Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the following persons and organizations for their time and for sharing their perspectives at IFMA’s Executive Summit Leading Digital Transformation. The insights they shared were critical for developing the “Leading Digital Transformation in the Facilities Management Industry” white paper:

  • Vlad Bacalu, SVP Strategic & Technical Solutions, Amentum
  • Michael Domitrovits, Global Real Estate, IT Transformation Manager, IBM
  • Dean Ely, Americas Sales Leader – AI Applications Asset Management & IoT, IBM
  • Laurie Gilmer, VP/COO, Facility Engineering Associates, Global Board Chair, IFMA
  • Neil Green, Executive Vice President & Chief Digital Officer, Otis Elevator Company
  • Sylvia Imm, Director, National Accounts, Kimberly Clark Professional
  • Erik Jaspers, Global Product Strategy & Innovation, Planon, and IFMA Fellow
  • Grant Morgan, Co-Founder, R-Zero
  • Stuart Rich, Facilities Industry Lead, Cartegraph
  • Edward Wagoner, CIO, Digital, JLL
  • John Wang, CEO, IAdea

I would also like to thank the following for taking the time to travel to IFMA’s World Workplace and share their perspectives and experiences during the panel debate providing a sneak peek into the findings of the white paper:

  • Neil Green, Executive Vice President & Chief Digital Officer, Otis Elevator Company
  • Stuart Rich, Facilities Industry Lead, Cartegraph
  • Edward Wagoner, CIO, Digital, JLL
  • John Wang, CEO, IAdea

Special thanks go to Dean Stanberry, 1st Vice-Chair, IFMA Global Board of Directors, and Erik Jaspers for their in-depth reviews and feedback on the white paper.

I am also grateful to Chablis Lindquist, Senior Editor and Writer, IFMA, and Ellen Cregan, Visual/UI Designer, for copy-edits and layout and graphic design, respectively.

Special thanks go to the IFMA team who organized the Executive Summit:

  • Kim Coffey, Senior Director, Sales and Corporate Partners
  • Maureen Lederer, Senior Director, Marketing, Communications and Public Relations
  • Ann Loayza, Director, Conferences and Events
  • Ashley Tucker, Director, Communications and Marketing

I would also like to express our gratitude to the speakers for generously sharing their valuable knowledge, insights, and perspectives:

  • Matt Beane, Assistant Professor, University of California Santa Barbara and Fellow, MIT Institute for Digital Economy
  • Jeremie Brecheisen, Partner, Managing Director of the Gallup CHRO Roundtable
  • George Westerman, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan Management School of Business, Executive Director, Global Opportunity Initiative
  • Edward Wilson-Smythe, Managing Director, Digital Consulting, NTT Data”