Paul Sheehan is CFO and co-founder of Dyer Sheehan Group, Inc. Mr. Sheehan is a California Licensed Architect and General Contractor. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, and has nearly three decades of experience in the analysis, entitlement, design, construction, and marketing of Southern California real estate.

Mr. Sheehan specializes in analyzing, designing, and marketing residential development projects and investment properties; negotiating complex land use and entitlement permit issues; and applying creative solutions to difficult problems. He is particularly noted for his ability to find pathways to success where projects are faced with seemingly insurmountable regulatory obstacles. During his diverse career, Mr. Sheehan has successfully built community and political consensus for the approval of General Plan Amendments, Zone Changes, Planned Development and Special Use Permits, Tract and Parcel Maps, Annexations, and the conveyance of obsolete public Right-of-Way areas to adjacent private property owners. His successes also include approvals by the California Coastal Commission of privately initiated Local Coastal Plan Amendments.

As an architect, Mr. Sheehan’s practice has included residential projects ranging from custom homes and major remodel/rehabilitation projects to multi-family and condominium developments, as well as commercial and industrial developments. He has also performed the required Seismic Hazard Analysis for numerous large multi-family complexes throughout Southern California, as required for HUD backed financing programs.

Mr. Sheehan provides expert witness testimony on real estate development litigation, and has been a guest speaker at the Building Industry Association’s Southern California Building Industry Show, and the California Economic Forecast Project’s Santa Barbara County Real Estate and Economic Outlook Conference. He is also Chairman of the VCEDA (Ventura County Economic Development Association) HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Easier) campaign Review Panel.