PEPIC, LLC

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R. Fashun Ku - Managing Partner

   
     

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

Managing Partner
PEPIC LLC
January 2006 - Present

  • Business consulting
  • Real estate development and management
  • Business and real  estate brokerage
  • Global business development

Commissioner of Economic Development
The City of Rochester, New York
July 1993 - Dec. 2005

  • Responsible for overall management of economic development activities in the City of Rochester
  • Develop the City's economic development policies
  • Work with the business community to establish a joint public/private partnership
  • Work with business people ranging from a micro-business to a Fortune 500 corporation in achieving mutually beneficial objectives
  • Work with government at different levels to establish cooperative efforts
  • Structure financing packages
  • Oversee underwriting and analyzing loan applications
  • Responsible for managing a loan portfolio of approximately $55 million
  • Recruit and work with foreign businesses to invest and establish operations in Rochester

President
Rochester Economic Development Corporation
March 1993 - December 2005

  • Responsible for overall management of the Corporation's development activities
  • Establish policies
  • Manage various loan fund programs for commercial and industrial development
  • Undertake real estate development projects (office buildings, shopping centers and mixed-use developments) and the NY State Empire Zone Program

Manager of Downtown Development
Economic Development Department
The City of Rochester, New York
November 1981 - June 1993

  • Responsible for management of downtown development activities in the City of Rochester
  • Implemented development projects including:
    • Hyatt Regency Hotel
    • Rochester Riverside Convention Center
    • Bausch & Lomb Headquarters Building
    • City Centre Office building
    • Redevelopment of the Sibley Building
    • Eastman Place Eastman School Dormitory
    • Olde Rochesterville (mixed-use development)
    • Grove Place Townhouses
    • Corn Hill Commons
    • High Falls Center
    • Greater Rochester Cablevision

Chief of Technical Services
Community Development Department
The City of Rochester, New York
 January 1979 - October 1981

    Responsible for management of design and construction contracts relating to the implementation of community development programs

Senior City Planner
Planning Bureau
The City of Rochester, New York
July 1975 - December 1978

  • Responsible for comprehensive and neighborhood planning activities

 

EDUCATION:

M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning
University of Wisconsin

M.B.A. William B. Simon, School of Business
University of Rochester


SPECIAL SKILLS:

Fluent in Mandarin and Literate in Chinese

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE and CERTIFICATE

  • Architect License in New York State
  • Real Estate Broker License in New York State 
  • Economic Development Finance Professional Certified by the National Development Council

AWARDS, HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Ranking scholar in the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin (top 10% in a class of 25)
  • Who's Who in the East
  • Who's Who in New York State
  • Good Neighbor Award from Corn Hill Neighbors for Significant Contribution to Betterment of the Corn Hill area in Rochester, New York
  • Co-Chairman of National Development Seminar sponsored by the Republic of China
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