Lance K. Williams, President of Williams Homes, Inc. has worked in this capacity since inception. In 1996 Mr. Williams co-founded Williams Homes, Inc., with Ray Watt. As president, Mr. Williams has directly overseen the acquisition, entitlement, financing, development, construction, sales, and delivery of more than 250 units worth in excess of $125 million and currently has in development or under construction an additional 300 units with a completed value of approximately $100 million. Mr. Williams has over twenty years combined experience in all aspects of residential real estate including acquisition, entitlements, finance, development, sales, marketing, and home building.
Prior to founding Williams Homes, Inc., Mr. Williams worked at Watt Housing Corporation and Beazer Homes, Inc. where he performed a number of management roles including financial and market analyst, project manager, and superintendent.
Mr. Williams received his Bachelors degree in Finance, Real Estate and Law from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Mr. Williams is a California licensed real estate broker and licensed general contractor. Mr. Williams has been recognized by his alma mater as distinguished alumni for outstanding early career success and outstanding entrepreneurship.
Keith Herren, Executive Vice President of Williams Homes, Inc., joined the Williams team in 2008. In his new position Mr. Herren will oversee new acquisitions, horizontal, vertical development and marketing of all new communities.
Mr. Herren’s real estate career in Southern California spans two decades. Most recently, Mr. Herren was a Development Partner in charge of Southern California for the Hanover Company. His responsibilities as Development Partner included the acquisition and development of strategic real estate assets throughout the region. While there, he expanded Hanover’s development pipeline to over $1 billion. Prior to his tenure at Hanover, Mr. Herren was Vice President of Residential Development and Vice President of Commercial Development for The Newhall Land and Farming Company for ten years, perfecting entitlements, forward planning and land development for the communities of Valencia and Newhall Ranch.
Born in Kansas, Mr. Herren graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor Degree from the School of Architecture and Design and also holds a Master’s Degree of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California.
Robert (“Bob”) Barjam, Senior Vice President of Development Operations of Williams Homes, Inc. joined Williams Homes in October of 2010. Bob is responsible for management of day to day operations that involve horizontal as well as the vertical improvements.
Mr. Barjam has 30 years of development experience and has developed commercial as well as residential developments throughout southern California and Nevada. Prior to joining Williams Homes, Mr. Barjam was with the SunCal Companies for 18 years. During his time at SunCal he performed in a number of management roles including development director where he headed the home building aspects in the early 90s then ultimately a Vice President role in the land development and acquisition departments. While in that role Mr. Barjam was responsible for development of a number of Southern California master planned communities.
In his career, Mr. Barjam has overseen the development of hotels, shopping centers and approximately 4,000 lots as well as construction of more than 450 homes. Mr. Barjam holds a Class B general contractors license and is in good standing with the State Board.
Richard (“Dick”) Betz, Purchasing Manager/Consultant of Williams Homes, Inc., brings over forty years combined trade contractor relationship and experience in residential and commercial development. During his career Mr. Betz has overseen in excess of a half billion dollars worth of contracts in the capacity of Purchasing Agent, Director, and Manager. A partial list of builders he has worked with includes Williams Homes, Inc., Watt Developers, Inc., Beazer Homes, Inc., Watt/Parker, Inc., Saddletree Development Co., M.J. Brock & Sons, Helms Homes and Fine Built Homes. Mr. Betz is a charter member and past President of the Residential Purchasing Council. Mr. Betz holds a B.A. degree in Economics and a B.S. degree in Construction Management from Michigan State University.
During the last twelve years, Mr. Betz has worked under contract with Williams to provide his specialized skills, including onsite and offsite purchasing, architectural design review and value engineering, specification writing, budgets, and product development.
Daniel J. Faina, Director of Sales and Marketing of Williams Homes, Inc., joined Williams in 2007 after several years as a licensed Realtor for RE/MAX of Valencia. Prior to joining Williams, Mr. Faina marketed and sold dozens of residential properties across both Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Since becoming an integral part of the Williams Homes’ team, Mr. Faina has developed and implemented both sales and marketing strategies that have allowed Williams to continue selling its homes through the recent economic downturn. He is also responsible for real estate market analysis for all new communities, as well as research and development of cutting-edge marketing campaigns.
Beginning in the real estate industry at the young age of 17, Mr. Faina has proven that integrity and an entrepreneurial spirit are what it takes to build a foundation in business that can withstand any storm.
J. Martin Mendoza, Construction Manager of Williams Homes, Inc., has more than fifteen years residential construction experience and has operated as the Construction Manager for Williams since 2001. Prior to joining Williams, Mr. Mendoza worked under contract for a number of home builders including Pardee Homes, Kaufman and Broad, Centex Homes, EPAC Communities and Braemar Homes. Mr. Mendoza is a multi-disciplined construction manager and tradesman with a consistent record of delivering projects on time with exceptional quality.
Mr. Mendoza joined Williams Homes in 1997 and is responsible for all aspects of field construction management and supervision, including scheduling, site development, construction, delivery, and customer service.
Linda Callas, Controller of Williams Homes, Inc., joined Williams with over twenty years experience in real estate accounting and has been the company’s Controller since 2004. Prior to joining Williams, Mrs. Callas held accounting positions with The Newhall Land and Farming Company, Santa Anita Realty, Goldrich and Kest, and California Federal Syndications. Mrs. Callas holds a B.S. degree in Business with a concentration in accounting from Montclair State College.
Kelly Brown, Office Manager and Executive Assistant, joined Williams in 2004 with more than 10 years of experience in the construction and real estate development business. Before joining Williams, Mrs. Brown worked for the Legal Counsel, CFO and Controller of The Newhall Land and Farming Company. Mrs. Brown handles the day to day administrative duties for the President, Vice President, Controller, Purchasing Director and Construction Superintendents of Williams. She also oversees Customer Service calls, on and offsite facility issues, and is Williams' in-house Notary Public.
Mrs. Brown was born in London, Ontario, Canada. After graduating from Westervelt Business College as a Legal Assistant, she worked in the legal department of Deloitte, Haskins & Cells and the law firm of Siskind, Cromarty, Ivey & Dowler before moving to Southern California in 1993.