Tom Kott Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

● Oversaw global office facility operations for 110 properties (5M sq. ft.) in 16 countries throughout NA, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC. Led team of 4 domestic facility coordinators with dotted line to 25.● Managed real estate portfolio w/$30M capital budget: performed acquisition due diligence (DD) including demographic studies, scouting, evaluating, and selecting locations. Negotiated lease and purchase contracts and managed physical relocations and capital projects. ● Negotiated… Show more ● Oversaw global office facility operations for 110 properties (5M sq. ft.) in 16 countries throughout NA, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC. Led team of 4 domestic facility coordinators with dotted line to 25.● Managed real estate portfolio w/$30M capital budget: performed acquisition due diligence (DD) including demographic studies, scouting, evaluating, and selecting locations. Negotiated lease and purchase contracts and managed physical relocations and capital projects. ● Negotiated economic incentives of $12M with local entities and sold company real estate holdings totaling $8M. ● Spearheaded transition to virtual operations by closing or downsizing numerous properties amid COVID pandemic. Created strategic plan and won approval to end or renegotiate lease obligations, resulting in $45M in savings.● Restored Sykes-owned building tenant’s business operation after tornado damage. Formed emergency team and facilitated tenant’s insurance reimbursement, resulting in uninterrupted $350K weekly revenue stream. ● Reduced property insurance premiums for Sykes’s owned and leased global real estate portfolio. Created RFP process and selected optimal broker, resulting in annual $1.5M savings.● Automated lease administration function via MRI ProLease and formalized and co-authored site selection process, resulting in data-driven, multidisciplinary comparison and optimal site selection.● Performed technical accounting, forecasts, and deal structuring guidance for subleases, lease amendments, sale-leasebacks, building sale agreements, site consolidations, impairment of fixed assets, and right-of-use assets. Show less

Tampa, Florida

● Led team of 5 facility coordinators in managing 16+ leased and owned properties in North America (US & Canada).● Oversaw day-to-day real estate-related management of all North American facilities.● Provided crisis management, planning, and service support.