Michael May is a Senior Managing Director and co-founder of Cantor Commercial Real Estate (CCRE), a fully integrated finance company that originates and distributes high quality commercial real estate loans. Created in 2010, CCRE is the first new platform in over a decade to originate, securitize, and lead manage CMBS transactions.

Mr. May is Co-Head of CCRE’s Origination and Distribution. He oversees a platform with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Dallas, Atlanta, and Chicago (with correspondent offices in Seattle, Dallas, and Miami). CCRE has closed over 100 financings totaling more than $1.5 billion.

Previously, Mr. May was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse in the Real Estate Finance Group. In this capacity, he oversaw West Coast and Latin American operations including the origination and distribution of CMBS and other real estate related products.

In his 12 years at Credit Suisse, Mr. May led the origination of more than $20 billion in financings. He innovated numerous CMBS products including the securitization structures for condominiums, construction projects, ski mountains and casinos.

Mr. May joined Credit Suisse First Boston in 1997. Prior to this, he focused on the acquisition of subordinated CMBS and the structured distribution of whole loans, real estate, structured products, and equity at General Electric Capital Corporation.

Mr. May previously spent seven years at Arthur Andersen LLP in the Real Estate Consulting Practice. His work in the US, Europe, and Latin America included appraisal, feasibility analysis, loan valuation, securitization, and workouts.

Mr. May holds a BA in Psychology and a BS in Finance from the University of Maryland at College Park.

John M. Vazquez is Senior Vice President of Global Real Estate at Verizon. He is responsible for over 101 million square feet of real estate, 4,700 facilities and 1,700 retail stores in 56 countries. He manages a group of more than 1,200 real estate professionals with an annual operating budget of over 2.5 billion dollars and directs efforts in the optimization of the Verizon portfolio.

Prior to his position at Verizon, Vazquez served as Vice President of Vendor Sourcing and Corporate Services as well as Chief Procurement Officer at MetLife. He has also held positions at JP Morgan Chase as SVP Director of Global Facilities and at IBM as Real Estate Program Manager for HQ Operations.

Vazquez serves on the Board of Visitors for Sacred Heart University. He is actively involved in several public and community services, including ASPIRA, St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters and the Special Olympics.

Steve has over 30 years of experience starting, leading, launching, and building multi-national companies as well as early stage venture work. He has helped launch over 100 companies that have generated over $1B in value. He has extensive experience working with entrepreneurs, scientists and physicians on rapid identification and de-risking of critical make-or-break assumptions as well as shaping those companies along with guiding their early stage venture rounds. Steve started his first company while he was graduating college and sold that company 7 years later to MCI where he went on to lead the combined division. He is a special advisor to NASA for their annual NASA Cross Industry Innovation Summit. Steve taught in the Wharton MBA program at the University of Pennsylvania and has a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two children.

Simon Ziff serves as president of Ackman-Ziff, a position he assumed in 1995. Since joining the firm as an

Analyst in 1989, Simon has overseen the arrangement of 100+ billion of debt, mezzanine, and equity

financings for some of the nation’s foremost real estate developers and owners while simultaneously

solidifying the firm’s relationships with key capital sources. He engineered the firm’s unique,

collaborative culture and directed AZ’s evolution as an industry thought leader with over 50

professionals.

Simon received a B.S. in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in Real Estate

Finance from NYU. He has been recognized on multiple occasions by Penn State and NYU, as well as

being awarded REBNY’s first “Most Promising Commercial Salesperson” award, the “Most Ingenious

Deal of the Year” award six times and winning the prestigious Louis Smadbeck award.

Simon has also been active in many leadership roles for universities and not-for-profit

organizations. Simon has also been involved in teaching at University of Miami and NYU on families in

Real Estate.

Most recently, Simon has been lecturing at many undergraduate and graduate programs including a

course on Family Real Estate Business Management at NYU Schack.

