Meet Our Team
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John Winker
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Prior to establishing Tech Terrace Real Estate, John Winker was primarily involved in the valuation of commercial real estate on a national basis.
Upon receiving his BBA (finance major) from Texas Tech University in 1985, John moved to Dallas and worked as a commercial fee appraiser for 4 ½ years. With a few exceptions on each coast, most work was in the southwest (primarily D/FW metroplex). Subsequently, John became employed as a bank review appraiser and shortly thereafter he opened up his own shop in Dallas as a sole practitioner providing commercial appraisal review and consulting services on a nationwide basis. Along the way John earned his MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute and worked on commercial review & consulting assignments throughout the northeast, Florida and California. Eventually, John moved to Newport Beach, California and maintained his offices there. John had one last employment stint holding a Vice President position as a Chief Appraiser at a $64 billion holding company (10th largest bank holding company at the time on the other side of the USA).
Although the 10 years of experience were invaluable, John was thrilled to have survived and escaped corporate America and returned to Lubbock. Over the years John has bought, sold, managed, updated, remodeled, added to, and appraised numerous homes in Lubbock.
Well that’s the fancy stuff. John considers work a blessing and places huge value on the not so fancy work he did as a youth including several years of mowing lawns, several years delivering newspapers, washing boats, and working as a day laborer. A lot of life lessons were also learned on the soccer field, football field, and around the track.
John is married to, and is still dating, his high school sweetheart that he met in 1978.
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Shawn Cannon
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Shawn began his real estate career as a sales associate at Coldwell Banker Commercial General Properties, a Kansas City area based full-service real estate firm. While at Coldwell Banker, Shawn specialized in retail property leasing, sales, and development. After leaving Coldwell Banker in 2007, Shawn joined ERA Roberts & Wilkins as the Commercial Sales Manager. ERA Roberts & Wilkins was a West Texas based full service real estate firm. While at ERA, Shawn was involved in all facets of commercial real estate brokerage including the leasing, sales, and management of office, industrial, retail and investment properties. Since 2010, Shawn helped grow Tech Terrace Real Estate into the largest single family property management company focusing on housing around the Texas Tech campus.
Shawn is member of the National Association of Realtors, Lubbock Association of Realtors, Texas Tech Alumni Association, serves as the Chapter adviser for the Delta Tau Delta chapter at Texas Tech, is a past member of the Texas Tech University Task Force on Greek Organization & Culture, as well as a past member of the City of Lubbock Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee. Shawn is the Tech Terrace Real Estate broker of record and actively manages and oversees all of the companies’ property management, sales, and leasing.
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Ross Winker
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Ross graduated from Lubbock Christian University in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Not only did Ross complete his 4-year degree in half the time, but while maintaining full class loads he also worked a variety of jobs (sandwich shop, fitness club, lawn mowing business). During his final year of college he worked for the Department of Homeland Security as a Transportation Security Officer at Lubbock’s Preston Smith International Airport. Upon graduation he continued his duties with the Federal government for 3 more years. While working with the government, Ross earned his real estate license, cut his government job back to 20 hours per week and made a successful transition to the real estate business which has been his full time focus since 2015.
Ross credits his work ethic to an upbringing that started with listening to his parents talk business all the time, watching his dad spend hours shopping at the local home improvement centers, and checking on properties. His financial earnings started at age 14 refereeing little league soccer games, mowing lawns at age 15, and working retail at Abercrombie during high school. Additional life lessons were learned on the soccer and football fields. Property management is hard work. Ross grew up in Lubbock, and knows hard work, and has the experience and connections to get things done. Need a property manager?
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Christian Bland
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Christian Bland is a property manager and sales associate at Tech Terrace Real Estate. She has a passion for helping owners and buyers reach their financial freedom through property ownership. Growing up her dad taught her about the importance of real estate investment and how to make smart investments. Being a Lubbockite by marriage, she has fallen in love with the community, and the small town feel the city offers. Her five children attend Lubbock ISD schools, and are heavily involved in Scouts of America. She would love to help you find your next home!
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Dani Brady
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From 1997 to 2003, Dani was a top 2% pharmaceutical sales producer with Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson.
In 2004, Dani and her family moved to Lubbock and she stayed at home with her two children for the next 10 years where the real work began, including: various fundraising efforts and civic duties with Roscoe Wilson PTA, All Saints Episcopal Parent Organization, Lubbock High Football Booster, Lubbock High School PTA, board member of CASA of the South Plains, the Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae Board, and the Roscoe Wilson Executive PTA Board and volunteer duties with the Susan G Komen Foundation, National Charity League, and the Lubbock Symphony Guild. Dani is a proud member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association and the Red Raider Club.
In 2017, Dani joined Tech Terrace Real Estate as the ideal agency to join her passions for Lubbock, real estate, sales, and Tech Terrace.
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Mike Tibbit
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Mike represents buyers and sellers all across Lubbock but his specialty is Lubbock’s Tech Terrace/U.N.I.T. neighborhood. Mike’s experience in the neighborhood began when he and his wife were students at Texas Tech and lived in a small house on 28th street in Tech Terrace. Mike and his family live in the neighborhood today. If you are shopping for a property or wish to sell your property in this very unique Lubbock neighborhood, you can rely on Mike’s market expertise to make the buying or selling process hassle free.
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Justin Kiechler
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Justin Kiechler is an integral part of the Tech Terrace Real Estate team with his combined legal and real estate backgrounds. After graduating from Texas Tech University with an undergraduate degree in Marketing and a Master of Business Administration, he obtained a Juris Doctorate degree in 2008. Mr. Kiechler started The Kiechler Law Firm in Lubbock in 2009. He became a licensed real estate sales agent in 2012 and then started his journey with the Tech Terrace Real Estate team.
Mr. Kiechler’s level of commitment to his passions is reflected by the achievements he has attained as a lawyer in Lubbock: Lubbock Area Bar Association Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year in 2018, Past President of the Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association, 2018 John Crew’s Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year by Legal Aid of Northwest Texas, and he was chosen for the Lubbock Magazine’s 2019 Top Attorneys list.
Through his law firm, Mr. Kiechler assists Tech Terrace Real Estate with the occasional legal matters that arise in the property management business, such as evictions. We appreciate the way his firm operates with the same guiding principles as Tech Terrace Real Estate operates. In addition to the legal issues with real estate, Mr. Kiechler is passionate about home remodeling and renovations. He has gained extensive knowledge in plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and decorating residential properties. This has assisted him in operating his own rental properties and providing top tier service to the owners of the properties he manages.
Mr. Kiechler’s wide range of knowledge from the legal aspect to the mechanical and physical appearance of real estate makes him a true asset to any Tech Terrace Real Estate client.
