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Naseem Wenzel, Chair

Partner, CohnReznick

Naseem has more than 15 years of experience as a technology leader and domain expert in the real estate industry. She has worked with many of the leading real estate owners and operators, as well as investors. Naseem has provided strategic direction to these clients in numerous capacities, including, data warehousing/aggregation consulting; software selection through analysis of needs and requirements; business process optimization across multiple functions; general ledger and reporting solutions; design of data integration tools and solutions; information optimization through data normalizations that supported a global data structure through implementation of data governance model; training and talent development focusing on change management for existing and enhanced business processes supported by technology solutions; integration between acquired and acquiring organizations to support compliance and business function transition; and design and implementation of a shared services organization.

Rick Ferrino, Vice Chair

Chief Data Officer, VTS

Rick has worked on collection, back-end, data products and data feeds since starting his career including hundreds of examples of integrating data from 3rd party systems or data feeds into or out of the 3 organizations he has been a part of. He has also designed many APIs and database models. At VTS, Ferrino built the in-house Integrations and data teams from a team of 2 to a team of 35, responsible for all data pushed and pulled from VTS across ERP, accounting, budgeting, custom reporting & data vendor systems. His support of OSCRE can be summed up with “ Any organization that helps ensure that the transfer of data between systems is increasingly simple and more universal is an organization I want to help contribute to.”

Peter Crain

Director General Portfolio Requirements, Canada Department of National Defence

Peter is a defence professional having served with the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence for over 36 years. For the last 5 and a half years, he has worked in Real Property – project management, portfolio planning, analytics and investment. His current role is that of the portfolio manager for the largest and most diverse of the Government of Canada real property portfolios. The DND portfolio has a RPRC in excess of $26B.

The Defence real property portfolio, under his leadership is becoming data driven. They have adopted and introduced capital asset management, facility condition assessment and utilization measurement, and are developing a suitability index to inform the capital project selection process. Canada Department of National Defence has a comprehensive real property spatial data warehouse (a “google maps” for Defence Infrastructure) and can link their real property data with financial data and most recently energy usage data. They have adopted the OSCRE data model and standards as the backbone of their enterprise data system.

The Defence real property data analytics programme is first in class in the Government of Canada and they are assisting other departments to establish a similar portfolio intelligence regime.

Michael Gresty

VP, FM:Systems

Michael Gresty is VP, Worplace Analytics at FM:Systems and formerly CEO of Rifiniti, Inc., which was acquired by FM:Systems in June 2019. Rifiniti is a Boston-based software analytics company that delivers rich insights into CRE utilization, employee mobility and a host of other KPIs. Michael has previously accumulated over 25 years of experience advising Fortune 500 companies on various aspects of design, corporate real estate and sustainability. He has served as a consultant to senior executives on the development and management of more efficient buildings and on the integration of sustainability into company strategy, operations and culture, following a early career as a software engineer. Michael has extensive experience working across multiple sectors with dozens of leading companies.

HoChun Ho

Global Head, Data Governance and Management, Corporate Solutions, Jones Lang LaSalle

At JLL, Ho is responsible for guiding and overseeing global data governance and management for the Corporate Solutions business line. The scope includes the business oversight on master data management, data quality, meta-data management and the overall data roadmap. These are the critical components of the JLL RED Platform. He built a team that defined and established the Data Governance function, its organizational structures, global and regional resources, processes and operating procedures, tools, and communication protocols. Prior to joining JLL, he was a Distinguished Architect at a major telecomm- cable TV- media company where he was responsible for the business and technology strategy for enterprise data. He led teams to incubate a big data shared services platform to accommodate multiple tenants and workloads with end-to-end operations and development; this platform enabled machine learning, predictive analytics and big data visualization.

