The Avesdo Leadership Team
A team that builds success
Conceived and founded by lawyers with first-hand knowledge of the development industry, Avesdo helps you build success by streamlining the process of selling new home real estate.


Richard Bell
Co-Founder & AdvisorAs Co-Founder & Advisor, Richard provides Avesdo with his decades-long experience and industry wisdom. His passion for technology and helping others motivates him as a leader. As founding partner of Bell Alliance LLP, he practices primarily in the area of real estate and estate planning. He is also on the Board as Chair of Small Housing B.C. and World Housing, with the former focused on creating affordability in communities throughout British Columbia and the latter focusing on housing internationally in third world countries.

Tyler Proud
Executive ChairmanAs former CEO at Avesdo, Tyler intricately understands the business and now works with the executive team to set direction and ensure the growth of the business.

Ben Smith
PresidentAs President, Ben oversees the development and execution of our vision and strategy. Before joining, Ben led Kinsman Partners, a strategic advisory firm for new home real estate developers. A digital marketing visionary, Ben oversaw Canada’s first fully online new home transaction in June 2020.

Wendy Cheah
Chief Operating OfficerWendy is passionate about operations, employees, and culture, tirelessly bringing our organization together, aligning processes and roles, and nurturing the Avesdo community. She joined us in 2018 to run operations, finance, and culture, helping chart Avesdo’s path for scalable growth.

Nick Moshenko
Chief Product OfficerAs CPO, Nick works closely with our engineering team to oversee product management, design, and UX/UI to continue evolving our new home transaction management platform. Before joining, Nick founded Designstor, an architectural visualization company.

Firas El Souki
Chief Technology OfficerFiras has 20 years of experience in software architecture, engineering and project management across diverse domains and industries including banking/finance, public sector, smart buildings and the Internet of Things. He has worked in Canada, the USA and MENA Region and has accumulated vast technical experience in building and coaching cross-functional teams. As our CTO, Firas is responsible for outlining and driving the company’s technological vision, implementing technology strategies, and ensuring that the technological resources are aligned with the company’s business needs.

Jason Hudym
Director, Client SuccessJason brings over 16 years experience within Proptech, leading customer success and delivering outstanding business results as a founding member of Lasso Data Systems. As an early pioneer in Proptech, few match his depth and breadth of experience in creating solutions specific to new home development globally. Jason will lead Avesdo’s customer service expansion including the optimization of internal processes, external communication and customer feedback loops locally in North America and as the company expands internationally.

Steve Curtis
Sales DirectorSteve is an experienced leader in the new home sales industry having spent close to 20 years involved in various aspects of the lifecycle of high rise, townhome, master planned, and custom single family home projects. Steve’s core expertise, across a variety of product-types, has focused on developing and executing project marketing and sales strategies.
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