National Commercial & Hotel Division

Kathleen O’Connor

Owner

On a conservative basis, Kathleen O’Connor manages the financial operations of the company. Working with outside accountants, Kathleen authorizes annual financial statements and projections. She monitors and reviews all expenditures, helps develop financial policies and procedures, and oversees payroll functions. Kathleen is a graduate of Baylor College, is a licensed Real Estate Broker and is very active in CREW. For more than twenty years, she has been an active participant in O’Connor, taking pride in its growth from a small firm to a company with a national reputation and more than 600 local and international employees.

Ravi Muthukrishnan

Chief Financial Officer

Ravi has more than 35 years of experience in the field of finance and accounting. He has supported O’Connor through the company’s Pathfinder subsidiary since 2019. Ravi holds a bachelor’s degree in science as well is a Chartered Accountant qualified from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and Certified Information Systems Auditor from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, USA.

Ravi has sound knowledge of US and India GAAP, and has worked in several verticals such as ITES, Real Estate, Pharma, Manufacturing, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Housing. He possesses acumen in leveraging his expertise in finance and accounting to the use of appropriate technology and implementing internal controls. He has worked on several ERP platforms such as NetSuite, Oracle, Peoplesoft, Business Central, and Sage and integrating ERP to several other external applications as per business needs.

Sari Quinlan

Director of Federal Tax Reduction

After joining O’Connor in 2012, Sari has built expertise across multiple divisions of the company. With a background in real estate, she onboarded as a property tax agent, but since 2017, Sari has specialized in the cost segregation process, providing federal tax relief to commercial property owners . As the leader of the Federal Tax Reduction team, Sari is also part of the Executive Committee, contributing knowledge as a subject matter expert to the leadership of the company.

John R. Fisher

LEED AP, Managing Director of Appraisal

John R. Fisher, LEED AP, is the managing director of the appraisal department, appraisal reviewer, an appraiser trainee supervisor. Mr. Fisher has more than 30 years of experience and has appraised or reviewed real estate valued in excess of one billion dollars during the course of his career. Mr. Fisher has been designated as an expert witness in both district court and federal court. He has completed all coursework and experience credit required for the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute. John Fisher was the top producing appraiser for several years and is a two-time recipient of the STAR award given by O’Connor for superior achievement in technical expertise, quality of work, and professionalism.

Mr. Fisher holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Finance from the University of Houston; is a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design – Accredited Professional (LEED AP); and is a State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser (Texas) TX-1323960-G. John is married with one child who is the center of his universe.

Tonya Felix

General Counsel

Since 2008, Tonya Felix has served as O’Connor’s General Counsel and is a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Mrs. Felix is the company’s chief legal advisor and has oversight of the Legal Department. She is a seasoned corporate attorney with extensive leadership experience. Mrs. Felix provides strategic counsel to management and executives on a wide range of issues, including regulatory compliance, litigation management, contract negotiation, policy development and employment matters. She has organized and developed key initiatives throughout the Legal Department that have had a significant business impact.

Mrs. Felix holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston and a Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law. In addition, Mrs. Felix is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is licensed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

Evelyn Lozano

Director of Information Systems

Evelyn Lozano joined the O’Connor team in 1993 and has held various positions throughout her tenure such as Network Administrator, Manager of IT and most recently, Director of Information Systems. As Director, Evelyn’s responsibilities include management of programming, database and software management, and IT and Network infrastructure for all of O’Connor and its associated companies. Evelyn’s education background includes North Harris County College, SMU – Bellaire Technology Program; current certifications include CISSP, MCSE – Productivity, MCSA, CCNA Security, ITIL Foundation, CompTIA Security+.