May Chapter Meeting

How to Ensure a Successful Working Partnership with
Your Service Provider


Where:Visa International-Foster City, CA
When:May 18, 2006
Time:Registration3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Program4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Reception 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Join us as a distinguished panel of industry leaders addresses the essential components needed to establish a successful partnership between CRE’s and Service Providers. Discussion topics will focus on the following:

  • Current trends occurring in corporate real estate and facilities today


  • 20 year historical perspective of outsourcing


  • CRE organizational pressures


  • Critical success factors


  • The role of performance management in the process


  • Common points of failure


  • Industry challenges



  • The discussion leader will be Dick Palomba, Principal at Expense Management Solutions. Expense Management Solutions is a strategic consulting firm for corporate real estate and administrative services.

    Panel members will include:

    Terry Wood, Director of Global RE, JDS Uniphase

  • Sven Pole, Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company


  • Eric Senglemann, Executive Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle


  • Clayton Crawford, Director of Facilities, McKesson Corp.


  • Location:Visa International
    900 Metro Center Blvd.
    Metro 1 Building (building with three flag poles)
    Foster City, CA 94404 - click here for a map.
    Enter the lobby and avoid Visa security desk. Head straight to the auditorium on the right side of lobby. Badges will be provided inside the auditorium.
    Parking:A parking garage is attached to the building. When entering it appears to be a private parking garage for Visa employees only, at the gate please press the assistance button. Alert the security guard that you are attending a CoreNet Global meeting.
    Cost:Members $25.00, after May 11 $35.00
    Non-Members $50.00, after May 11 $60.00, $60 at the door

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