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Greater New York City Area

Direct All Things Real Estate/Occupancy/Facilities for Creative Staffing firm. Perform/Direct Market Surveys, Site/Financial Analysis, Project Management, Design, Construct, Move, Occupy & administer day-to-day Facilities. Very granular, hands-on environment where getting the little things right matters greatly to staff & ultimately is a market differentiator among our competition.

Greater New York City Area

Independent executive-level consultant to global Fortune 500 CRE organizations in creating, measuring and communicating value-creation at enterprise level. Career Development Consultant for CRE executives--quantifiable results matter, both organizationally and in professional growth. Portfolio optimization, transactional strategies/execution, strategic/occupancy planning, alternative workplace systems/implementation, design/architectural services, workplace services, facilities/property management, construction, project management & account management. Major assignments within Financial Services, Media, Creative Staffing, Pharmaceutical, Bio-Pharmaceutical, Design/Architecture, Higher Education, Commercial RE.

UK-based $10 billion international media company with 38K staff in over 650 properties measuring 17MM s.f. Directed all global RE/facilities strategic initiatives, implementation, transactions, outsourced contracts, construction, finance & operations within a heavy M&A environment for a division of over 200 staff managing expenditures in excess of $240M annually. Direct preparation & execution of capital budget plan of over $250M p.a. Direct activities of property/asset managers. Resided in London, UK for 4 years; maintained executive offices in US & UK. Among the first CRE executives to develop hybrid lease structures combining elements of both US & UK models to allow greater sources of financial liquidity to development partners backed by Pearson's covenant strength.Personal efforts & CRE Division's activities returned measured value to the corporation each year of tenure from a high of $21.6M to a low of $8.7M.Conceived, staffed, built and developed global corporate real estate group from scratch.

Upon purchase of Putnam-Berkeley, merged the combined company into a new two-building campus of 360K s.f. in Lower Manhattan. Directed leasing, design, implementation, integration and construction efforts on-time, on-budget. Built & staffed department. Instituted & implemented financial controls package.Prior experience includes positions of increasing responsibility as Director of General Services and Director of Office Services/Purchasing with Capital Cities/ABC, Fairchild Division and Newsweek.