Founding, Investing In, & Utilizing CRE Tech

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  Mike Sroka

  Co-founder & CEO

  Dealpath

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  Leila Banijamali

  Co-founder & CEO

  Symbium

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  Kitty Sullivan

  Director of Investments

  JLL Spark

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  Breton Birkhofer

  Principal

  Prologis Ventures

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  Judah Siegel

  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.

  Brookfield Ventures

  Vice President

  Judah Siegel

  Vice President

  Brookfield Ventures

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  Justin Botros

  Head Of Product

  Bumblebee Spaces

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  Greg Fogg

  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.

  TenantSee at Cushman & Wakefield

  C0-Founder

  Moderator

  Greg Fogg

  C0-Founder

  TenantSee at Cushman & Wakefield

Smart Cities, Maximizing Design, Property Management & Sustainability

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  Ashley Lippitt

  Head of Host Labs

  CBRE

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  Wen Sang

  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.

  Smarking

  CEO

  Wen Sang

  CEO

  Smarking

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  Alex Andel

  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.

  Host by CBRE

  Co-lead

  Alex Andel

  Co-lead

  Host by CBRE

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  Eric Brown

  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.

  Carbon Lighthouse

  EVP, Business Development

  Eric Brown

  EVP, Business Development

  Carbon Lighthouse

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  Brian Wong

  Head of Client Experience

  Waypoint

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  Ted Low

  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.

  Datawatch Systems

  Senior Vice President

  Ted Low

  Senior Vice President

  Datawatch Systems

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  Manuel Fishman

  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.

  Buchalter

  Shareholder

  Moderator

  Manuel Fishman

  Shareholder

  Buchalter