Mr. Miguel founded Mast Capital in 2006 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.  He has ultimate responsibility for Mast Capital’s investment strategy, risk management and operations.

He has an extensive real estate, financial and political network, with expertise in investment structuring, complex debt and equity products, execution and development.  Under Mr. Miguel’s leadership, Mast Capital is a leading investor and developer of high-end for-sale residential, hospitality, office and retail projects, with a particular focus in high barriers-to-entry markets.  Prior to founding Mast, Mr. Miguel was Founder and President of Vertica Group, a land investment and repositioning company, where he oversaw all aspects of the businesses, including acquisitions, entitlements, operations and asset management. Previously, he co-founded Clear Title Group, a boutique real estate title insurance company focused on offering closing services to luxury condominium and home developers, buyers and sellers.

Mr. Miguel received his Bachelor of Business Management degree from the University of Miami. Amongst other substantial community and philanthropic involvement Mr. Miguel sits on the Board of Friends of the Underline, on the Real Estate Advisory Board at the University of Miami, Perez Art Museum Collectors Council, the Advisory Board for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) South East Florida, and an Urban Development and Mixed-Use Council (UDMUC) Red national council Member of the ULI.

Ms. Resnick joined Mast Capital in 2011 and serves as Managing Director. In this capacity, she provides oversight to all of the firm’s investments, asset management activities and business plan execution. Cassie is also involved in all facets of the acquisition, disposition and financing processes for the firm.

Prior to joining Mast, Ms. Resnick was an Associate at Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels in New York. During her tenure at JLL, she provided advisory and disposition services on hospitality and mixed-use assets valued in excess of $5 billion. Additionally, she was responsible for underwriting equity and debt transactions ranging in size from $50 million to $1 billion across recapitalization, restructuring and other value recovery strategies for non-performing positions. Prior to JLL, Ms. Resnick was an Analyst at WR Hambrecht + Co., a San Francisco-based investment bank where she evaluated initial and secondary equity offerings, and merger and acquisitions opportunities for technology-focused companies. Previously, Mr. Resnick was an Intern at Ernst and Young where she analyzed hotel markets and worked on feasibility studies.

Ms. Resnick received her Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University. She is often a guest lecturer at FIU’s hospitality master’s program, actively participates in the South Florida Chapter of the Cornell Hotel Society, Pi Beta Phi fraternity for Women, and Renew, a real estate network empowering women. Ms. Resnick Cassie came in first place in the New York Road Runners 31st Annual NYRR Empire State Building Run-up. She also holds a Series 7 license as well as obtained a Real Estate Salesperson license in New York. Ms. Resnick spends time volunteering at Tribe events and is an active supporter of Kiva, an international nonprofit founded in 2005 that connects people through lending to alleviate poverty.

Mr. Tang works alongside the Firm’s acquisition and asset management teams in identifying and underwriting new investment opportunities, and the execution of property business plans.

Prior to joining Mast, Mr. Tang was a Manager in PricewaterhouseCooper’s Real Estate and Hospitality advisory group in Miami, FL where he was responsible for transaction due diligence, development studies, asset monitoring, and valuations for hotel and mixed-use properties in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America.  Prior to PwC, Mr. Tang was a Consultant at L.E.K. Consulting in Boston, MA where he led commercial due diligence on companies with combined enterprise value of more than $30 billion on behalf of private equity firms and hedge funds.  Previously, Mr. Tang was an Associate at Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels in New York City and provided development advisory, transactions advisory, and asset management for hotels and mixed-use real estate.

Mr. Tang received his Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University and his MBA from Columbia Business School.

Ms. Niebla joined Mast Capital in 2011 and serves as Director of Accounting and Finance.  In this capacity, she has oversight of the Firm’s accounting and finance activities and also has management responsibilities of the Firm’s Controller, Accounting Manager and Accounts Payable personnel.    

Ms. Niebla was formerly in public accounting for 14 years.  Prior to joining Mast Capital, she was a Senior Accountant with Valfor- Valuations and Forensics LLC and was responsible for traditional financial statement audits, review of privately owned concerns and performing forensic investigations and procedures.  Prior to Valfor, she was a Senior Accountant with Rosillo & Associates, a Miami-based boutique CPA firm for nine years and focused on tax planning for business owners and their businesses.  Previously, she was a Staff Accountant with Binstock, Rubin, Sbar, Garcia & Ellzey.

Ms. Niebla received her Master of Science degree in Taxation from Florida International University.  She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds the designation of Chartered Global Management Accountant.  She is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA).