Data-Driven Innovation and Strategic Capital Placement Transform Regional Finance Landscape
Two professionals have earned recognition for their exceptional contributions to commercial real estate finance, one bringing precision and automation to investment analysis, the other delivering consistent execution in commercial mortgage brokerage for the Pacific Northwest market.
Dana Johnston
Dana Johnston (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-johnston-44b33914a/), Senior Broker at Crux Commercial Partners, is one of the few women in commercial mortgage brokerage in the Pacific Northwest and has established a strong record of performance in a competitive market. Over the past several years, she has closed hundreds of millions in transactions, consistently keeping deals moving, identifying challenges early, and delivering successful outcomes for clients.
Within the Crux Commercial Partners brokerage team, Johnston plays a central leadership role. She manages key processes, improves internal workflows, and supports the execution of complex transactions. She leads by example and is known as the person who will step in to solve problems and ensure nothing falls through the cracks.
Johnston is valued for her character—a true team player, reliable, generous with her time, and quick to offer help wherever needed. Her professionalism, integrity, and willingness to support others make her someone that both clients and colleagues trust. Johnston’s combination of consistent production, operational leadership, and strong character sets her apart in the finance and capital markets space.
Emanuel Sifuentes
Emanuel Sifuentes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejsifuen/), Financial and Investment Analyst at Corliss Management Group, is redefining how real estate investment decisions are made through precision, automation, and data intelligence. Sifuentes bridges the gap between finance and technology, bringing analytical depth and innovation to a fifth-generation real estate enterprise known for its long-term stewardship and market foresight.
With a strong foundation in financial modeling and investment analysis, Sifuentes has played a central role in advancing Corliss’s data-first approach to acquisitions and portfolio growth. His expertise lies in transforming complex market data into clear, actionable insights that guide strategic investments and capital allocation.
Under Sifuentes’ leadership, Corliss has built a sophisticated valuation and underwriting framework that goes beyond traditional metrics. He helped design a proprietary Fair Market Value formula that automates pricing through real-time integration of historical and current data, delivering accuracy within narrow percentage margins. This innovation enables the firm to scale its portfolio while maintaining disciplined investment standards.
Sifuentes also engineered an automated comparable analysis tool, allowing the team to instantly generate market comps on potential acquisitions. Together, these advancements have created a modern ecosystem of decision support that accelerates deal evaluation and sharpens return predictability.
By embedding a risk-adjusted return model into the firm’s underwriting process, Sifuentes ensures every investment reflects not only opportunity but resilience—an approach that has positioned Corliss at the forefront of finance and capital markets innovation in private real estate. His philosophy is simple: data tells the story of opportunity. Through his work, Corliss continues to elevate the way legacy real estate adapts to a data-driven future—where every number informs a smarter, faster, and more sustainable decision.
