The CARSPAZE™ Management Team
León de Jerez – Chief Executive Officer
León de Jerez was born in Lund, Sweden. He was originally raised in France, but completed his education in the United Kingdom, attending Worcester College, Oxford, where he attained a BA in Jurisprudence. His career over 21 years has centred on turnaround management and build-outs of businesses and business units.
León commenced his professional career in investment banking, with positions at Citigroup and County NatWest, where as head of European Equities he was responsible for the successful integration of the European operations of Drexel Burnham Lambert. He left investment banking to work as an investment manager in 1991, and was responsible at Newton Investment Management for the successful negotiation of a joint venture and subsequent establishment of a new business with Santander Investments; serving as its first Chief Executive Officer. After Newton, he served as head of EMEA equity investments at Standard Life Investments in Edinburgh, which he left to set up the European hedge fund operations of Forstmann Leff.
After selling this business to Dexia, León worked on a series of private investment transactions such as SecureScan, Olympia Luxury Resort, and Huntsman, helping both to develop and restructure commercial companies. He joined CARSPAZE™ , Inc. as CEO of the group in May 2007, having worked with the founder Ludwig Morasch since September 2006. In November 2007, he concluded the transaction whereby he took over the operations in the United States, and became President and CEO of CARSPAZE™ USA, Inc.
León de Jerez has served as an advisor to the Biotech and Finance Forum of the EU's Directorate General XII, and to EASDAQ. He taught a markets module for finance professionals at INSEAD, and has appeared in both the print and broadcast media on a range of investment subjects. He has also been a featured speaker at numerous investment conferences.
Steve Drew – Chief Technology Officer
Steve has extensive experience with over 22 years in the information technology industry, designing and managing global infrastructure, application development, and product rollouts for the Financial Services and Corporate sectors.
Prior to joining CARSPAZE™ , Inc. in August 2007, Steve was the Director/Owner of a firm specializing in design and implementation of IT Infrastructure for Hedge Funds and Corporate Clients in a variety of countries, including projects for Thybo Advisors, establishing their infrastructure in London and Monaco; for the Travelodge subsidiary of Dubai Investment Corp., and for George Schmitt, a U.S. printing company, among others.
At Soros Funds Management from 2002 -2005, Steve held the position of Director of IT, responsible for the London and Tokyo offices of their private equity and real estate investment businesses.
From 1992 – 2002, Steve worked in various positions at Morgan Stanley, including, most recently, running Enterprise Applications & Security for Europe.
Steve Drew received a BS in Management Information Systems from James Madison University. He transferred to CARSPAZE™ USA, Inc. in November 2007.
David Sierens
David Sierens has been involved in all marketing aspects of the shopping center industry since the early 80s, when he created the Leasing Mall for the International Council of Shopping Centers one of the top dozen largest exhibitions in the US.
Initially educated as an architect at the University of California at Berkeley, he left the profession after working for a number of design firms in New York and Philadelphia to pursue graduate studies in Marketing and Real Estate. David joined the ICSC as their General Manager after conducting a research project as part of his thesis to complete his MBA at The Wharton School.
Marketing International was founded in 1983, and has been instrumental in introducing the CARSPAZE™ program to a number of leading shopping center developers, many of whom David has known through his long association with the field.
Jessica Fox
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Radio, TV and
Film) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jessica Fox began a career
in Film and Television production.
After two years, she moved across to advertising, working as a Media Planner
at The Media Kitchen (Kirshenbaum, Bond and Partners) on several
Entertainment accounts (USA Network, PBS, PBS Kids). Jessica spent nearly 3
years at The Media Kitchen, working directly with clients and sales
representatives.
After three years on the planning side, Jessica secured a position as an
Account Director of the non-traditional Out-Of-Home company, Max Custom
Media. There she was able to build many strong relationships with key
Clients, Media Agencies and OOH buying groups. She spent three years at Max
Custom Media, eventually leaving to pursue the opportunity at CARSPAZE™ USA,
Inc.
As Advertising Director, Jessica currently manages the Sales and Marketing
teams at CARSPAZE™ and has leveraged her relationships to secure campaigns
with key clients.
iPark Media Services
iPark Media Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CARSPAZE™ USA, Inc. devoted to the provision of additional services beyond the traditional CARSPAZE™ platform. The Company is able to provide such services as specialty artwork, concierge services and AV media. For more information, please contact Jessica Fox.