Key Personnel
Owner
Jenny Van Zyl
President
Bernie Van Zyl
Senior Vice President
Brian Lillard
Director of Operations
Jim Finn
Director
Tony Kaufmann
Jenny Van Zyl
President
Bernie Van Zyl
Senior Vice President
Brian Lillard
Director of Operations
Jim Finn
Director
Tony Kaufmann
Camelot's
executive team has
over 100 years of
combined experience
having managed over
75 million SF of
real estate.
We take pride in the
quality of our our
management team and
strive daily to
provide our
customers with the
highest level of
service.
Jenny Van
Zyl - Owner
Jenny Van
Zyl, Owner of
Camelot Services
Inc., has been
involved in the real
estate industry for
the past 18 years.
Prior to forming
Camelot, Jenny
was a property
manager for Anglo
American Property
Services in South
Africa for seven
years, where she was
responsible for
marketing, full
service facilities
management, leasing
co-ordination and
tenant liaison for
various commercial
and retail
properties within
the company’s
portfolio.
Prior to her role
with Anglo American
Jenny spent five
years with Liberty
Life Properties,
based at their
flagship 1.3 million
square foot regional
shopping mall. There
she was responsible
for budgeting,
marketing &
promotions, tenant
relations and client
services. Contact
Jenny.
Bernie Van
Zyl - President
Bernie Van Zyl,
President of Camelot
Services, Inc., is
responsible for
personnel
development,
standardization of
operational policies
and procedures and
service
delivery. For
3 years before
joining Camelot,
Bernie was Vice
President of
Operations for
Staubach Management
Services, where he
was responsible for
nationwide facility
& property
management
services. Bernie's ability to
lead by example,
ensured that clients
expectation were
always
exceeded. Prior to joining The
Staubach Company,
Bernie was President
of Stocks and Stocks
Asset Property
Management Services,
based in
Johannesburg, South
Africa. At Stocks,
Bernie was
responsible for 26
properties totaling
2.5 million square
feet of office and
retail
properties. For seven years
prior to Stocks,
Bernie was Vice
President of
Property Management
for Retail
International, where
he was responsible
for a portfolio of 5
million square feet
of commercial and
retail properties,
including three
regional
malls. Bernie
is a graduate of the
University of Cape
Town School of
Business, has a
Diploma in Personnel
and Training
Management, and is a
principal member of
BOMA. Contact
Bernie.
Brian
Lillard - Senior
Vice President
Brian
is responsible for
business growth
through new and
existing customer
relationships as
well as new product
development.
Brian has
over twenty years of
experience in the
real estate industry
having been employed
by Trammell Crow
Company and
Panattoni
Development Company.
Brian has held roles
in corporate real
estate, asset
management,
transaction
management, and
finance. Brian
is a Real Estate
Broker in the state
of Texas where he
also previously held
the CPA designation.
Brian graduated from
Baylor University
with a BBA degree in
1987. Contact
Brian
Jim Finn -
Director of
Operations
Jim Finn serves as Camelot’s Regional
Director of
Operations. Jim has
more than 25 years
of experience in
building operations,
equipment
maintenance and
vendor management.
Jim's current
responsibilities
include the
management of a
National Institute
of Health research
facility as well as
directing
operational activity
on the East Coast
for Camelot. Jim began his career
as a service
mechanic in 1982 and
over the years has
developed an
intricate
operational
knowledge of
mechanical and
building automation
systems, including ;
DDC control systems,
centrifugal
chillers, pneumatic
controls, boilers,
vacuum systems, building
automation control
systems. Jim is a
graduate of the
University of
Maryland, holds a
First Grade
Engineers License
and a Master HVAC
License.
Contact
Jim.
Tony Kaufmann
- Director Tony serves
is a Director at Camelot
Services and has
operational responsibility
for Camelot's
clients in
the Chicago and
Denver markets. Tony
has over 16 years of
facilities
management
experience as well
as experience in sales
marketing for
the Financial
Services sector.
In addition to a Degree in Business
Administration, Tony
has his Systems
Maintenance
Technician, Systems
Maintenance
Administrator, and
Facilities
Management
Administrator
Certifications from
the Building Owners
and Managers
Institute.
Additional formal
training includes a
Low Slope Roofing
Certification from
the University of
Wisconsin School of
Engineering, and is
in the process of
earning his LEED
certification. Contact
Tony.