Andrew is recovering consultant turned serial entrepreneur, startup mentor and angel investor. He is currently in charge of the UrbanTech accelerator program. Andrew is also a contributing writer to Fortune, AlleyWatch, The 74 Million, et. al. Andrew began his career at Booz & Co consulting on strategy and operations for Fortune 100 clients. After a brief stint at Kaplan helping transition their traditional classroom test prep services into online products, he then joined Bunk1.com as COO/Head of Product where he spent eight years building it from scratch to the leading provider of web services to the summer camp industry. After being bought out of Bunk1 in 2008, Andrew managed a family office where he was responsible for both incubating new ventures and for managing over $50M of alternative assets including hedge, private equity, and venture capital funds as well as a number of direct investments in private companies. Andrew was also the founding CEO of Layercake.com and has a keen appreciation for how hard it is to build a successful startup, even under the best of circumstances. Andrew received his MBA in Operations & Marketing from Chicago Booth (Beta Gamma Sigma) and a BA in Economics & Political Science from Johns Hopkins University (Phi Beta Kappa). He speaks Hebrew fluently as well as some Spanish, French & Japanese and is working on JavaScript. He currently lives on the Upper West Side of NYC with his wife and 3 daughters.

Matt has been on the bleeding edge of CRE tech for more than a decade as software has been his competitive advantage in the investment market. After starting his career in private lending and originating loans across the United States, he transitioned into the private equity and fund management arena with Colony Capital.

Jeffrey Berman is a General Partner at Camber Creek. Jeffrey runs Camber Creek’s New York office where he sources deal flow and coordinates customer acquisition, retention and marketing strategies for Camber Creek’s portfolio companies. Jeffrey brings close to two decades of executive experience in the real estate industry and has served on the Board of Directors and Advisory Boards of numerous companies, in addition to coordinating investments in same. Jeffrey graduated with a BA (with distinction) from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Courtney Mezinis is currently the Executive Director of Portfolio Strategy & Retail

Planning at Verizon Global Real Estate. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing

the strategic plans for over 100M square feet of real estate that houses over 160,000

employees and approximately 1600 retail stores nationally. Earlier in her career at

Verizon, Courtney served as Executive Director of Operations. Prior to her tenure at

Verizon, she acted as Head of Global Real Estate for Avaya. Courtney received her BA

from Rutgers University and has been profiled twice in cover stories by American

Builders Quarterly in 2016 and 2018.

Joy Fan has been a catalyst for change in the retail/real estate for over 10+ years; she strives to make retail accessible to anyone in the world.

Joy has dedicated much of her career in shifting the way retail is experienced through her executive roles in business development, experiential marketing, brand partnerships and creative strategy.

From building the experiential program for Westfield in 2014; to being a founding member of the pop-up store and short-term rental platform: Storefront in 2012; growing it into series A in 2014; Joy thrives in pushing the boundaries of conventional retail by making inline and vacancies more accessible to tech entrepreneurs, artisans, and start-up brands.

Having translated hundreds of e-commerce brands into interactive 3D pop-up stores, multi-sensory trade show exhibits and stimulated demo environments for Storenvy, Westfield, Prjct23, Etsy to name a few; Joy now leads global creative strategy for Storefront as their Chief Creative Officer.

Zampini was the CEO of Beco, a tech and space utilization tool that captures workplace analytics, such as real-time room level occupancy. Convene acquired Beco earlier this year, and as part of the acquisition, Zampini joined the Convene team as its Chief Product Officer, working to help Convene become the next-generation work space.

Felicite Moorman is an attorney turned multi-exit technology

entrepreneur. She’s received EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year®

Award and has earned an international reputation as a go-to IoT

industry expert, developing pioneering strategic partnerships and

unprecedented technology strategies and initiatives for the Internet

of Things.

Moorman is the CoFounder of STRATIS, a RealPage Company,

and SaaS Platform for large-scale Internet of Things installations.

