Bob grew up in Western Pennsylvania on a large dairy, beef and hog farm and relocated to Georgia after an enlistment in the US Navy. Bob started his real estate career in Atlanta, Georgia with the Thomas S. Monaghan (TSM) / Domino’s Pizza organization as Director of Operations. Bob designed and constructed commissaries for Domino’s Pizza Distribution throughout the United States. He later relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan where he was involved in the construction of the Domino’s Pizza Headquarters as well as shopping center development and construction for TSM.
Bob relocated back to Georgia with the Kmart Corporation as Regional Facilities Manager responsible for the southeast Kmart store facility operations including construction related to new Kmart store development and Kmart store expansions. In 1993, Bob joined the Koll Company as Director of Operations, managing facility operations for Koll’s Bank of America portfolio of high rise buildings and critical operations facilities throughout Atlanta. Bob also performed facility assessment evaluation audits for Koll throughout the US and Mexico supporting clients including, Delta Air Lines, Northern Telecom, Champion International, ATT and Bank of America.
Bob launched a corporation known as Facilities Engineering in 1995. The Home Depot Corporate Headquarters was Facilities Engineering’s first account. In 2000, Bob transitioned the management company from Facilities Engineering to Corporate Facilities Group, Inc., with client’s including The Home Depot Corporate Headquarters, Home Depot Shopping Centers, Delta Air Lines, General Electric, Kaiser Permanente Medical, Circuit City Headquarters, CMD, RREEF Development, Sonae Sierra, Brazil and The Veterans Affairs.
Bob’s business philosophy of giving back to our communities and paying our success forward, a “Whatever It Takes” approach to “customer service excellence”, combined with Bob’s philosophy of making CFG’s Team Members the company’s Number One Asset, has propelled CFG to over 23 million square feet of managed real estate throughout North and South America.
As Bob will tell you, “there is no finish line in our business” and “we will to continue to raise the bar of service excellence in all that we do”.
In October of 1999, Stephen joined Corporate Facilities Group, Inc. as Operations Manager / Chief Engineer for the Atlanta Veteran Affairs Regional Office. He was very instrumental in the final construction phase, commissioning all systems / equipment, implementing warranty tracking, and establishing the preventive maintenance system. In 2003, Stephen was elevated to the Facility Manger position where his responsibilities now included Operating and Maintenance budgets, Capital Planning / FF&E Management, Contract negotiations and implementations.
Michael started his career with Corporate Facilities Group in 1997 as the Chief Engineer for The Home Depot Store Support Center, Corporate Campus located in Atlanta, Georgia. He was later promoted to Director of Operations and now manages over 2 million square feet of property for Corporate Facilities Group, including Georgia Lung Medical Facility, Home Depot At Home Services, Technology Deployment Center, Home Depot Regional Office in Delray Beach, Florida and the Innovation Warehouse Center. Michael strives to provide clients with the highest quality of service which has made him an asset to the Corporate Facilities Group team.
With Doug's Military background in maintenance and supervision he was a great asset when he joined Corporate Facilities Group, Inc. in January of 2001. Starting as the Facility Manager for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Facilities located in Atlanta, Georgia, Doug was responsible for the operations of the critical 7x24 data centers and 22 other Kaiser Permanente Medical Facilities consisting of 2 million sq. ft. During his tenure on the Kaiser Permanente account Doug setup the system commissioning programs, engineering operations, system startup, Facility Management and Preventive Maintenance programs. In the summer of 2005 Doug was transferred to the Property Management division to oversee 14 shopping centers located throughout the United States. During this year Doug was very instrumental in establishing and organizing of all the lease abstracts for over 120 sub-tenants, rent roll collections, CAM billings and CAM collections.
Paul has been with Corporate Facilities Group since 2005 and is currently assigned to manage Corporate Facilities Group properties in Richmond, Virginia. He is a thirty year veteran of the trades and facility management business, who is known for his outstanding dedication to customer service, and technical expertise. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph OAC Horticultural program, Passaic County Technical Institute and Marine Corps Institute. Paul has reached the master level in the skilled trades of HVAC, boiler operations and electric and was awarded the prestigious master horticulturist title from Guelph for his studies and work on plants, landscape management and horticulture. He has many years of hands on experience in mission critical healthcare settings and business critical data centers as well as new construction management.
In May of 2000, Paul began his career in Facilities Management with Corporate Facilities Group at the Home Depot Store Support Center as Assistant Chief Engineer. Throughout his career with Corporate Facilities Group, Paul, has aggressively advanced from the Assistant Chief Engineer to Director of Operations. He is now the Director of Operations for GE Money Americas managing 750,000 square feet of call center environment, remittance processing and disaster recovery for environmentally vulnerable GEMA facilities.
Gary started his career with Corporate Facilities Group in 2005 as Facilities Manager/Director of Operations for the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Southeastern Regional Headquarters Building. Gary manages the 187,000+ square foot property, which houses the Carmax Auto Finance Center for Carmax and the J.P. Morgan Chase, Circuit City Credit Card Division.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in Construction Management Bill began his career in Facility and Construction Management with the Hyatt Hotels. Bill joined Corporate Facilities Group, Inc in June of 2004 as Director of Operations. Bill's primary responsibility is to oversee the Milwaukee Veteran Affair Regional Office located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bill was very involved with the construction phase and the commissioning of this new facility. With Bills leadership and technical capabilities he was very instrumental in organizing and implementing warranty tracking, commissioning, startup, FF&E Management and the day to day operations.
Jay joined Corporate Facilities Group in early 2006 as Director of Operations for the Kaiser Permanente Georgia Region account. Following graduation from the University of Tennessee- Knoxville, his career path has been one of increasing responsibility and achievements successfully managing and developing staff in service oriented industries. Jay's knowledge in the facilities industry derives from management positions held with companies that include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia, Aramark, and Sprint Nextel. His skills provide, among other strengths, imaginative possibilities and cost-effective solutions resulting in increased profits and customer satisfaction. Jay's leadership and staff development abilities have effectively helped build and expand our customer base in a fast-paced, high-pressure industry.
Nick began his career with Corporate Facilities Group in May of 2005 at the Circuit City Store Support Center in Richmond Virginia as a facility engineer. He was later promoted to chief engineer of Circuit City’s new retail corporate call center, where he was an integral part of the Corporate Facilities Group start up and building commissioning team. Nick is now Building Systems Manager and Chief Engineer managing daily MEP operations and the preventative maintenance programs for the corporate call center and the store support center which includes business critical data centers.
In April of 2001 Schawn began his tenure with Corporate Facilities Group, Inc. as a PM building technician for the Atlanta Veteran Affairs Regional Office. Schawn's dedication and hard work lead him to an opportunity for the Operations Manager position in which he continues to develop and meet everyday challenges. Some of the responsibilities that Schawn is involved in are; invoice processing, maintenance service contracts, ordering of building materials / supplies, work order tracking system, facilitating renovation projects, and daily operations of the Atlanta Veteran Affairs Regional Office. Schawn feels as if he has found a home with Corporate Facilities Group, Inc and is fortunate being part of the Corporate Facilities Group, Inc Team.
