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Founding, Investing In, & Utilizing CRE Tech

Mike Sroka

Mike Sroka

Co-founder & CEO

Dealpath

Leila Banijamali

Leila Banijamali

Co-founder & CEO

Symbium

Kitty Sullivan

Kitty Sullivan

Director of Investments

JLL Spark

Breton Birkhofer

Breton Birkhofer

Principal

Prologis Ventures

Judah Siegel

Judah Siegel

Vice President

Brookfield Ventures

Justin Botros

Justin Botros

Head Of Product

Bumblebee Spaces

Greg Fogg
Moderator

Greg Fogg

C0-Founder

TenantSee at Cushman & Wakefield

Judah Siegel

Vice President

Brookfield Ventures

Judah started with Brookfield in 2012, working for Brookfield Property Group’s Investments team where he worked on M&A and strategic initiatives for Brookfield’s global real estate division. In 2018, Judah transitioned to a role at Brookfield Ventures which seeks to invest in technology-enabled businesses synergistic with Brookfield’s real asset footprint across Property, Infrastructure, Renewables, and Private Equity.

Prior to joining Brookfield, Judah worked in Citigroup’s Real Estate Investment Banking Group advising companies on M&A and capital activity. Judah received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School.

Greg Fogg

Moderator

TenantSee at Cushman & Wakefield

Greg is an Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield. He is also the Co-Founder of TenantSee, a 2018 #RETA Award winner from CREtech for “Tech-Enhanced Brokerage”. TenantSee is a powerful service product that combines a bespoke team of subject-matter experts with technology to make tenant real estate smarter and faster, causing better tenant outcomes. Greg and his team employ TenantSee to advise tenant clients on a wide range of engagements, from one-off lease acquisitions to complex multi-market portfolio management. Greg is a 30 year veteran of the bay area real estate markets, having been responsible for the leasing of large portfolios of institutional office space while working with The Shorenstein Company, William Wilson & Associates and Wilson Cornerstone, he has led bay area brokerage operations for BT Commercial, The Staubach Company and JLL and he has advised on headquarters leases for clients like Levi Strauss, Neustar and Virgin America. As a thought leader, he has been selected by Forbes as a member of its Real Estate Council. Greg lives in San Francisco with his wife and three daughters.

Smart Cities, Maximizing Design, Property Management & Sustainability

Ashley Lippitt

Ashley Lippitt

Head of Host Labs

CBRE

Wen Sang

Wen Sang

CEO

Smarking

Alex Andel

Alex Andel

Co-lead

Host by CBRE

Eric Brown

Eric Brown

EVP, Business Development

Carbon Lighthouse

Brian Wong

Brian Wong

Head of Client Experience

Waypoint

Ted Low

Ted Low

Senior Vice President

Datawatch Systems

Manuel Fishman
Moderator

Manuel Fishman

Shareholder

Buchalter

Wen Sang

CEO

Smarking

Wen Sang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Smarking (https://www.smarking.com/), a tech company hired by organizations like Brookfield Properties, Tishman Speyer, Hines, JP Morgan Asset Management, LaSalle Investment Management, and many others to maximize the NOI and return of their parking assets, currently empowering 2,500+ parking properties across North America, backed by top Silicon Valley investors including Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator. Wen has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. Wen loves running, sailing (MIT Sailing Club), and golfing.

Alex Andel

Co-lead

Host by CBRE

Alex Andel jointly leads Host, a proprietary service offering for corporate occupiers and

institutional property investors designed to meet the rapidly growing demand for enhanced

employee experience in the workplace.

Host's scalable product suite includes concierge-quality services provided by talented "hosts"

whose focus is on creating a helpful and comfortable atmosphere, and delivering exceptional

experiences across all employee-facing services (reception, IT support, meetings and events);

world-class customer service training and certification; and a powerful, enterprise-grade

technology platform, including an agile, easy-to-use app that creates an employee-centric

workplace experience.

Prior to Host, he served in leadership roles on CBRE's Sales and Solutions team, where he's

been the architect of many of CBRE's largest and most transformative client partnerships.

Alex has more than 20 years of experience in the property industry and has spent the last 16

years at CBRE. Prior to CBRE, Alex spent more than six years at Hines.

Eric Brown

EVP, Business Development

Carbon Lighthouse

Eric is responsible for driving business development and empowering his sales team to create meaningful relationships with clients to deliver exceptional projects. His knowledge of commercial real estate and technical know-how allow him to uniquely understand Carbon Lighthouse’s client needs and connect them with customized solutions that have great impact.

