HoChun Ho
Vice President, Enterprise Data Governance, CBRE
Ho is responsible for defining and establishing the Enterprise Data Governance function at CBRE, including its organizational structures, processes, standards, and tools. A critical goal is to raise the overall data literacy across the organization and influence people, process, and technology to enable rapid business growth. HoChun has over 30 years’ experience in data governance, management, and architecture, in commercial real estate, telecommunication, media, insurance, financial services, pharmaceutical, research, and e-commerce. Prior to joining CBRE, HoChun was the head of enterprise data governance and enablement at JLL.
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.
Michael Thompson
Head of BI and Data Analytics, Americas, JLLT
Michael provides commercial real estate customers and industry associations with business intelligence and data confidence solutions. As a board member of OSCRE, and as a service provider, he is keen to help the industry realize more confidence and clarity from their real estate and enterprise data. In his close to 30-year career, he has helped many different companies achieve faster and more productive insights, a re-energized occupant and workforce experience, and breakthroughs in financial performance. With experience in real estate, finance, and human resource operations, he can help shape integrated strategies and solutions for fulfilling everyone's relationship with built environments. Alongside his OSCRE role, he is the global leader of Business Intelligence and Data Advisory for JLL Technologies.
Naseem Wenzel
Executive Director - Head of Real Assets North America, Lionpoint Group
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.
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.