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Senior Program Manager

Cushman & Wakefield is a global leader in commercial real estate services, helping clients transform the way people work, shop, and live. The firm’s 43,000 employees in more than 60 countries provides deep local and global insights that create significant value for occupiers and investors around the world.

BUSINESS PARTNER / TECHNOLOGY EVANGELISTCurrently Global CIO of property services leader Cushman and Wakefield after the recent merger of Cushman and Wakefield and DTZ, I am a results driven business partner with a Wharton MBA and 20 years of achievement in driving value from technology investments and operations improvement. At Cushman and Wakefield, I am responsible for corporate and client facing technology. I am NOT a corporate IT leader, though I am proud of the great work we do strengthening the foundation elements that make our business more effective. First and foremost, however, I work for our clients and focus on how we can bring innovation to them. You can see some of my thoughts on technology in our industry here:http://livestream.com/wab/realcomm2015/videos/89769146Have also served in CXO roles for a Fortune 250 and FTSE 100 organization. I am a strong leader that can define problems, analyze data, design a strategy, and execute. I am a cultural change agent, driving change through building relationships of respect based on clear accountability, trust among technology teams, and empowerment of employees at all levels. Highly focused on relationships, I have built strong connections with executives, vendor partners, and teams around the world.From a scope perspective, I have held responsibility for managing technology budgets over £350 Million ($550 Million) and technology organizations of over 1200 people, with an additional significant level of offshore and outsourced resources. I have integrated and divested small, medium and large acquisitions. My teams have come from dozens of countries with varied backgrounds and skills. Please read some of my recommendations to see what peers, superiors, subordinates, and partners have said about my way of working. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION2015 CIO Magazine CIO1002014 Crain's Chicago Tech 502014 Top 100 Social CIOs - Huffington Post2014 20 CIOs to Follow on Twitter - iCIO2009 Top 25 CTO - InfoWorld