Edward R. “Blake” Blakemore serves as Director of Asset & Property Management of Hudson Oak Development, as well as Chief Operating Officer of LyonJay. Blakemore brings over 20 years of C-Suite leadership experience in finance and operations management within public and private organizations in real estate, finance, and banking. Prior to joining LyonJay, Blakemore served as the CFO at NHE, a complex and diverse real estate management and development company with a concentration in the multi-family space. Blakemore has also served as the CFO and Senior VP of Operations at Serrus Capital Partners, a South Carolina based real estate investment and development company. He has also served as CFO/COO for a diversified financial services firm, a registered investment advisor providing exclusive financial products and services to high net-worth individuals through a series of funds.

As an independent contractor he performed bank related credit advisory services for a leading national provider. His reviews were focused on single family residential and commercial & industrial loan portfolio valuations.

Ed was also the CFO of Serrus Capital Partners, a South Carolina based real estate investment and development company that acquired, rehabbed and rented more than 250 single family detached homes.