STRATIS was named a top ten “Best Company in America” by

Entrepreneur Magazine and ranked in the top twenty percent of Inc

Magazine’s “Fastest Growing Companies” three consecutive years

prior to acquisition. Moorman was simultaneously CEO of BuLogics,

which designed, built, and certified hardware, software, and

ecosystems for the Internet of Things.

Moorman is an international speaker and columnist, and has been featured as a thought leader in dozens of mass media outlets and publications including: U.S. News & World Report, Fast Company, Inc Magazine,

Entrepreneur Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Yahoo! News, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Boston Globe, the Huffington Post, and others. She’s also a frequent writer, speaker, and presenter on the Internet of Things

and has been featured at CES, SXSW, Samsung DevCon, Eric Ries’ Lean Startup Conference, Smart Cities Innovation Summit Asia, NMHC OpTech, NAA Apartmentalize, Greystar’s Innovation and WAM Summits,

and more.

Prior to STRATIS and BuLogics, Moorman launched the Emerging Technologies Division for GE’s Consumer and Home Electronics brand. Moorman quickly established her reputation in technology,

engaging eight Fortune 500 companies in less than eighteen months, entering new vertical channels, and creating and beginning execution on the strategic plan to dominate the Internet of Things lighting

peripherals market. Today the GE lighting line is a part of nearly every home automation and security platform offered in the United States.

Early in her career, Moorman led a team that became the most sought after marketing and management partnership in Baltimore real estate. She expanded the companies to include nationwide finance, brokerage, legal, and insurance offerings. Moorman oversaw $1.5 billion dollars of transactions in less than five years, including property acquisition management for the $500 million dollar expansion of Rutgers University.

Moorman recognizes the importance of giving back, especially within the Philadelphia community, and volunteers her time and expertise to the following organizations: NAA & NMHC’s Real Estate Technology

Alliance (IoT Committee Co-Chair), Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator (Lead Mentor), SXSW (Mentor), Lean Startup Conference (Mentor), Philly Startup Leaders (Mentor), Dreamit Ventures (Mentor),

and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (Small Business Board Member). She is also a community activist and Chair of East Falls Forward, a Philadelphia Registered Community Organization focused on the

revitalization of the Riverfront Business District. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and a Law School Club Founder.

Scott Willis serves as DartPoints President and Chief Executive Officer and also serves as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Willis is a recognized global technology leader in the communications industry with a demonstrated track record of building successful businesses for both large and small organizations to significant scale. He has extensive leadership experience transforming organizations, setting strategic direction, overseeing complex operations and confecting corporate alliances while delivering growth and profitability to the business. Scott has the right balance of strategic leadership, vision, enthusiasm and operational and technical expertise for building sustainable customer relationships to elevate DartPoints to be a leader in the edge data center market. Mr. Willis brings over 30 years of experience in the technology industry with a history of proven success. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Zinwave, a leading global provider of in-building wireless products and solutions. He successfully transformed the organization, reset the global strategy, led the charge to innovate new products and solutions which primed the company to achieve aggressive growth. Through his leadership, he positioned Zinwave as a global leader of in-building wireless solutions. Over the course of his career, Scott has served in executive leadership roles at respected technology companies including Ericsson, Nokia, BellSouth and Sprint. Before Zinwave, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Executive for Goodman Networks, a privately held leader in the design, engineering, deployment and integration of wireless communications networks. In his role, he was responsible for all commercial strategy, sales and marketing and grew revenue from $400 million to $1.2 billion annually. Prior to Goodman Networks, Scott was Executive Vice President and General Manager at Ericsson, where he oversaw more than 6,500 personnel across the U.S. and Latin America growing the business from $5 million in revenue annually to more than $3.5 billion in over 5 years. Previously, Scott served as Vice President and General Manager at Nokia Networks, where he led the growth of a new business to $1.5 billion in annual revenue in 3 years and established Nokia Networks as a market leader in North America. Mr. Willis holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management. He also holds continuing executive education certificates from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Tim Milazzo is Co-founder & CEO at StackSource, a tech-enabled commercial real estate loan platform. StackSource connects investors who are developing or acquiring commercial properties with financing options like banks, insurance companies, and debt funds through an easy, online process. Prior to founding StackSource, Tim was an employee focusing on advertising technology at Facebook and Google.

