RMS Development, LLC

Robert Skinner and Mark Shipley founded RMS Development, LLC in December 2009 to develop the Clean Energy Rail Center project in Fernley, NV.  

RMSD has close associations with engineering, construction and other consulting services firms enabling RMSD to offer complete turn-key solutions to customers.  

Other developments RMSD is pursing include GeoVada and several energy related projects.

Robert Skinner: President

Robert Skinner is the founder of RMS Commercial Real Estate and also of RMS Development, LLC which is the Managing Member of the Clean Energy Rail Center, LLC (CERC).

A corporate sales expert, Robert is applying what he learned in a 30 year career in the high technology industry to the development and sales of large scale industrial projects offering renewable energy opportunities and unique transportation features.  Over his career in the high technology industry, Robert had world-wide sales responsibility at Intel Corporation and Level One Communications and was the leading sales engineer with LSI Logic when it reached its first one billion dollars in sales.  Prior to forming RMS Development, LLC and Clean Energy Rail Center, LLC, Robert enhanced his entrepreneurial abilities by creating and operating a Manufacturer’s Representative Company for 12 years.

A graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, with a B.S. business degree, Robert now applies his signature executive skills characterized by well-crafted sales strategies and careful, persistent planning to the development and sales of clean energy industrial properties.

Mark Shipley: General Counsel

Real estate lawyer Mark Shipley is Clean Energy Rail Center, LLC’s general counsel for development matters.  Mark brings to CERC an extensive practical knowledge and high level of experience in a variety of major real estate projects, including industrial parks, commercial centers and office and warehouse projects. Mark’s practice has included all aspects of real estate development transactions, and he has represented developers, lenders, investors, buyers and sellers, as well as landlords and tenants. Mark earned his law degree from the University of Southern California, and is licensed to practice in Nevada, California, Colorado and Washington, D.C.

Prior to joining the CERC team, Mark was counsel at Mayer Brown LLP in Los Angeles, where he represented institutional lenders and investors in the financing, acquisition, and disposition of large real estate projects.   Mark’s other law firm experience includes serving for many years as a partner at Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory in Los Angeles, and later as special counsel with Brownstein, Hyatt & Farber, P.C. in Denver.

Matt Rasmussen, P.E.: Civil Engineer

 Matt Rasmussen is a partner/owner of Tectonics Design Group (TDG), a structural and civil engineering design firm in Reno.  Tectonics Design Group first opened its doors in January of 2006 providing Structural Engineering services in most western states and Civil Engineering services in all northern Nevada jurisdictions. Through teamwork with its clients, TDG has developed a reputation for providing prompt service and creative, cost-effective design solutions. TDG’s land development staff is well versed in the areas of planning, site design, zoning review and permitting processes, environmental and regulatory restrictions, and other issues that impact development projects and TDG’s structural staff is able to provide creative, economical solutions for a wide array of building types and materials.

 Matt is a graduate of Washington State University and holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering.  He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Nevada and Utah and has over 12 years of work experience in the engineering field.  Matt has obtained his certification as a LEED Accredited Professional by the United States Green Building Council making his firm uniquely qualified to address the ordinances, guidelines and benchmarks defined by the USGBC.  Only a handful of companies in the northern Nevada region have a full understanding of the performance criteria needed to meet LEED engineering standards, and TDG is well positioned to streamline these developmental practices into any project, as may be required.