Andrew Nesbitt is a Director of Investments with 18 years of experience specializing in finance, investment, development, and analysis of lifestyle multifamily and hospitality real estate focused on exceptional tenant and guest experience. He blends institutional CRE deal execution with operational insight from roles at Sonder and FTI Consulting, having sourced over $1.5 billion in opportunities and advised on high-profile transactions and restructurings. An MBA from Cornell’s Hotel School with a Baker Program focus, he pairs rigorous real estate finance and hospitality development training with hands-on underwriting, structuring, and asset management across diverse asset classes. Earlier in his career he led digital media strategy for national brands—skills that inform his market segmentation and multi-tiered go-to-market approaches in property positioning. He also contributes to open-source software projects (notably Homebrew and Octokit), reflecting a technical curiosity and commitment to tooling and process quality behind the scenes. A Green Bay native who lived and worked abroad in New Zealand, he brings a global perspective that shaped his focus on experience-oriented real estate.
18 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at Marinette High School
Bachelor of Science, Economics, Bachelor of Science, Economics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate Real Estate Minor - Baker Program, Graduate Real Estate Minor - Baker Program at Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
Master of Business Administration (MBA), 3.7 GPA in major, Master of Business Administration (MBA), 3.7 GPA in major at Cornell University
Contributions:26 releases, 19 reviews, 1271 commits in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Andrew significantly contributed to the back-end of the project by implementing features related to filtering and display of GitHub notifications. Their work included enabling filtering by notification reason, introducing a subject status, and adding the capability to filter by issue labels. They also refactored code for the existing archive/unarchive functionality. These changes show the user's efforts in improving the Octobox application by enhancing its ability to organize and manage user notifications.
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Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:47 reviews, 1926 commits, 2009 PRs in 10 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily worked on the front-end aspects of the 24 Pull Requests project. Their contributions included reorganizing the layout, adding a GitHub banner, and making adjustments to the appearance of the site's UI elements, such as the GitHub badge. The user also added a significant amount of content to the landing page, implementing new sections and styling elements using CSS. Furthermore, they refactored the website from a static HTML file into a Sinatra application with ERB templates, indicating a shift in the project structure.
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Andrew Nesbitt - Director, Investments at Freelance