DEEDEE BECKMAN
VICE President & CONTROLLER
Deedee M. Beckman serves as Vice President & Controller for SVN Elevate Real Estate, with oversight of the company's account and finance systems and activities. Prior to joining SVN Elevate, Ms. Beckman spent six years at Laramar Group, a privately held owner and manager of multi-family real estate. She served as a Senior Accounting Manager during which time she oversaw the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual property financial statements and overall accounting functions for assets totaling $715 million.
Prior to joining Laramar, Ms. Beckman served as Chief Financial Officer at CoreSite Realty Corporation, a data center real estate investment trust, during which time CoreSite completed their Initial Public Offering valued at $835 million. In addition, Ms. Beckman was responsible for CoreSite’s accounting and financial activities.
Prior to her role at CoreSite, Ms. Beckman served as Vice President and Development Controller at ProLogis, a global industrial real estate investment trust. While at ProLogis, she oversaw an annual construction budget of $400 million and led the implementation of construction accounting systems for North America. Ms. Beckman also served as a lead Transactions Associate as well as a Financial Analyst at ProLogis. In this capacity, she completed corporate and asset acquisitions totaling $260 million in North America and Europe.
Ms. Beckman began her career as an auditor with Ernst & Young LLP, working on corporate audits including large and mid-cap companies in data and communications sections. She is a Certified Public Accountant and received her B.S. in Accounting, cum laude, from the University of Southern California.