John Thomason Email & Phone Number

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Manage the full scope of Corporate Real Estate and Physical Security. Responsibilities include developing and executing the real estate strategy, managing all real estate locations, owned and leased, portfolio management, transactions, construction, physical security, and day-to day facilities management for a portfolio of 2.7MM SF of building space, 200.

San Francisco, CA And Tempe, AZ

• Oversaw full scope of corporate real estate activity, including Strategy, Transaction Management, Lease Administration, Facilities Management, Relationship Management, and projects for a portfolio with ~6MM square feet.
• Senior Manager of Crisis Management Team responsible for BCP.
• Created and maintained real estate policy and related policy governance and controls.
• Directed year-over-year operating cost improvement as well as transformed workplace conditions to maximize engagement and productivity.
• Optimized and managed real estate portfolio based upon changing business unit needs, including location expansions, contractions and workplace changes.
• Implemented and executed a significant site consolidation project, combining seven different locations for ~3,000 team members. Strategy included practically no occupancy cost overlap and it was executed on time and.

Los Angeles And Walnut Creek, CA

• Managed team of 225, sales and support staff distributed in 15 sales offices and multiple administrative locations with a portfolio of ~ $6B in loan commitments and ~$800MM in deposits.
• Developed real estate lending strategies and portfolio composition, in collaboration with Risk Management to maintain a growing book of business.
• Increased loan productivity, generating > $1.6B in new loan originations per year, contributing increased revenue and profitability.
• Updated production goals, standardized new business prospecting and sales scorecards to support increased production with existing lender capacity.
• Opened production offices in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, and Minneapolis.
• Improved reporting metrics to better understand loan characteristics and profitability.

Los Angeles, CA

• Managed combined corporate real estate functions of two institutions, merging operations and rationalizing portfolio. Relocated to Los Angeles to manage the loan production function for the Real Estate Industries.
• Managed $2B in real estate loan commitments and $600MM in deposits.
• Integrated team into Bank operating requirements
• Managed the corporate real estate of the Bank, including 3MM square feet of space in the western United States.
• Responsible for lease administration, facilities management, and property acquisition and disposition.

• Originated and managed construction, term and revolving loans for all real estate product types in the Real Estate Industries Group and managed all Bank properties.
• Monitored loans, conducted financial analyses and business development.
• Annual originations averaged around $85MM. Member of the Bank acquisition due diligence team.
• Assumed additional position of Bank Owned Properties and OREO Department Manager in 1998, managing real estate activities for all Bank locations as well as dispositions of OREO properties.