John partners with real estate investors, developers, operators, and services firms to transform their businesses, develop new technologies, and execute their most complicated real estate development programs. He guides institutions designing their ‘Future of Work and Workplace’ to achieve higher performance through improved workplace experience, technology solutions, and more efficient real estate portfolios. He develops ‘city scale’ real estate and infrastructure programs, casting the vision for how complex, mixed use assets can meet evolving community and business demands, building partnerships to support economic development, and designing the operating model to accelerate execution.John is a convener and shaper in the industry, partnering with peer executive networks to drive global impact. John launched "ReImagine", an annual gathering of leading real estate CEOs representing nearly $1T in asset value to pursue shared action on disruption, talent, and ESG, and DEI. John co-hosted the inaugural gathering of the Global Parliament of Mayors, a network of mayors from around the world charting a collective path to address critical social and infrastructure needs. He helped launch the Greater Washington Partnership, a network of the top CEOs in the region to develop common strategies to address regional needs in infrastructure, workforce, and economic development. John joined the Urban Land Institute ‘Technology and Real Estate Council’ to explore and prioritize technology innovations with the potential to transform end-user experiences and real estate operations.

John wore boots and a hard hat as a project leader at Skanska (2002-2009). John delivered healthcare, life science, and civic construction programs and supported project controls across the United States. While leading construction in the field, John founded Skanska’s global innovation program to develop and deploy new technologies to streamline the construction delivery process, receiving a “ConstrucTech Vision Award”.