About Us: Management

Tom Brown, CEO

Mr. Brown’s career encompasses over 25 years of experience in real estate and financial services. Prior to Urban Bay Properties he has held CEO and senior executive positions with Merrill Lynch, Centerbank Inc., and PMI Mortgage Insurance. At Merrill Lynch he was intimately involved with the expansion of Merrill Lynch Relocation Management and the startup of Merrill Lynch Realty, a full service real estate firm operating residential and commercial brokerage activities in all major US markets. Mr. Brown, in addition to real estate brokerage, has had direct experience managing operations engaged in mortgage banking/banking, investment banking, new home construction, insurance, equipment leasing and retail/wholesale merchandising. He is a former Director and Executive Committee Member of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America and is currently a Director of Redwood Trust, a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust.

Ray Kaliski, Broker, New Homes Director

Ray is one of the most experienced new development real estate specialists in the Bay Area. As a native San Franciscan who started in real estate in 1968, he has owned his own brokerage firm and has been a residential and commercial developer in the North Bay, East Bay and Atlanta, GA.

Working with his partner Gail Stark, he managed sales at key San Francisco developments, including 601 4th Street, 355 Bryant Street and The ClockTower. Ray has managed the sales of over 50 new loft and condominium developments in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Aman Daro, Vice President of Marketing

With a background in consumer marketing, Aman brings a wealth of online and offline branding experience to the real estate market. He has over a decade’s worth of experience working with advertising agencies like Saatchi & Saatchi, DDB Needham and J. Walter Thompson on powerhouse clients like Procter & Gamble, Clorox, General Mills and Sun Microsystems. At Urban Bay Properties he combines refined branding skills with a structured, ROI-driven marketing process, providing clients with a wealth of strategic positioning, data analysis and online and offline marketing techniques. He has a California real estate license (non-practicing) and has overseen marketing for over 18 new developments.