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D. Keith Oden is President Chief Operating Officer and Trust Manager of Camden Property Trust. Mr. Oden has served in this capacity since 1993 and was co-founder of Camden's predecessor companies in 1982. As a Principal Executive Officer and Director Mr. Oden drives Camden's strategic initiatives leads the property operations and corporate support services and promotes the company's culture.
After completing his Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin Mr. Oden began his career as a Management Consultant with the then public accounting firm of Deloitte Haskins and Sells in 1979. He joined Century Development Corporation one of the most active real estate development firms in the Southwest in 1981 and later became Director of Financial Planning.
For more than 20 years Mr. Oden has been committed to developing one of the best multifamily companies in the industry. Under his purview Camden successfully completed the mergers of three well-established real estate companies Paragon Oasis Residential and Summit Properties in 1997 1998 and 2005 respectively and valued at $3.7 billion. Mr. Oden was instrumental in the assimilation of all three companies into Camden’s culture. He also facilitated the side-by-side comparison of the companies’ practices and processes leveraging a best practices approach to maintain Camden's leadership position within the industry.
Under Mr. Oden’s leadership a cross-functional team was formed to design develop and execute a web-based property management system across the portfolio. The result: OneSite was implemented throughout the Camden portfolio more than 200 communities in nine months. With the system in place the pricing engine YieldStar was implemented shortly thereafter. YieldStar dispassionately prices our apartment homes to maximize revenue creating a considerable competitive advantage for the organization.
Mr. Oden was the corporate sponsor and ultimate decision-maker in the creation and development of Camden's comprehensive brand strategy. Taking a fully-integrated marketing approach Camden launched its brand through an award-winning website corporate and community collateral materials and a naming convention so that all of our communities are captured under the Camden flagship name. The results are an increase in market recognition and the ability to effectively weather the ups and downs of the real estate cycle.
Mr. Oden is a member of the Executive Council of the Center for Real Estate Finance at the University of Texas and serves as advisor financial supporter guest lecturer and panelist for the faculty and students pursuing their MBA in real estate finance. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and a licensed real estate broker in the State of Texas.
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