James P. Popino
President & Licensed Real Estate Broker

TVO Realty, Incorporated

Biographical Sketch

James P. Popino is a senior executive with more than forty years experience in management and professional services. He is President and a licensed Real Estate Broker for TVO Realty, Inc., a firm doing business as TVO Realty in Florida. Additionally he is the President of TVO Industries, Inc., a management consulting and merger and acquisition advisory firm headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

TVO Realty provides a wide range of Real Estate Services. The firm operates as a one-stop brokerage entity for high end Residential and Commercial Properties. It is currently developing fully disclosed working relationships within the areas of Mortgage Lending and Title Insurance. The firm also operates an internet based discount and flat fee listing service in South East Florida which it intends to expand throughout Florida.

Mr. Popino's management and professional experience with major multinational corporations (Mobil and Unisys/Sperry) encompasses a wide range of activities. His career included management and consulting assignments throughout the US, Europe, Africa, Australia, the Far East and the Caribbean.

He is a Licensed Real Estate Broker in Florida for more than 10 years and previously licensed as a Broker in Virginia since 1985. With Sperry, Mr. Popino was responsible for the firm’s major property acquisitions and construction management programs in Northern Virginia. His responsibilities included more than 60 leased and owned facilities occupying more than 1.5 million square feet. At TVO Realty, Mr. Popino is building the first truly modern Real Estate Brokerage firm making extensive use of modern technologies particularly with its introduction of discounted services via the internet.

Mr. Popino was a Senior Fellow at The Institute of Public Policy at George Mason University where he conducted research in regional analysis, technology transfer, and the impact of the technology sector upon local economies. He has constructed the most comprehensive database of technology companies in the National Capital Region.

Mr. Popino earned a degree in Economics (CCNY) and a M.B.A. in Finance (NYU). At NYU he completed additional postgraduate work in economics, mathematics and computer science in a doctoral program. From 1972 to 1979 he had been a member of the adjunct faculty of Fordham University's Graduate School of Business Administration. Since then he has been a faculty member at various undergraduate institutions where he lectured in Finance. He has published papers and lectured at numerous international symposia.

He is a former Commissioner (eight years) of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, a past Chairman of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, a Founding Member of the Friends of the Chair in Local Government at George Mason University, Chairman of the Capital Formation Committee of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, and a former board member of the Fairfax Symphony, the United Way, and other community service organizations.