Neil J. Smolen
- Role
- Vice President Global Real Estate & Facilities Management at Vantiva
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Neil J. Smolen
Senior Corporate Real Estate Executive with over 35 years of global leadership experience…
Experience
Vice President Global Real Estate & Facilities Management
May 2016 — Present
Global Head for 14M SF portfolio of office, creative, manufacturing, & warehouse space with over 160 locations in 35 countries• CRE architect for creation of corporate real estate operations including development of Real Estate Policies and Playbooks for Transaction, Project, Facility, and Workplace Management • Responsible for delivery of more than 30M€ of cumulative real estate savings strategies since 2019 (~10M€ of savings per year) for three Technicolor Business Divisions • Led procurement and transformation for outsourcing of Global Transaction Management and Global Facility Management services• Led 2022 M&A spin-off of Technicolor and its real estate assets and CRE processes into two separate listed companies: Vantiva and Technicolor Creative Studios• Completed 2021 M&A sale and transfer of 16 Post-Production leases to Streamland Media • Designed and implemented agile CRE Workplace Management policies, space utilization metrics, and software management tools to better manage fluid space occupancy levels
Education
Oregon State University
BS, Business Management
Skills
- Client Relationship Building
- Space Planning
- Property
- Property Management
- Corporate Real Estate
- Acquisitions
- Customer Relations
- Team Management
- Lease Administration
- Contract Negotiation
- Real Estate Development
- Brokerage
- Business Strategy
- Investments
- Customer Service
- Real Estate
- Leadership
- Negotiation
- Real Estate Economics
- Commercial Real Estate
- Transaction Management
- Organizational Change
- Lease Negotiation
- Start-Ups
- Account Management
- Marketplace Mapping
- Dispositions
- Leases
- Strategic Planning
- Management
- Project Management
- Portfolio Management
- Executive Level Presentations
- Dashboard Reporting
- Real Estate Transactions
- Crm
- Business Development
- Financial Analysis
- Location Intelligence
- Organizational Leadership
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