Eric holds a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ted Low

Senior Vice President

Datawatch Systems

Ted Low is Senior Vice President of Business Growth and Development, Datawatch Systems, Inc. Ted has 20 years of security experience serving the commercial real estate industry, most of which is in physical and electronic security. Datawatch Systems, Inc. is an industry leader in managed security solutions and services, trusted since 1981 by building owners, property managers and tenants across the U.S. and Canada to help protect their most valuable assets – people and property – by remotely monitoring 130,000 doors using nearly 2,000,000 credentials. Clients rely on Datawatch Systems’ portfolio of customized and integrated access control and emergency management products and services to help provide 24x7x365 peace of mind. For more information, visit www.datawatchsystems.com, follow us on Twitter and connect with us on LinkedIn.

Manuel Fishman

Moderator

Buchalter

Manuel Fishman focuses his practice on representing real estate developers and owners in the acquisition, sale, and financing of commercial properties. In addition, he has an active leasing practice representing owners of several major office buildings in San Francisco, including the Transamerica Pyramid, as well as tenants in lease and sublease transactions. His expertise includes letters of intent, tenant improvement work agreements, security deposits/letters of credit, signage rights, expansion and contraction rights, permitted transfers, operating expense audits, and lender and master landlord recognition agreements. Mr. Fishman maintains close relationships with the real estate brokerage community and utilizes these relationships to provide clients with market based information important to their existing and prospective real estate requirements. Mr. Fishman also has extensive experience in the area of ground leasing and retail leasing and is recognized as a leading attorney in the area of landline and wireless communications and Internet-based services in commercial properties and rooftop installations.

In addition, Mr. Fishman acts as outside general counsel to start-ups that seek to leverage some part of commercial real estate into a tech application, and helps guide these companies in their efficient use of legal time and expertise in various subject matters, from employment and IP to enterprise contracts and web site privacy policies.

Mr. Fishman also represents clients in equity structuring for, and the acquisition of, value add properties, including the formation of single purpose entities and joint ventures, and acquisition financing. Mr. Fishman has negotiated numerous construction management, project development and property management agreements relative to ground up development projects, as well as all types of easements and other adjoining owner agreements.

Mr. Fishman serves as chair of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of San Francisco’s Government Affairs and Policy Advisory Committee (GAPAC). He served on BOMA San Francisco’s Board of Directors from 2003–2006, and was the recipient of the 2006 Associate Member of the Year from BOMA San Francisco. He is the past representative of BOMA San Francisco to the California BOMA Board. Mr. Fishman is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Real Property Sections of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California.

Most recently, Mr. Fishman has been recognized as a 2017 Best Lawyer in America in Real Estate Law, an honor he has received since 2007, and was recognized as a 2014 Top Rated Lawyer by American Lawyer Media in conjunction with Martindale Hubbell. He has also been recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer from 2012-2016 and as one of Bay Area Magazine’s Top Lawyers in the Bay Area.

Mr. Fishman is a frequent lecturer on office and shopping center leasing matters and writes frequently for industry newsletters.

Summary

1. How can a continued push toward CRE Tech from companies – small and large – increase efficiency and lower the cost of development?

2. What notable CRE Tech startups in the Bay Area should investors and developers have their eyes on?

3. What benefits does proximity to Silicon Valley afford developers and development in the Bay Area?

4. What subcategories within CRE are ripe for disruption? What benefits will this disruption have?

5. What, if any, stigmas or misrepresentation of CRE Tech exist and how can they be dispelled?

Venue

Hotel Nikko
222 Mason St.
San Francisco, CA 94102

Ballroom: Nikko Ballroom, 3rd Floor


Parking information:
ValetBased on Availability
$15 for the first hour, $5 for each additional 1/2 hr. ($50+ tax Max)
Downtown Center Garage - 325 Mason Street:
$8 per hour ($35 Max)

Ellis-O'Farrell Garage - 123 O'Farrell Street:
$2.50 per hour

Parking Place/Handlery - 260 O'Farrell Street:
$15.00 Early Bird Rate

Ampco Parking/Hilton - 210 Ellis Street:
$13.00 Early Bird Rate

*Prices Subject to Change*

Agenda

Time Activity
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Breakfast, Coffee, & Networking
4:00 PM
5:45 PM
Founding, Investing, & Utilizing CRE Tech
4:45 PM
5:30 PM
Designing Smart Cities, Maximizing Space, Managing Property, Thinking Sustainably
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
More Coffee & Networking!

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