Jim Kjolhede, CPM, CAPS
President
Satteron Enterprises, LLC

Jim Kjolhede formed Satteron Enterprises, LLC in 2005 in an effort to assist companies and individuals in the multifamily industry understand the business from a different perspective as well as to help them achieve their goals and aspirations. With more than 28 years of experience in multifamily management, coupled with his college basketball playing and coaching background, the industry experiences and contacts are many. He has worked with “Teams” and organizational structures his entire life and understands the drivers of peak performance, goal setting and attainment.

Jim began is multifamily career in 1982 with the M.D.C. Corporation in Denver, Colorado. He has held positions of increasing responsibility with Beacon Hill Investments, American Development Corporation, Balcor Property Management, Insignia Residential, AIMCO, where he was divisional vice president responsible for a combined portfolio of REIT, fee, and affordable properties totaling 85,000 units. Most recently Jim worked at Archon Residential Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, where he was Chief Operating Officer. Overall, Jim has overseen the operations of more than 250,000 multifamily units throughout his career.

Jim has been a member of the NMHC Board of Directors as well as the Austin Apartment Association Board of Directors. He holds the certified property manager (CPM) designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management and certified apartment property supervisor (CAPS) designation from the National Apartment Association.

Prior to his career in property management, Jim was an assistant basketball coach at Kent State University. Later, he became head basketball coach and assistant dean of students at the State University of New York at Morrisville. This coaching background has always brought a unique style and philosophy into his everyday management skills. In addition, the students at S.U.N.Y.-Morrisville voted Jim the “Faculty of the Year” in 1980.

Jim has a B.S. in business education and sports recreation management from Lake Superior State University. He graduated magna cum laude with an M.S. in business administration from Central Michigan University. In 1999, Jim was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame at Lake Superior State for his accomplishments as a player and student from 1973 to 1978.