Management Team
Gordon Ciochon, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Ciochon, a former senior executive with Symantec Corp., was named CEO of Home Equity Share June 1, 2008.
In 1988 Ciochon was named Director of Operations at Symantec and then was promoted to Vice President of Worldwide Operations, a position he held from 1991 to 1997. Ciochon was instrumental in expanding the company's annual revenues from $16 million to $660 million.
Ciochon’s successful track record for growing revenues and his experience shaping global strategies makes him the perfect choice for leading Home Equity Share. His insight, leadership and ability to execute will play a critical role in focusing the company and driving growth at an aggressive pace.
His most recent position was President and COO of The Enterprise Network of Silicon Valley (TEN) a nonprofit business incubator and support center for entrepreneurs. Prior to TEN he was President of KickFire, a successful venture backed startup that provides web-based collaboration and project management software for enterprise marketing departments.
Ciochon received a Masters in Urban Policy and Administration from San Francisco State University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from San Jose State University.
Marilyn Sullivan, Chief Real Estate Officer
Marilyn Sullivan, Home Equity Share’s Chief Real Estate Officer, is an attorney, a real estate broker and a pioneer and innovator in the field of equity sharing.
Over the last two decades she has made equity sharing a household term and made co-ownership a respected way of acquiring real estate. She has facilitated over 3,000 transactions worldwide. Marilyn is the author of the best-selling book “The New Home Buying Strategy, Solve your Cash Crunch with Team Buying Power.” About this book, nationally syndicated real estate columnist Robert Bruss wrote: “There is no better book about home equity sharing than this one. On my scale of 1 to 10, it rates a solid 10.”
Jeff Langholz, Founder
Dr. Langholz created Home Equity Share Inc. to help people live the bedrock American Dream of home ownership.
A professor at Monterey Institute of International Studies, Dr. Langholz’s idea for real estate co-ownership started when he moved his family to California and purchased what seemed to be the last affordable house in the state – a rusty old “double wide” trailer. The trailer came equipped with wheels underneath, a leaky roof, and a license plate on the back. It didn’t seem right that someone who had done everything "right" (i.e., good salary, great credit, superb education) could not afford a regular house.
Upon moving into the trailer, Langholz vowed to solve the housing affordability crisis that plagues young professionals nationwide. His personal goal is to help one million people live the American Dream of home ownership. At the same time, he also wants to help families accomplish their financial goals through real estate investing – in this case, by offering investors a strategy that reduces risk, avoids negative cash flows, and eliminates property management headaches.
Dr. Langholz holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University.