Gary Davis is Chief Consumer Security Evangelist. Through a consumer lens, he partners with internal teams to drive strategic alignment of products with the needs of the security space. Gary also provides security education to businesses and consumers by distilling complex security topics into actionable advice.

He is a sought-after speaker on trends in digital security including the evolving threat landscape, privacy and securing the Internet of Things. He has presented at high profile conferences and events including CES, Mobile World Congress, and CTIA Super Mobility.

Gary has appeared on multiple business, security and consumer lifestyle broadcast outlets, including CBS News, CNBC, FOX News, Bloomberg, WSJ MoneyBeat and quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Money Magazine, CNN, Forbes, TIME Magazine and more.

During his 11+ years at Intel Security, he has held leadership roles in the consumer and enterprise divisions where he has helped shape various product portfolios and strategic direction along with advocating for cybersecurity education.

Prior to joining McAfee, he held senior management positions for more than 20 years in technology companies. Gary served on the board of directors of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA).

Gary most recently spoke at SXSW, IOT Evolution, CES, The World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE) and The NAB Show.

Twitter: @GaryJDavis

To know K.P. Reddy is to experience boundless enthusiasm for creating new ventures. Reddy’s multidisciplinary career spans the innovation continuum. Over 25+ years, he has been a technologist, subject matter expert, founder, CEO, advisor, investor, professor, author and coach.

Reddy effortlessly combines expertise in advanced technologies with critical, in-the-trenches experience as an entrepreneur. He is a globally recognized authority in AEC environments, artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, collaborative communication, mobile applications and cloud computing. His passion is in launching game-changing startups, raising substantial investments, and leading organizations to meaningful acquisition and IPO exits. His most recent book, “What you know about startups is wrong.” hit the best seller list in its first week of release.

KP is the interim-CEO of portfolio company Konstru and sits on the Board’s of OnScale, WAimat and Hummingbird Kinetics. His experience advising Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola, Cox Communications, IBM and UPS informs his ability to accelerate internal know-how to achieve aggressive financial targets.

Career Highlights Include:

Founder of BuiltTech Labs, is a closed ecosystem of innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors seeking to disrupt the Built Environment through innovation. (Current)

Founder of Shadow Ventures, Seed Stage Venture Firm focused on disrupting the Built Environment. (Current)

Co-Founder of The Combine, corporate innovation incubator. (Current)

CEO of SoftWear Automation, a disruptive robotic sewing automation technology for the apparel/textile manufacturing industry. Within 18 months, he closed $3M Series A funding, launched two product lines, recruited the management team, and built a sales pipeline that considerably increased the company’s valuation;

General Manager of ATDC, As Interim General Manager for the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), Reddy led one of the world’s top startup incubators changing the world, as recognized by Forbes . He leads the National Institutes of Health-funded entrepreneurship track of the B.E.S.T. post-doctorate program, which prepares students for biomedical careers beyond academia.

Founder and Managing Advisor for AMPIRIX, an AEC industry strategy company that launches new companies and products for clients such as Autodesk, Builtspace and Mohawk (acquired);

Managing Director for Enterprise Transformation for Gehry Technologies,the technology company started by world renowned architect Frank Gehry (sold to Trimble);

President and CEO for RCMS, a leading BIM technology and services company (exited to NYSE:ARC);

Founder, CEO, CTO for Cereus Technology Partners, one of the first ASP/cloud building infrastructure/software companies for hosting enterprise applications (NASDAQ:CEUS), market cap:$350m, since sold to NASDAQ:VRSO);

CIO for Verso, an end-to-end telecommunications product company

A sought-after speaker and thought leader, Reddy authored BIM for Building Owners and Developers in 2012, a book on the adoption of advanced technology in the infrastructure space. He frequently addresses audiences at universities and technology startup conferences like SXSW and TechCrunch. Reddy has been featured on NBC, The Economist, Fox News, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, US News & World Report, and The Wall Street Journal.

