Team

Leadership & Development Team

Michael Hoffman
Founder & CEO
North Star Group, Inc. (Alabama)
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT • MODULAR SYSTEMS • INSTITUTIONAL HOUSING STRATEGY

Michael Hoffman is a U.S. real estate developer, inventor, and affordable-housing strategist. As the founder and CEO of North Star Group, Inc., he leads initiatives that combine modular construction, structural insulated panel (SIP) technology, and disciplined financial modeling.

His patent portfolio includes more than a dozen U.S. patents in industrial heating, magnetic insulation, fluid-management systems, tank-farm engineering, and welding technology.

Paul Watkins Sr.
President
PMW Management Partners, Inc.
PHA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE • DEVELOPMENT FINANCE • HUD COMPLIANCE

Paul Watkins Sr. is President of PMW Management Partners, Inc., with experience in residential and commercial development, complex finance structuring, financial analysis, underwriting, and market feasibility.

Previously Director of Technical Assistance at Econometrica, Inc., where he led the Housing and Community Development Group serving Public Housing Authorities on behalf of HUD.

Jey Smith
Lead Developer & Project Implementation Director
North Star Group, Inc. (Alabama)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP • TELECOMMUNICATIONS • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Jey Smith is the Lead Developer and principal implementation director. As a partner at North Star Group, Inc., he coordinates the full development framework across land planning, stakeholder integration, engineering alignment, and multi-phase execution.

Smith brings more than fifteen years of experience in high-level telecommunications operations with Verizon Business/MCI. His fifteen years of military service reinforce his structured operational style.

Timothy V. Hall
Construction Manager & Federal Estimator
Federal & Institutional Construction
COST ESTIMATING • QUALITY CONTROL • SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Timothy V. Hall brings more than 40 years of experience in federal, institutional, and faith-based construction, spanning HUD housing upgrades, U.S. Army Reserve facility improvements, GSA building work, and VA Hospital modernization.

He is a certified Construction Quality Control (CQC) Manager and a certified Safety Officer.