David DeMello, MBA, Certified General Appraiser
David’s background in finance, valuation, analytics, leadership and consulting has led to a diverse career spanning roles from commercial appraisal, building automated valuation and review models to teaching college courses. After completing his MBA, Finance, David became a Certified General Appraiser, becoming highly skilled appraising a wide array of commercial and residential property types. His extensive valuation experience includes single family, office, retail, industrial, subdivisions, master planned communities and serving as an expert witness in cases of eminent domain.
David joined Clear Capital as Vice President, Business Development in 2003 and held multiple executive roles during his near 15-year tenure. His varied roles included leading BPO services, building BPO quality control measures, leading appraisal and BPO review staff, and eventually serving as Executive Vice President, Valuations and Chief Appraiser. Responsible for valuation product quality, David is acutely skilled in regulatory affairs, valuation product development, training and managing reviewers, and quality control of BPO, appraisal and alternative valuation products. During his tenure at Clear Capital, he also led design and development of new BPO and appraisal systems and processes for the company.
David joined HouseCanary as Executive Vice President, Valuation Operations in 2017. During five years in this role, he helped develop data and analytic driven valuation products, including evaluations and interactive desktop valuations.
In 2022, David joined Class Valuation as Executive Vice President, Valuation Products, where he led the development of a new suite of alternative valuation products, now known as the iCollateral Series product line, and launched BPOs.
In his free time, David enjoys spending time with his wife and four daughters, traveling, writing, playing guitar and practicing mixology.