Leadership

Vertical Infill Partners was founded in 2026 by two partners with complementary experience: one in building and scaling companies, one in building and operating San Diego real estate.

Marc Barron

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Marc leads investor relationships, business operations, growth strategy and the systems behind the client experience at Vertical Infill Partners.

Marc has spent more than a decade building and scaling technology companies. As a co-founder of CourseKey, he helped take the company from an idea to a leading software platform for career-focused higher education. Along the way the company raised more than $20 million in venture capital, developed patented technology on which Marc is a co-inventor, and was acquired by private equity.

He went on to serve as Chief Revenue Officer of Portico, a private equity backed software platform formed through the integration of four companies, where he led enterprise sales, revenue operations, partnerships, pricing, forecasting and board reporting.

Marc has served on the board of Startup San Diego and the advisory board of San Diego State University's ZIP Launchpad, and as a Techstars mentor.

At VIP, he brings the operating discipline of a private equity backed company to development: rigorous underwriting, structured decision points and consistent, candid communication with owners.

  • $20M+Venture capital raised as a CourseKey co-founder
  • 4Software companies integrated into one commercial organization at Portico

Garrett Reuter

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Garrett leads development strategy, feasibility and execution planning at Vertical Infill Partners.

Garrett has spent more than 14 years acquiring, developing and managing income-producing property across San Diego County. He founded Reuter Group, Inc., a licensed general contracting and development firm (CSLB #1106471), which has completed more than 200 accessory dwelling unit projects and builds ground-up multifamily buildings of up to 20 units, including projects under California's Density Bonus and Micro-Unit Density Bonus programs.

He also founded Skylight Realty, which manages more than 250 rental units across the county, spanning urban multifamily, student housing, ADU portfolios and new-construction lease-up.

His experience covers the full project lifecycle: underwriting, City of San Diego entitlement and plan check, construction lending and draw management, cost estimating, subcontractor management, construction oversight and stabilization. He has worked extensively in North Park, Hillcrest, Mission Hills, Normal Heights and the College Area.

At VIP, Garrett brings the perspective of someone who has owned, built and operated infill property, and who knows what it takes to move a project through approvals and into service.

  • 14+Years acquiring, developing and managing San Diego property
  • 200+ADU projects completed by Reuter Group
  • 250+Rental units managed by Skylight Realty

Figures and project experience describe each founder's work at companies he founded or led. They are not projects or results of Vertical Infill Partners. Reuter Group, Inc. and Skylight Realty are separate companies owned by Garrett Reuter. Vertical Infill Partners does not hold a contractor's license and does not perform construction.

Why this partnership

Development projects succeed on two fronts at once: in the field, and in the way capital, decisions and communication are managed.

Garrett brings deep, hands-on knowledge of what it takes to entitle, build and operate infill property in San Diego. Marc brings the commercial and operating discipline of companies built to report to boards and investors. Together they give owners a single, accountable point of coordination for the whole project.

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