About Us
Horizon Tower, LLC
We pride ourselves on developing and operating the finest ‘turnkey’ communications towers and related wireless infrastructure in the West Coast. Our objective is simple. We develop the real estate that allows our clients the ability to quickly transmit wireless signals to their customers. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Horizon Tower is well versed at managing and developing tower assets in challenging zoning and environmental conditions. As the demand for wireless service increases, the ability to access strategically placed infrastructure becomes ever more crucial to our client's success. It is with this focus, that Horizon Tower strives to fulfill its goal to build and manage the finest towers and related wireless infrastructure in the West Coast.
Horizon Tower, LLC was started in early 2004 and its principals share a deep knowledge of and passion for our industry with a dedication to quality, value and integrity. We are an experienced, motivated and energetic group of professionals who enjoy the challenge of providing the most innovative wireless infrastructure solutions for our clients.
Horizon Management Team
Roger Matsui | Chief Financial Officer
Susan Densmore | Director, Site Development / Acquisition
Paul Buschini | Operations Manager
Horizon’s management team has been together since Horizon’s inception in 2004, and prior in some cases and relies on a seasoned management team that is both committed and passionate in meeting the goals and objectives of our company. Our diverse backgrounds in real estate development, legal and title procurement, project management, and finance & accounting allow our team the flexibility and knowledge base to manage the day to day operations of wireless site development. In addition, our combined 50+years of experience in the industry has established deeply rooted relationships with select vendors and contractors that specialize in outsourcing specific tasks and scopes of work that are critical to our objectives in developing and operating tower sites. This allows our core team the ability to focus on the key business functions of our company.
John Kapulica | Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Kapulica has been engaged in real estate acquisition and development in the wireless industry for over twenty years. In 1995, Mr. Kapulica led a special projects team to assist in the launch of Pacific Bell Mobile Services’ (now AT&T) GSM network in the San Francisco Bay Area and has since been engaged in every aspect of the wireless development business with direct responsibility for the deployment of hundreds of sites for all the national carriers through various entities and startups, including: Communication Systems Development (CSD, Inc.), TowerCom West Coast, LLC., Standard Tower, LLC., and most recently Horizon Tower, LLC, which he formed along with private equity partner Duff Ackerman & Goodrich (DAG, LLC ) in 2004. In late 2013, Horizon Tower, LLC partnered with AAEC, an investment firm out of Overland Park, Kansas to form Horizon Tower LP-II, where Mr. Kapulica serves as both CEO and board director. Mr. Kapulica received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Francisco State University and holds a Master of Science degree in Finance from Golden Gate University.
Roger Matsui | Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Matsui is an experienced financial executive with a deep background in the cellular tower, private equity, and broker/dealer sectors. From 2002 through 2012 Mr. Matsui served as Chief Financial Officer for private equity firm Duff Ackerman & Goodrich (DAG, LLC) with responsibility for fund administration and accounting. In 2004 DAG LLC invested in Horizon Tower and Mr. Matsui took on the added responsibility of serving as Horizon Tower’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining DAG LLC, Mr. Matsui was the Chief Financial Officer for Sutro & Co. from 1996 to 2002. Sutro was a full service regional broker/dealer with 16 branch offices in the western United States prior to being acquired by RBC, Dain Rauscher. Mr. Matsui is a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accounting and received his MBA from California State University, Hayward.
Susan Densmore | Director, Site Development / Acquisition
Ms. Densmore joined Horizon in 2006. She has worked in the wireless telecommunications industry in various aspects for more than 15 years. Her experience spans two national, publicly traded tower asset companies as well as two west coast based regional tower companies. During her tenure in the industry, Ms. Densmore has participated in the development, management, acquisition or securitization of over 2,000 tower sites. At Horizon, Ms. Densmore oversees all facets of tower development and acquisitions including project management, portfolio management and due diligence. Ms. Densmore is also responsible for development and maintenance of the Company’s database systems used to track site development, accounting, maintenance and other aspects of the Company’s operations.
Paul Buschini | Operations Manager
Mr. Buschini joined Horizon in 2004. He brings over 15 years of project management and operations experience to Horizon. Prior to joining Horizon, Mr. Buschini spent five years with TowerCom alongside Mr. Kapulica, where he played an instrumental role in its project management group. At Horizon, Mr. Buschini is responsible for all operational aspects of towers including oversight of receivables and payables, and in-house accounting/finance support to the CFO. Additionally, Mr. Buschini assists the Company’s tower development and acquisition efforts including vendor management, site evaluation, inspection and maintenance FAA/FCC compliance and environmental compliance.