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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 branches located in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Florida, New York and New Jersey.Key Achievements:Oversaw initiation of construction of new office campus, an ~$400MM project to consolidate operations in San Juan Puerto Rico.Developed and activated a retail branch renovation program.Transformed team culture from being tactical reactionaries to strategic contributors with improved governance and engagement.Updated workplace conditions to adapt to more flexible and mobile behaviors.Activation of two Cooling and Heating Power facilities to deliver resiliency and improve carbon footprint.

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 in ~800 locations, and an OPEX budget of $140MM. • 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 budget. This resulted in significantly improving operational efficiency and effectiveness as well decreased occupancy expense by $3MM per year.• Oversaw a national location search, relocating ~1,000 roles to Tempe, AZ. Negotiated government incentives, facility real estate lease and supervised space build-out. Location strategy significantly reduced compensation and occupancy costs.• Pioneered and revamped workplace environment developing tactics to improve workplace standards, reduce space requirements, and cost while increasing team member collaboration and engagement.• Operated in a matrixed international environment, collaborating with global BNP Paribas real estate teams.• Supervised the Procurement team with an annual spend of ~$700MM across all key categories, instigating demand management to improve negotiating power and reduce costs.• Oversaw the formation of the Third-Party Risk Management, Policy, and Records and Information Management programs, developing governance framework to improve management and controls.

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.• Accelerated loan processing time by reorganizing and centralizing the loan administration process.• Refocused a distributed team of relationship mangers to operate in a unified manner to standardize processes, generating both improved sale performance as well as shortened approval cycles.• Managed bank acquisition real estate loan due diligence and integration activities.

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 Division’s Southern Area. The unit primarily consisted of approximately 35 relationship managers in Southern California. • 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.