Maurice founded Pogoda Companies in 1987 and, as President, is responsible for overseeing Pogoda’s overall operations and for assembling its staff of professionals. Since its inception, Maurice has created a nationally known company that has brokered over 90 self-storage properties representing more than $325 million in sales; managed and/or owned 68 facilities with over 4,275,000 square feet of storage; and built or renovated 18 storage properties. Pogoda Companies consistently ranks among the top 35 management companies in the U.S. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Maurice is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received an MBA from the University of Michigan in marketing and finance. After graduate school, he spent a number of years as a marketing Brand Manager for Lever Brothers in Manhattan working on such well-known consumer products as Wisk, Dove, Snuggle, and Concentrated All. After relocating to Michigan in 1985, he worked for an income property brokerage company and sold multi-family, shopping center, and office properties before forming Pogoda Companies to specialize in self-storage. Maurice has been profiled in all the major self-storage magazines, Crain’s Detroit Business, Oakland Business Review, Commercial Inc. and has received a number of industry awards. He regularly speaks at self-storage conventions; has published and been quoted in more than 40 articles in trade publications; was a founder of the Self Storage Association of Michigan serving as its vice president for its initial 7 years, and has also served on the Self Storage Association Foundation Board of Governors.   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon’s Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!   Connect with Maurice Pogoda: Website: http://pogodaco.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PogodaCompanies LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pogoda-companies