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Market Brand: Pre-eminent expert on corporate location strategy, site selection and how economic geography impacts competitive advantage and performance improvement of business enterprises of all sizes, both domestic and global. Over 300 location strategy and site selection assignments in 25 countries, placement of over 100 million square feet of facilities, and successful negotiation of over $20.0 billion in economic development incentives and counting.Professional Skills: Management consulting services with a focus on defining, structuring, and managing highly confidential special projects and business transformation events (e.g., expansions, relocations, consolidations, new product/technology rollouts, etc.) for all commercial real estate asset types, both industrial and office. Board room quality presentation and listening skills, from influence management to persuasive communications, and deep experience and expertise in scenario planning, business analytics and business case development.Management Responsibilities: Includes practice leadership, creating and setting strategy and vision for the company, deploying best practices in sales & business development and implementing operational excellence across all service lines. Passionate Differentiators: Servant leadership, continuous learning, talent mentoring and coaching, experienced leader of diversity initiatives. Greatest rewards in management are recruiting new talented professionals and see them flourish, grow in confidence and capability, seek ways to disrupt the status quo and always understand what it takes to create raving fans and exceed client expectations.My Mentor: Robert (Bob) M. Ady, long time President of PHH Fantus Consulting; co-founder of World Business Chicago, and President of Ady International. A great man that I owe much to, loved dearly and promised that I would advance the profession of Location Strategy and Site Selection with passion, purpose, integrity and always strive to serve my clients with distinction.

Listed skills include Location Intelligence, Corporate Real Estate, Leases, Business Strategy, and 28 others.