The Founders – Meridian Pacific Capital
Meridian Pacific Capital (MPC) was founded by Jeffery King and Kevin Conlon, two former military members with over 40 years of combined professional experience in high technology.
Jeff and Kevin met at Palomar Technologies (formerly Hughes Aircraft), where they worked together as senior executives for nearly a decade. As colleagues, they discovered they shared a mutual interest outside of work: real estate investment. Over the years, each observed that the real estate in their personal portfolios earned the highest after-tax returns with the lowest year-over-year volatility in comparison to other investment methods. However, Jeff and Kevin also realized that many investors hesitated to invest confidently in real estate due to the time requirements needed to “get it right.” Most investors simple cannot not spare the significant hours and personal risk needed to gain the necessary knowledge to identify, acquire, and manage successful real estate investments. The two founded Meridian in order to provide investors with first-class real estate investment opportunities while releasing them from the burden of having to learn all the necessary industry knowledge themselves.
KEVIN CONLON (Principal)
Prior to co-founding Meridian Pacific Capital and its subsidiaries, Mr. Conlon was President and CEO of Palomar Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of semiconductor capital equipment in Carlsbad, CA. He was recognized by Fortune magazine as one of its “Heroes of Manufacturing” in March 2002, an honor bestowed upon five individuals nationwide. Palomar Technologies was named by Electronic Business magazine as one of the “Top 30” small electronics companies in the world in April 2003.
Mr. Conlon is also the CEO of the Memphis Medical Redevelopment Group, LLC, a Tennessee real estate company specializing in the turnaround of distressed commercial real estate assets. He previously held several senior executive positions in sales and marketing within the semiconductor capital equipment industry in the Silicon Valley for 18 years at Applied Materials, Novellus Systems and Genus, Inc. He is the past chairman of the TechAmerica CEO Roundtable C for San Diego, CA, a group of local chief executive officers and serves on the Engineering Advisory Board for the University of San Diego.
He is an active member of Vistage International. A former Army officer, he earned his B.S. degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and his M.B.A. degree from Santa Clara University in California.
JEFFERY KING (Principal)
Jeffrey King is a licensed California and Tennessee Real Estate Broker who has been investing in real estate since 1987 and has been an active investor in Jackson, MS and Memphis, TN. He is the Chief Operating Officer of the Memphis Medical Redevelopment Group, LLC, a Tennessee real estate company specializing in the turnaround of distressed commercial real estate assets.
Prior to co-founding Meridian Pacific Capital and its subsidiaries, Mr. King was Vice President of Sales for Palomar Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of semiconductor capital equipment in Carlsbad, CA. He served with distinction in a number of technical, marketing and sales management positions during his tenure at Palomar, and was responsible for the operations of its two subsidiary companies in Europe and Asia.
A former Marine, Mr. King was the founder and President of Plexus Technologies, Inc., a software firm focused on streamlining the day-to-day business of local governments in Pennsylvania.
Jeffrey King • CA Broker #: 01206504 • TN Broker #: 325758 • MS Broker #: 20587
Meridian National Realty • MS Firm License #: 20619 • TN Firm License #: 262293