Michael Redding is a facility management thought leader and founder of Agile OAK LLC, a management consulting firm advising companies on real estate and FM. As of July 2018 he has also been serving with the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) as a member of IFMA's Global Board of Directors.His advisory experience reflects the industry’s globalization, with work in North America, Europe, the Middle East, China and Brazil. His clients have included BD, BMW, Cargill, Columbia University (Teachers College), Express Scripts, Harley-Davidson, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Morgan Stanley, PG&E, Thomas Jefferson University, Toyota and Unilever.Prior to founding Agile OAK in 2008, Michael Developed and delivered methodologies for FM assessments, organizational design, vendor optimization, outsourcing, performance management and best practice implementations.Michael is author of numerous articles and white papers on topics of interest to senior-level FM and real estate executives. Among both international and North American publications, he has been published in IFMA’s FMJ magazine and is a co-author of the Building Owners and Managers Institute International® online training course “Talking with the C-Suite,” designed to help facility managers communicate effectively with corporate senior executives and business leaders.

UMS Advisory, formerly UMS Facilities Consulting, is an independent management-consulting firm that focuses on increasing the effectiveness of Facilities Services and Real Estate organizations and enhancing the value to the enterprise.Typical client engagements include cost reduction initiatives, increasing operational effectiveness, cost and performance benchmarking, FM & services outsourcing and organizational redesign.Clients are typically in the Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing or Financial Services sector. Client engagements supported by Mr. Redding include:Amgen, Department of Defense (US Air Force, US Marine Corp, US Navy), Eli Lilly, Fifth Third Bank, Genentech, Harley-Davison, Intel, J&J, Kraft, Lam Research, Merck, Morgan Stanley, Novartis, Penford, Roche, Toyota, Weyerhaeuser & Wyeth

Worked in a variety of technical and; operations roles. Worked with Northwood in Prince George BC at the time, since purchased by Canadian Forest Products (Canfor).Also worked with Canfor as a co-op student in 1986

Process Engineer in the Technical Department of E.B. Eddy Forest Products in Espanola Ontario. E.B. Eddy has since been purchased by Domtar.