Edward Zeimis

About Edward Zeimis

Why Real Estate? For most people, buying or selling a home isn’t a transaction. It’s a major life decision with deadlines, paperwork, money, and emotion all moving at the same time.When it goes wrong, it’s rarely because someone didn’t “try hard enough.” It’s because the sequence broke: expectations weren’t set early, risks surfaced late, or decisions got rushed under pressure.I\'ve spent over two decades in highly regulated environments where small misses create big downstream problems. In real estate, that same discipline translates to keeping the process organized and documented, clarifying options early, and reducing last-minute surprises right before the finish line. In short, it\'s clarity before contract. What is Transition Architecture?It\'s relocation management with a broadened scope and greater attention to emotional detail. Years of working with Japanese professionals moving to Southeast Michigan, not to mention living in Japan myself for a year, has taught me that an international move is more than a change of address.It’s a shift in language, expectations, and the unspoken rules people rely on to feel stable. When those assumptions change, even simple decisions carry more weight. Transition architecture is a new concept, a Transition Architect is a new position, and it’s the lens I use to guide that kind of change, and Shirabe is where that work lives. It brings structure to complex transitions without turning them into bureaucracy, helping families and the leaders supporting them move forward with clarity and confidence. Who is Edward Zeimis? At my core, I’m an execution-minded strategist. I take complex situations, strip out noise, and turn them into clear decisions and disciplined follow-through without turning everything into bureaucracy. Alongside real estate and transition architecture, that same discipline is the foundation of Phoundation International, where I work with leaders on where to start, what to fix, and what not to touch.I’m formalizing that body of work in The Execution Code, a book in progress focused on how organizations turn strategy into sustained results under real-world constraints.

Experience

1. Consultant Founder

   Phoundation International

   Jul 2018 — Present · Milford, MI, US

   Execution Engine™SPPAOE

Education

• Schoolcraft College

  Associate's, Business Administration and Management

  2020

• Penn State University

  Bachelor of Arts – Political Science (In Progress), Political Science and Government

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Musicianship
• Entertainment Industry
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Soundtrack
• Management
• Music Industry
• Screenwriting
• Business Process
• Automotive
• Fmea
• Public Speaking
• Entertainment
• Directing
• Writing
• Manufacturing
• Entrepreneur
• Feature Films
• Singer/Songwriter
• Acting Coach
• Acting
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supplier Quality
• Film Production
• Screenwriter
• Film Acting
• Production
• Short Films
• Film
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Entrepreneurship
• Process Engineering