Background

I provide forward-looking ROI-driven future-proofing and value creation for the real estate, technology, and energy industries, often bundled in strategic and tactical ways that have rarely been done before. My 31 years of experience includes high-level leadership of both successful start-ups and publicly traded global companies. I also served as the 2017 Global President of SIOR, a professional trade association with over 3,500 worldwide members. As a result of these positions, my massive network of contacts consists of accomplished decision-makers and key influencers from around the world, I am also a professional speaker covering futurist topics in innovation, technology, mobility, energy, e-commerce/supply chain, Amazon, real estate and many other areas.

Job experience

• March 2013 - present
  Founder & CEO
  Op2mize Energy
  

  Chicago, IL, USA

  We provide strategic energy procurement advisory and transaction services to large commercial consumers of electric and gas in all deregulated energy markets around the world.

• December 2013 - July 2019
  Executive Managing Director/Industrial Practice Group Leader
  Newmark Knight Frank (NKF)
  

  Chicago, IL, USA

Education

• University of Michigan
  BGS
  

  1983 - 1987

• Licensed Managing Broker - IL
  

  - present
• LEED AP
  

  - present