01. EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW
02. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
03. MOST BENEFICIAL SKILL
04. MANAGING PEOPLE
05. DIVERSITY OF DISCIPLINES
06. MULTI-TENANT SUBLEASE PROJECT
07. RENT RECOVERY
08. LESSONS LEARNED
09. SUBTENANT RELATIONSHIPS
10. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
11. HANDLING CHALLENGING SITUATIONS
12. WORKPLACE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
13. WORKPLACE STRATEGY EXPERIENCE
14. UNION LABOR RELATIONSHIPS
15. NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
16. CULTURE IN SING SING PRISON
17. EMOTIONAL STABILITY
18. PRISON ARCHITECTURE
19. CAREER NEXT STEPS
20. WHAT VALUE I BRING
21. THE FUN OF STORYTELLING
22. MORE FUN
[Experience Overview]
01. Experience Overview
4 min. 7 sec.
In this intro, I discuss my overall work history, talking about the various companies, industries, and cultures in which I've worked along the way. You'll learn why I left certain jobs, and why I joined other ones. You'll also hear my philosophy on where I want my next steps to take me.
[Skills Development]
02. Skills Development
3 min. 32 sec.
Hear my thoughts on the value of building relationships and how some initial good fortune set me on a positive career path from the start. Also, I provide a general overview of the skills I have developed over my 20+ years in CRE.
[Most Beneficial Skill]
03. Most Beneficial Skill
0 min. 56 sec.
A bit more detail on how my first role as facilities manager allowed me to 'know a little about a lot' and helped paved the way for me to get a head start on learning much more over the subsequent years.
[Managing People]
04. Managing People
2 min. 57 sec.
People management was one of the most foreign things that I was thrust into early in my career. Hear about the challenges I had in supervising staff that was older than me, along with how I navigated not being taken advantage of and how to give and gain respect from others.
[Diversity of Disciplines]
05. Diversity of Disciplines
0 min. 57 sec.
In this video, I talk briefly about the variety of people and experiences that I encountered due to being in facilities management at an early point in my career, and how dealing with such a diverse array of people at that juncture informed my interactions down the road.
[Sublease Project]
06. Multi-Tenant Sublease Project
2 min. 03 sec.
In this introductory video, I give a bit of an overview of one specific project that provided me with a wealth of experience and built my knowledge base with respect to leasing, financial reporting and analysis, and led to significant rent recovery in a difficult circumstance.
[Rent Recovery]
07. Rent Recovery
1 min. 56 sec.
Here, I get more into the specifics of how exactly we were able to successfully achieve a favorable rent recovery as part of the Station Landing sublease project. Find out my methods and philosophy behind getting the entire space subleased, from start to finish, as quickly and efficiently as possible to maximize ROI.
[Lessons Learned]
08. Lessons Learned
1 min. 37 sec.
Subleasing the Station Landing property was a complex, multifaceted project. In this video, I talk about what I really was able to take from that experience and discuss a bit about what new processes and functions I enjoyed learning about the most.
[Sub-tenant Relationships]
09. Subtenant Relationships
2 min. 20 sec.
The completion of the tenant improvement projects at Station Landing didn’t represent the end of the work. After our subtenants moved in, it was time for me to put on my property manager hat and work with them to ensure their occupancy was smooth. I share here a quick story about one issue with a subtenant and how I handled the situation and worked to maintain good relations.
[Construction Management Challenges]
10. Construction Management Challenges
2 min. 22 sec.
In this video, learn about some specific challenges that came up during the course of construction of the Station Landing subtenant spaces. From a broken sprinkler main to a failed hot water heater, I received quite an education on some large scale mishaps that turned out to have significant impact to the property and tenants.
[Challenging Situations]
11. Handling Challenging Situations
1 min. 58 sec.
Mishaps happen, but I believe how one deals with them is key. Hear more about my approach to handle the construction challenges that arose at Station Landing, how to maintain professionalism, and how to be an empathetic problem solver on behalf of our company and for our subtenants to engender positive working relationships in tough times.
[Workplace Design Philosophy]
12. Workplace Design Philosophy
2 min. 43 sec.
Here I provide some insight into a large scale workplace consolidation project and offer some of my thoughts and personal philosophy on workplace design. Specifically, I talk about the vital importance of the relationship between Facilities and IT when it comes to creating successful workspaces.
[Workplace Strategy Experience]
13. Workplace Strategy Experience
3 min. 45 sec.
At Tufts Health Plan, I headed a team that established new workplace standards for the company. In this video, find out the skills I used and learned to transform an antiquated standard into an attractive, forward-thinking, technology-centric model more closely aligned with the dynamic and flexible future of work.
[Union Labor Relationships]
14. Union Labor Relationships
3 min. 23 sec.
[New York State of Mind]
15. New York State of Mind
3 min. 28 sec.
When I shifted from Tufts Health Plan to the New York State Department of Corrections, I entered an entirely new culture. Not only did I shift my area of operation from a commercial setting to an institutional one, I also shifted my focus from corporate interiors to capital infrastructure projects. Find out here how I navigated that change and what I took from my time with the agency.
[Culture in Sing Sing Prison]
16. Culture in Sing Sing Prison
2 min. 48 sec.
The original inspiration for the term ‘Up the River’, Sing Sing prison is one of the more fascinating places I’ve been. Here, I talk a little bit about prison culture and share some insight about Sing Sing from time spent inside the walls of one of the most infamous prisons in the world.
[Emotional Stability]
17. Emotional Stability
2 min. 29 sec.
In this video, I tell a story of an encounter with a notorious inmate and express my feelings on the value of maintaining professionalism in a prison setting. Keeping one’s emotions in check is always important, but perhaps moreso when working within a heightened environment.
[Prison Architecture]
18. Prison Architecture
1 min. 49 sec.
With a background in architecture, I found some of the old prison buildings very impressive. Listen to my thoughts about some of the unique and interesting structures I encountered during my time with the New York State Department of Corrections.
19. Career Next Steps
0 min. 45 sec.
I have over two decades of experience in corporate real estate and facilities. Find out what I’m looking to do next with my skills and experience and how I envision the next step to be a real culmination of everything I have picked up over the years.
[What Value I Bring]
20. What Value I Bring
1 min. 38 sec.
What value can I provide to your organization? In this video I reveal my thoughts on what I can do to help your enterprise thrive, how I view mentorship, and why I think it is important to keep learning and growing as the industry evolves.
[The Fun of Storytelling]
21. The Fun of Storytelling
1 min. 04 sec.
In response to the question “What do you do for fun?”, I talk about the creation of our storytelling studio, Bob and Barb Studios, and how I enjoy working with my wife on writing and illustrating children’s books that are safe for kids and adults alike!
[More Fun]
22. More Fun
0 min. 56 sec.
A followup to the “What do you do for fun?” question, I talk briefly about some of my other non-work related interests, namely thoroughbred horse racing and baseball. I take time to mention the emotional toll one feels by being a fan of the New York Mets for an entire lifetime!