David Boatner – Chairman & CEO

David Boatner has over 25 years of executive leadership, sales and marketing, technology and Real Estate experience.

He has held key positions in sales and marketing with several telecommunications and technology-based companies. They include WilTel Communications, McLeodUSA, and Splitrock Services. As President of McLeodUSA Business Services, he built a successful sales force of over 1,000 employees and company revenues of one billion dollars ($1b). He was instrumental in the IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) of McLeodUSA and Splitrock Services, a wholesale internet provider. In addition, Mr. Boatner formed the commercial sales and marketing organization for WilTel Communications, a nationwide fiber optic network and technology company, which was sold to WorldCom in 1995 for two and one half billion dollars ($2.5b).

Mr. Boatner’s vision and entrepreneurial successes carried over to the Real Estate industry. A Texas Real Estate Broker for many years, he capitalized on his Real Estate knowledge and his marketing expertise by founding Boatner & Associates.

Since then, he has brokered and authored numerous transactions in the commercial, residential, and development areas of Real Estate. In 2006, he brokered and closed the single largest land transaction for a master planned community in the history of Galveston Island. In addition, he is founder, owner and developer of Store Smart LLC, a successful group of self-storage facilities. Mr. Boatner co-founded Connect Realty.com Inc. and began serving as President and CEO in January of 2008.