Studley Hires Software Exec; Promotes Cate

ATLANTA-The local office of New York-based Julien J. Studley Inc. has a new managing director in David Todd Jr., former president/CEO of Laconic Logic Inc. of Atlanta. The national commercial real estate firm also has a new corporate managing director in James P. Cate, a $300 million hitter who will wear two hats and continue to head the Southeastern investment services team.

Todd, born and raised in Atlanta, has 15 years of sales and marketing experience. He helped author “The Impact of the 1996 Olympics on the Atlanta Commercial Real Estate Market,” an Urban Land Institute report. He has also held leadership roles at the American Red Cross, Profitmaster Displays and Pepsi-Cola Co.

He is a graduate of Harvard’s Graduate School of Business Administration and Morehouse College. Todd will work with Studley’s national accounts group to develop strategic business plans for clients, Patrick Duffy, Studley’s senior vice president/branch manager, Atlanta, says in a prepared statement.