Kim Maddox

Vice President of Commercial Property Management, RealPage

As the Vice President of Commercial Property Management at RealPage, Kim Maddox works with clients to ensure that they can run their business more smoothly with the help of RealPage solutions. Kim’s 30 year history of working directly with global companies to understand their real estate needs. This has helped her develop a strong track record of delivering solutions and dedication to client satisfaction. Prior to joining RealPage, she had worked for JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Oracle, MRI and Yardi Systems in product management roles. Kim is a member of the Denver Alpha Xi Delta Alumni Association and has chaired their fundraising auction for Autism Speaks.

Dennis Main

Principal, DM Consulting

Dennis is a consultant with USAA, a Fortune 500 diversified financial services group of companies. Dennis previously served as Senior Vice President for IT with Equity Commonwealth, an office REIT. Dennis has experience with IT strategy and operations including creating and managing the IT budget, keeping the in-house data center up and running, SOX compliance, project management, help desk, developing and executing business intelligence strategy, hiring resources and partnering with vendors, contract negotiations, implementing collaboration tools, cybersecurity, and improving efficiencies throughout the organization. His experience at EQC also included the overhaul of a major accounting system, creation and delivery of extensive business intelligence platform, performed many cybersecurity upgrades, and a full Office 365 rollout.

Hans Pedersen

Senior Director of Professional Services, Yardi Systems

Hans Pedersen has more than 35 years of leadership experience in real estate technology, working with commercial property managers and investors alike. He has served in product management, business development and implementation leadership roles. Hans is currently a Senior Director of Professional Services for Yardi Systems, where he provides oversight and strategic direction for major software implementations.

Hans previously led the effort to design and develop Yardi’s Commercial Management system, which now forms the core of Yardi’s Commercial Applications Suite. He was also closely involved in developing Yardi’s international functionality, while leading the launch of the company’s European operations in Amsterdam and London. Hans holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo.

As a technology vendor, Yardi Systems provide accounting, operational management, energy and marketing solutions for residential, commercial and investment management markets, on a global basis. Yardi’s more recent moves into energy management and market intelligence make the company increasingly invested in standards across the real estate sector.

Phil Wales

President & CEO, EBusiness Strategies

Phil Wales is President and CEO of EBUSINESS STRATEGIES, LLC. For more than 35 years Phil has advised some of the world’s largest private- and public-sector real estate organizations in the application of business best practices and enabling technology. His expertise centers on applying creative business solutions to manage enterprise real estate and workplace assets.

Working with Fortune 500 corporations and federal, state, and local government agencies, he is helping to change the way complex, capital‐intensive entities view and manage their operations in the face of constant change, shifting marketplace economies, and unpredictable constituent demands. Phil is a prolific generator of business thinking and publications on solution‐driven issues having spoken at major events and conferences and published more than 35 professional articles over the last fifteen years.

Phil is a member of the OSCRE Council of 100 and has participated in several OSCRE strategy sessions, such as where the Academy was addressed. If selected to the board, his focus will be the driving of OSCRE’s value into corporate real estate and reengaging this segment of real estate professionals who severely need the organization’s standards - both in operational processes and data management.

William Wingfield

Senior Consultant, R&K Solutions, Inc.

With more than 30 years of experience leading public-sector operations and facilities management, William Wingfield now plays a key role at R&K Solutions, Inc. in the development and implementation of enterprise geospatial real property management software. He serves as a functional subject matter expert in the facilities management domain. William leads the adoption of standards, enhancement of business processes and production of business intelligence, enabling customers to improve performance through informed decision-making.

Lisa Stanley

Chief Executive Officer, OSCRE International

As OSCRE International’s CEO, Lisa drives strategy and executive level relationships into new territory for a member-based real estate standards organization. She brings over 20 years’ experience in the real estate industry in strategic planning, property management, real estate operations, compliance and advocacy, real estate brokerage and association management.

Specialties: Key competencies include strategic leadership, managing change, entrepreneurship, strong P&L performance, business development, branding, relationship management, education program management, standards development, marketing and research, recruitment and retention, cross-functional team coordination, operations and process analysis, innovative strategic planning, effective communication skills, and grass roots advocacy.