A proud Yellow Jacket, Reddy earned his bachelor’s degrees in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is also an adjunct professor.

Sarah currently serves as the Executive VP of Sales at ManageGo for the North American region, where she focuses on building strategies and collaborating with property managers and partners to help drive innovation in the property management space.

With an extensive history in management and sales, Sarah joined ManageGo in 2013 and took on responsibilities in sales, consulting, and strategic partnerships. Sarah has held a series of increasingly expanding positions, including managing the in-house sales team as director of sales.

Sarah also advises on the strategic development of the ManageGo product with her knack for market research and strategic expansion. By engaging with experienced real estate developers and industry leaders, following real estate development trends and attending a multitude of educational technology and real estate conferences, Sarah has been instrumental in driving the ManageGo product to new heights.

A leader in the open-source technology arena, Paul brings more than three decades of software development experience to his position at the helm of Factom. A true open-source evangelist, Paul also acts as Chief Architect for DTRules, a open source project he founded in 2004 to make Decision Table based Rules Engines available to all sorts of projects.

Amol co-founded several startups including Virgin Mobile USA, Peek, Halo Neuroscience, Knotel, and built a building in New York called East of East. He studied cognitive science for his Ph.D. at Stanford with an undergraduate degree from Columbia. He teaches at Columbia. He is a backer, advisor, and mentor at 50+ companies.

Sandy Selman co-founded CPROP to develop practical blockchain-powered solutions to

address pain points across the real estate industry. CPROP’s initial product is a

blockchain-powered transaction management system designed to remove anxiety and

inefficiency associated with long-distance transactions by providing blockchain-

authenticated documents, smart contract escrows, process automation and options to

choose user-rated service providers.

Sandy is also a co-founder of Sanus Connect, which harnesses IoT and blockchain

technology to deliver powerful new business solutions in the property and infrastructure

sectors.

Prior to Sanus Connect, he managed an early-stage venture fund that deployed over

$100 million to disruptive cleantech businesses, helping its portfolio companies transition

from pre-revenue experiments into global, profitable enterprises.

Sandy spent the early part of his career as a project finance banker and financial advisor

specializing in infrastructure finance and M&A, especially in emerging markets in Asia,

Latin America and Africa.

He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a

MBA in Finance from The George Washington University.

Guy Vardi is Chief Innovation Officer for Silverstein Properties. He joined the company in 2016 to oversee the firm’s process of innovation and change management.

Before joining SPI, he co-founded Matific, a startup that empowers teachers and encourages students to discover and explore mathematical concepts through playful interaction. Matific is used by millions of students and translated into 11 languages. Matific was named the winner of the 2016 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Mathematics Instructional Solution.

In 2003, Guy helped found Oberon Media, a company that expands and diversifies the demographics of computer gamers. He oversaw the development of the most popular platform for distribution of casual games at the time. Oberon's Game Center network reached over 40 million users.

Guy started his career as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces. Later he spent several years developing innovative digital experiences and interaction models for the Israeli Defense Forces. Highlights of his work include creating the first commercial VR environment for e-commerce, pioneering production of interactive video using wearables cameras, co-producing software that explores the relationships between classical poetry and interactive media, implementing the TCP / IP protocol over can and wire telephone and conducting an experiment that demonstrated carriers pigeons are faster than ADSL.

Guy holds a degree in computer science from the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzelia. He lives in the Upper West Side with his wife and children.

