Use this section to write about yourself - don't be shy - Why should a buyer or seller want to work with you? Do you have any certifications and qualificatons? What sets you apart from other agents/loan officers?

Jon I. Thiessen ABR, CRS, GRI..... Your Local Real Estate Representative 

Larkspur Realty

Office 1 W. Noe Rd Larkspur, CO 80118

Direct 303-681-2490       Jon@Thiessen.com

Personal Goal:To provide Real Estate Sellers & Buyers with a professional representative that assists in the procurement or selling process while meeting their wants and needs. 

Work Experience:Retired December 15, 1993 after forty years with U S WEST Inc. Responsibilities included various management assignments. The last being General Manager Engineering for Minnesota/Iowa/Nebraska/North Dakota/South Dakota. Accountable for a Quarter Billion dollar construction budget, hundreds of projects and over 600 employees.After “Retirement”, worked for a year as a Buyer’s Agent for Buyer’s Resource Real Estate of Castle Rock and as General Contractor building our own home in the Valley Park area of Larkspur. General Contractor building another home in Larkspur in 2002. Opened Larkspur Realty as Owner/Broker, March 1995 to June 15, 2001. On June 15, 2001 moved to RE/MAX Alliance Town & Country in Castle Rock. July 1 2009 reopened Larkspur Realty as Owner/Broker

Education:1957-59 Studied Farm Economics and Electronics at Pierce College, Canoga Park, California; 1981 Completed Executive Management Program at Penn State University; Certified First Class Engineer with Masters Endorsement, N.A.R.T.E.; numerous formal Management  & Technical courses while employed with U S WEST both inside and outside the Company.Obtained first Real Estate Sales License in 1979. Renewed License in 1993.Qualified for, and received Brokers License September 1, 1994Obtained  “GRI” (Graduate Realtor Institute) May 1996,  “CRS” (Certified Residential Specialist) May 2000, “ABR” (Accredited Buyer Representative) Jan 2003 

Professional:Member Douglas/Elbert Realtor® Association, Builders Realty Council 

Personal:Born in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Lived in California for 27 years, Colorado 35 years, Illinois 3 years, Arizona 4 years, Minnesota 3 years.Wife of 51 years Glenna and five children: Forrest –Manager Network Google; Daniel - home; James –Manager Agilent.; Jon Jr. -Project Manager ProBuild; Christy –MS/RN Swedish Medical Center

Hobbies include family, horses, hunting & fishing. Member Monument Hill Baptist church.Moved back to Colorado January 1994 to be nearer children, eleven grandchildren and live in Colorado. “The only place to be”