Robert M.M. Holtackers
Managing Partner
Robert Holtackers is the founder and managing partner of the TORO Properties
Group and oversees all property and fund management. The TORO Properties
Group is a group of investment companies that invests in residential and
multi-family properties in metro Atlanta. Since its founding in 1999, the
TORO Properties Group has invested in more than 850 residential and multi-family
units in the greater Atlanta area and currently owns and manages 470 residential
and multi-family units.
A 20-year senior executive with extensive experience in
corporate and real estate finance, Mr. Holtackers brings a proven track
record as a founder and owner in several successful corporations and as
a corporate chief financial officer for two multi-national companies.
Prior to forming the TORO Properties Group, Mr. Holtackers co-founded Service
Intelligence in 1998, the North American leader in the emerging market of
customer experience management. He was the chief financial officer of this
company from inception through the successful sale of the company in early
2006. He secured multiple rounds of venture capital from leading venture
capital firms. Service Intelligence grew from start-up to a profitable market
leader in North America. Prior to launching Service Intelligence, Mr. Holtackers
was CFO at ExecuTrain Enterprises, a leading international franchise enterprise
which provided software training from over 200 locations in 25 countries,
and oversaw all financial and administrative functions. During his tenure
as chief financial officer, ExecuTrain’s global system revenues profitably
grew to $164 million.
Before joining ExecuTrain, he was associated with Asea Brown Boveri (ABB),
where he held various financial and operational Controller positions in
the United States and Asia. Mr. Holtackers received a BBA from Nijenrode,
the Netherlands School of Business in 1985 and an MBA from the University
of Georgia in 1986. He also attended the Stanford Business School Executive
Management Program and The Wharton School’s Executive Finance Program
in 1996 and 1997, respectively.
