Ken Channell has invested most of his professional career in real estate franchising. He joined Ken D’Angelo in June 1978 to establish ERA Real Estate in the Houston market. He was with ERA for 18 years and became senior vice president of marketing before leaving ERA. He joined D’Angelo again in 1998 after he had started HomeVestors in 1996. Channell became the director of training in 2003 and the vice president of team development in 2005. He was co-president with David Hicks from 2009 to 2017, when he became the Dean of Ug University, the university that has graduated more successful real estate investors than any other. Channell’s focus has been on understanding the personalities of real estate professionals and their teams. He now owns and operates Your Talent Coach Associates. He can be reached at yourtalentcoach@sbcglobal.net.