The OnPoint Team

From the time Todd Dwyer was seven years old, he would spend his summers surveying development sites with his father in Missouri. Todd spent the next few decades of his life internalizing invaluable industry knowledge, research, and experience in surveying and engineering. Todd later continued his path at the University of Missouri at Columbia where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in mathematics, ultimately becoming a licensed professional engineer and licensed professional surveyor. His time spent in the engineering world allowed Todd the unique ability to work in CAD engineering software—a skill he takes advantage of to this day in order to find the most efficient, cost-effective, and attractive way to maximize space on behalf of his tenants. (He’s been known to spend hours configuring development projects 20+ ways in order to ensure he’s using a site’s space in the most strategic manner possible). Todd leads the OnPoint team and team selection process for every project. Working with national retail and restaurant chains, shopping centers, and one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, Todd has entitled/developed over 5,000 units and parcels of land—both residential and commercial. As an acquisition director for real estate development firms, Todd has successfully planned and designed commercial sites, residential subdivisions, industrial and municipal utility projects, and roadway designs.

Raised in South Africa and London, Mike Gerber brings an international perspective to all of his development endeavors. He attended boarding School in Switzerland and the UK before moving to New York for college where he graduated from Long Island University in 2009 with an MBA in International Business & Administration. Mike began his career at a private equity firm based in La Jolla, CA before transitioning toward real estate development in the Hamptons, NY. After coordinating several development projects, Mike's interests led him back to San Diego to pursue commercial real estate development, where he is currently building out the industrial space with OnPoint.

Steven Pollock was born and raised in Southern California to a family in the building industry. His grandfather a multi-family developer, and father and uncle framing contractors, he spent his childhood in the field carrying lumber, surrounded by tradesmen. Knowing from an early age he wanted to pursue a career in construction, Steven attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He spent the first decade of his career as a Land Development Engineer & Project Manager, where he cultivated invaluable skills managing complex CEQA and entitlement projects, phased projects, and development of retail shopping centers. Steven has also had the unique experience of overseeing a national tenant’s west coast expansion program, where he managed all consultants and coordinated the projects from due diligence all the way through tenant store opening. A master in due diligence, permit processing, and entitlement strategy, Steven is uniquely suited to assisting tenants in getting their business open quickly and within budget and is passionate about finding creative ways to maximize space and tweak designs to fit tenants’ needs. Steven joined the OnPoint team in 2023 to manage the team’s portfolio of industrial and retail projects and to provide Development Management services to tenants who are in need of a strong leader to pioneer their rollout program.

Raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Demir obtained his first bachelor’s degree from Istanbul Bilgi University in International Relations and his second in Political Science from the University of Portsmouth, England. Moving to San Diego in 2001 with an athletic scholarship in water polo, he finished the UC San Diego extension program in Marketing, and received his MBA thereafter, all while interning at Merrill Lynch. He continued with Merrill Lynch after graduation, working in the finance division. Demir then left the finance world to pursue his passion in construction, working in both the residential and commercial fields, managing numerous award-winning projects. Demir joined the OnPoint team in 2020 to parley his finance and construction experience towards commercial real estate development. Since then, Demir has developed a wide range of practical skills and knowledge in the realm of CRE Development and Construction, including, but not limited to, site acquisition and due diligence, entitlements and discretionary permitting, market and demographic analysis, Proforma financial analysis, and construction and entitlement project management.

Born and raised in San Diego, CA, Brendan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Real Estate and Development in 2022 at UC San Diego. Through the program, the UC System’s first of its kind, Brendan formed a wide range of professional and pragmatic skills in real estate development, ranging from demographic and market analysis, underwriting, and construction planning, to community development and modern urban planning. Seeking to stay local, Brendan joined OnPoint Development in 2022 to put his education and interests to work as a Development Associate, primarily working on entitlements.

Rodrigo, originally from Sacramento, CA, holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from San Diego State University. With over three and a half years of experience in Land Development, he has worked on entitlements and construction documents for multifamily, student housing, and retail projects. Currently, he is pursuing a Master of Science in Real Estate at the University of San Diego. Rodrigo intends to leverage his design and project management expertise to enhance the team's portfolio and development management services.