Scott has 20 plus years of telecom and commercial construction experience supporting VAR and carrier ecosystems and technologies from legacy infrastructures to today’s wireless networks. He has held roles within notable companies such as ADC Telecommunications, SPIRENT, and TESSCO Technologies. His efforts with SOLiD lead him to define and coin the term “MIDDLEPRISE”, the in-building public cellular and public safety market focusing on commercial properties . In 2015 Scott published the IMPERATIVE: A Guide for Private and Public Building Owners and Property Managers.

Mr. Klawuhn is the Vice President of Product Management at View Inc., responsible for all aspects of the product and technical business development, including strategy, definition, positioning, and quality. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Mississippi Energy Institute. Mr. Klawuhn has more than 15 years of experience developing new thin-film product businesses at Novellus Systems and Varian Thin-Films. He has held technical, product management, and business development positions, providing a unique perspective into developing and launching new products. Mr. Klawuhn holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara.

A New Yorker born & bred, Steven Kalifowitz is Localize.city's President, leading growth in the US. Steven brings more than 20 years experience working with the most popular platforms, brands and content throughout the world. Prior to joining Localize.city, Steven spent seven years based in Singapore, founding and growing business for the advertising agency R/GA, and then leading Twitter’s growth in Asia Pacific and Middle East as Twitter's Director of Brand Strategy.

Steven's work has earned him industry recognition. He began his career in the film business at HBO, where he earned two Emmy awards and four nominations. Steven has also served as a juror at many advertising award shows such as Cannes Lions and Dubai Lynx. Steven has been a featured presenter at many advertising and technology events, including SXSW.

Marc Rutzen is the CoFounder and CEO of Enodo, an automated underwriting platform for multifamily real estate. Enodo helps users analyze more deals in less time and make better investment decisions backed by data science. Utilizing machine learning, the platform collects, cleans and analyzes real-time multifamily rent and availability data from over two million properties nationwide. Marc oversees Enodo’s data science, engineering and business teams to continually develop and release industry changing features. Marc is a Licensed Managing Broker in the State of Illinois and earned his Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University.

RealBlocks is a two-sided platform for investing and raising capital with fiat and cryptocurrencies via a blockchain. The platform and underlying technology is designed to allow a vibrant ecosystem of investors and opportunities to emerge and share in mutually beneficial transactions. Users will be able to credit their platform wallets with Digital/Fiat Currency and then purchase properties on the platform. User wallets will begin to accrue passive income from day one of the investment using property-specific smart contracts.

RealBlocks is an Ethereum smart-contracts governed ecosystem and funding platform focused on using the functionality of blockchain for improved liquidity, transparency, and security as well as a reduction in fees for secured real estate investments. The platform allows investors, globally, the ability to efficiently invest and fundraise for real estate offerings without the complications and excessive costs of securities registration.

GeoCV is the most recent of four startups co-founded by Anton Yakubenko, a 3D computer vision entrepreneur. In the early stages of his academic career, he authored numerous patents and scientific papers, one of which was selected for presentation at the European Conference on Computer Vision. Yakubenko earned his PhD in computer science and applied mathematics from the prestigious Graphics & Media Lab of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2013.

His first research and development project was a 3-year collaborative project with Samsung, focused on 3D reconstruction of urban scenes from a single photograph. Prior to GeoCV, Yakubenko co-founded a company that developed software for producing 3D models of buildings from photographs. The company has been acquired and used for creating 3D map of Moscow.

L.D. has extensive experience founding, advising, and investing in leading private technology companies. Prior to founding Cherre, L.D. served as Executive Director of Oppenheimer’s Private Shares Group, after Oppenheimer acquired GreenCrest Capital, a firm he co-founded to enable pre-IPO transactions in some of the largest private technology companies in the world, including Facebook, twitter, and Uber. Prior to that L.D. served as the Principal of Knight Capital Group’s Private Equity Fund, and previously as a captain in the Israeli Army. L.D. earned his MBA in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, and is a Joseph Wharton Merit Scholar. L.D. also holds a B.A., LL.B., and LL.M. in finance and International Law from IDC Herzliya.