Passively invest in value-add hospitality

Sean Canahuate

Head of Portfolio / Asset Management & Acquisitions

Sean leads portfolio and asset management and acquisitions for Reverie. He owns and operates boutique hotel and wedding venue properties in the Austin area and is a licensed Texas residential and commercial real estate agent.

Beyond hospitality, Sean owns and operates long-term residential rentals and a self-storage facility in Bryan, Texas. Before that he was a Senior Manager in Real Estate Management Consulting at PwC.

He holds an M.B.A. in Real Estate from UCLA Anderson and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Maryland.

Ryan Swisher, CFA

Head of Finance, Technology & Operations

Ryan leads finance, technology and operations at Reverie. He also owns and operates short-term rental hospitality businesses in Central Texas. He built his career in strategy, most recently as Vice President of Strategy at JPMorgan Chase, and before that as a management consultant at PwC's Strategy&.

Ryan is a CFA charterholder and holds a B.S. in Engineering from Cornell University. He brings that analytical discipline to Reverie's finances and to the systems that run the properties day to day.

Pavel Kolenda

Head of Development, Maintenance & Design

Pavel grew up in his family's construction business, which is where his experience in design and construction began. He spent ten years as a CPA with international accounting and finance firms, then five years as a finance leader at technology companies in Austin.

He went on to found Backyard Pod, a leading ADU and tiny home company in Austin. In 2022 he joined forces with Sean and Ryan to develop properties together, and he has been building Reverie with them ever since.

Pavel is passionate about sales and marketing, and about using artificial intelligence to streamline processes and empower our team to be productive, so Reverie stays a leader in the hospitality industry.