Mentoring Event

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Date(s) - 05/19/2021
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

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SPEAKERS:

DAVE FAMERO

David Famero is the Workplace Operations Manager for Zendesk in San Francisco and part of the Global Leadership team. He has been in the workplace and facilities industry for over 20 years with experience in planning, move management, furniture procurement, vendor management, program management, operations and maintenance. Prior to Zendesk, David worked at Symantec/Norton LifeLock for Cushman & Wakefield managing services for over 11,000 employees and 3.5 million square feet of real estate globally. He has a Facility Management Professional (FMP) certification and is in the process of obtaining certifications as a Sustainability Facility Professional (SFP) and a Certified Facility Manager (CFM). David and his wife Priscilla are passionate foodies and love eating sushi globally. They have 3 dogs – Kyna, the alpha dog Shiba Inu; Paco, the rescue Chihuahua; and Koba, the American Akita. David is a Golden State Warrior fan, and his wife is a Los Angeles Lakers fan. They are both San Francisco Giants baseball and Minnesota Vikings football fans. They also enjoy working with non-profit organizations and giving back to the community.

 

GEORGE DENISE, SR.

CFM, RPA, LEED-AP, BOMA Fellow

George Denise, now retired, is the former director of operations for Oracle Corporation, overseeing their headquarters buildings in Redwood City, California.  Prior to his position with Oracle, Mr. Denise was managing director for Cushman & Wakefield, overseeing facilities management services as global account manager for Adobe Systems.  An advocate for high-performance building operations, Mr. Denise’s focus has been on operating efficiency, energy management and sustainability.  Among other achievements, he has been instrumental in the attainment of 29 LEED certifications, 17 at the platinum level, as well as receiving IFMA’s Sheila Sheridan Award for Sustainable Design and Energy Efficient Buildings.  Mr. Denise is a past member of the Board of Trustees for the Building Owners and Managers Institute, past-chairman of the BOMA 360 Building Performance program, he was on the Core Committee that developed LEED for Existing Buildings, and he is past-president of BOMA Silicon Valley.  He has been a member of IFMA since 1999.

JACKIE GREELY

Jackie Greely has been a systems planner for Systems & Space for almost three years now. Systems & Space is the Northern California Area Contractor for Spacesaver, the #1 provider of mobile systems and leader in storage solutions. Her involvement in IFMA began at the end of 2019, and it was the mentoring meeting of 2020 that really set the course of her involvement in the chapter. For the past year she has been involved with the Membership Committee and recently has been introduced into the EFP Committee and Golf Committee. She has had an IFMA paired mentor for the past year and a half and has been able to do vast amounts of networking because of this pairing.  She is currently in the process of getting her FMP certification through IFMA’s course with Larry Morgan and has plans to become even more involved with IFMA Silicon Valley.

 

JORDAN BOLLA

Jordan Bolla is a Senior Account Executive with Access Communications Inc, a leading Audio Visual Integration & Low Voltage Cabling Contractor, where he has worked for the last 14 years, with 14 more to come!   He has been a member and supporter of IFMA and our Silicon Valley Chapter for 12 years, serving on our Membership Committee for the last 5 years and now is paired up with an amazing Mentee in our Mentorship Program, Jackie Greely.  Jordan is passionate about helping and empowering our members to thrive and grow personally, professionally and physically as fitness and wellbeing are also passions of his.  Jordan would like to meet you and have a zoom call, coffee or lunch with anyone looking for support or direction.  He is driven to pay it forward and believes what you give you get back.  Contact him anytime for help @ jbolla@access-comm.net 408-712-7149 Cell https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbolla/

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