jack is also responsible for outside vendor relationships, overseeing external systems onboarding, monitoring and management. Prior to joining IceCap Group, he worked on Modern Warfare 2019 with American video game developer, Infinity Ward. Jack graduated from NYU Tisch with a major in Game Design.