Our Team
Our Team
Chris Long-
CEO -
Founder
As the chief executive officer, Chris's responsibilities are to oversee the business development, team building, strategic growth, capital raising and ensuring long
term growth objections are achieved.
Chris founded Longyards with a need for
his Construction business, being in the
trades since the young age of 14, and also being in sales since a young age. Chris capitalized on the opportunity and need for this business niche, by bootstrapping the
first location having the vision to build Longyards out internationally.
Chris is also a dad of three daughters
residing in Tampa Florida with his wife
Elodie.
Meet our team
Elodie Long
Chief operations officer
As chief operations officer, Elodie focuses on the
systems,management, marketing, and all systems required for
growth.
Elodie Long's Franchise experience leads Longyards growth
in the Franchise path, she has been involved since the
beginning of one of Canada largest Karate franchise schools.
After her business education at College she quickly ventured
into Franchise business operations. She is now full time
vested in the International buildout of Longyards.
Seth Henry
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ACQUISITIONS
Seth Henry's main focus is with Longyards acquisitions of off
and on market Industrial Real Estate. Seth oversees the hiring
of VA's, Interns tohelp with daily operations.
Seth facilitates the LOI's, zoning, due diligence, and feasibility
for Longyards locations in targeted markets.
Seth's other passion beyond real estate is his non-profit work.
Since 2017,Seth has been a co-founder at Rural Opportunity
Institute, a small community non-profit focused on supporting
people's healing fromtrauma. Seth manages fundraising, team
building and budgets. He has built a $20 million endowment
for rural community development.
David Leoncavallo
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
David builds franchise systems both nationally and
internationally. He started his career selling travel agency
franchises at the age of 19. He then started thelargest
Franchise Executive Search firm, FranSearch, in 1999, which
became HireArk placing thousands of executives in the
franchise industry.
In 2006, David founded Sopra Capital/Sopra Brands, a multi-
brand franchisor company and investment firm with 10 brands
such as HouseMaster and Teriyaki Stix. He contracted with
over a thousand franchisors over the last 30 years and
completed due diligence on over 900, which makes him well
aware of thestrange and unique ways that franchise systems
succeed and fail.
Along with consulting, David is once again, building a multi-
franchise brand family to utilize his best of the best executives
and best practices to help franchise founders avoid making
the mistakes he has made and seen others make.
He is married to his beautiful wife, Myleen, and they have 7
rambunctious children, who are all arguably, grown-up, and of
course, his pride and joy, beautiful granddaughter.
Scott Myers
LONGYARDS ADVISOR
Scott brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the
table; Scott is one of the leaders in the Self Storage Industry.
He has built several multi-million businesses in real estate and
his self- storage business, with ‘no toilets, tenants, or trash', is
amongst his most successful ventures! Scott is an expert at
teaching others how to grow and scale their self-storage
business, while creating their dream lifestyle for their families.
Scott is also the founder of the successful The Self Storage
Mastermind.
Anthony Prezioso
Corporate Partner
Anthony Prezioso, a first-generation college graduate and
professionally trained dentist, transitioned into
entrepreneurship inspired by his parents' success in building
two businesses from nothing. Following their example, he has
built a diversified portfolio in real estate and equity investing.
In 2005, Anthony acquired and merged two dental practices
but shifted focus to real estate and investment. He has
invested in a range of assets, including college housing,
single-family rentals, commercial real estate, and early-stage
companies, one of which went public, and another was
acquired by American Express.
Anthony also has hands-on experience as a general
contractor, building custom homes, and serves as a general
partner in multiple real estate ventures. He is a partner in a
ground-up multi-family development in New England and
manages a multi-million-dollar private lending business.
Now, Anthony is bringing his extensive experience and
strategic insight to the Longyards model, aiming to leverage
his expertise in real estate development, investment, and
management to further expand and enhance the Longyards
portfolio. His deep understanding of the market and proven
track record make him a valuable asset to the Longyards
team, positioning the company for continued growth and
success.
Meet our team
Elodie Long
Chief operations officer
As chief operations officer, Elodie focuses
on the systems,management, marketing,
and all systems required for growth.
Elodie Long's Franchise experience leads
Longyards growth in the Franchise path,
she has been involved since the beginning
of one of Canada largest Karate franchise
schools. After her business education at
College she quickly ventured into
Franchise business operations. She is now
full time vested in the International
buildout of Longyards.
Seth Henry
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE
ACQUISITIONS
Seth Henry's main focus is with Longyards acquisitions of off and on market Industrial
Real Estate. Seth oversees the hiring of
VA's, Interns tohelp with daily operations.
Seth facilitates the LOI's, zoning, due
diligence, and feasibility for Longyards
locations in targeted markets.
Seth's other passion beyond real estate is
his non-profit work. Since 2017,Seth has
been a co-founder at Rural Opportunity
Institute, a small community non-profit
focused on supporting people's healing
from trauma. Seth manages fundraising,
team building and budgets. He has built a
$20 million endowment for rural
community development.
David Leoncavallo
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
David builds franchise systems both
nationally and internationally. He started
his career selling travel agency franchises
at the age of 19. He then started the largest Franchise Executive Search firm,
FranSearch, in 1999, which became
HireArk placing thousands of executives in the franchise industry.
In 2006, David founded Sopra
Capital/Sopra Brands, a multi- brand
franchisor company and investment firm
with 10 brands such as HouseMaster and
Teriyaki Stix. He contracted with over a
thousand franchisors over the last 30
years and completed due diligence on
over 900, which makes him well aware of
the strange and unique ways that franchise systems succeed and fail.
Along with consulting, David is once
again, building a multi- franchise brand
family to utilize his best of the best
executives and best practices to help
franchise founders avoid making the
mistakes he has made and seen others
make.
He is married to his beautiful wife,Myleen, and they have 7 rambunctious children, who are all arguably, grown-up, and of course, his pride and joy, beautiful
granddaughter.
Scott Myers
LONGYARDS ADVISOR
Scott brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the table; Scott is one of
the leaders in the Self Storage Industry.
He has built several multi-million
businesses in real estate and his self-
storage business, with ‘no toilets, tenants,
or trash', is amongst his most successful
ventures! Scott is an expert at teaching
others how to grow and scale their self-
storage business, while creating their
dream lifestyle for their families.
Scott is also the founder of the successful
The Self Storage Mastermind.
Anthony Prezioso
Corporate Partner
Anthony Prezioso, a first-generation
college graduate and professionally
trained dentist, transitioned into
entrepreneurship inspired by his parents' success in building two businesses from
nothing. Following their example, he has
built a diversified portfolio in real estate
and equity investing.
In 2005, Anthony acquired and merged
two dental practices but shifted focus to
real estate and investment. He has
invested in a range of assets, including
college housing, single-family rentals,
commercial real estate, and early-stage
companies, one of which went public, and another was acquired by American
Express.
Anthony also has hands-on experience as
a general contractor, building custom
homes, and serves as a general partner in
multiple real estate ventures. He is a
partner in a ground-up multi-family development in New England and
manages a multi-million-dollar private
lending business.
Now, Anthony is bringing his extensive
experience and strategic insight to the
Longyards model, aiming to leverage his
expertise in real estate development,
investment, and management to further
expand and enhance the Longyards
portfolio. His deep understanding of the
market and proven track record make him
a valuable asset to the Longyards team,
positioning the company for continued
growth and success.
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storage solutions to many small businesses? Longyards Storage has
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innovative and forward-thinking team that focuses on providing better
storage solutions to many small businesses Longyards Storage has
the perfect opportunity for you!
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