Summary
Mason Virant is an entrepreneurial associate asset manager with eight years of experience blending real estate analytics, investment research, and startup growth. Currently at Metzler Real Estate and as Associate Director at the Washington Center for Real Estate Research, he applies rigorous, data-driven approaches informed by a physics PhD candidacy mindset to optimize asset performance and business strategy. His background spans brokerage, private wealth analysis, product research, and tech-enabled business development, giving him a rare cross-disciplinary fluency between finance, real estate, and technology. Mason is passionate about extracting insight from raw data and building robust solutions for everyday needs, often translating academic rigor into practical investment decisions. He also brings hands-on startup and web architecture experience from earlier roles, enabling him to bridge capital markets with product incubation. Based in Seattle, he combines meticulous analytical instincts with creative problem-solving to drive both innovation and measurable financial results.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Real Estate, Master's degree, Real Estate at University of Washington
Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance, Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business
Preparatory School, Preparatory School at Seattle Preparatory School
English, German