Think Business With Jon Dwoskin

Maurice founded Pogoda Companies in 1987 and, as President, is responsible for overseeing Pogoda’s overall operations and for assembling its staff of professionals. Since its inception, Maurice has created a nationally known company that has brokered over 90 self-storage properties representing more than $325 million in sales; managed and/or owned 68 facilities with over 4,275,000 square feet of storage; and built or renovated 18 storage properties. Pogoda Companies consistently ranks among the top 35 management companies in the U.S. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Maurice is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received an MBA from the University of Michigan in marketing and finance. After graduate school, he spent a number of years as a marketing Brand Manager for Lever Brothers in Manhattan working on such well-known consumer products as Wisk, Dove, Snuggle, and Concentrated All. After relocating to Michigan in 1985, he worked for an income property brokerage company and sold multi-family, sh