JTR GLOBAL SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTE FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES . GORDON T. “SKIP” GREEBY, JR., President P.E., SCDP The Greeby Companies, Inc. 611 Rockland Road, Suite 106 Lake Bluff, Illinois, USA 60044-2000 +1 847 604 8776 [email protected] Gordon T. “Skip” Greeby, Jr., P.E., SCDP is President of The Greeby Companies, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, USA. With offices throughout the United States and globally, Skip has directed his company’s efforts since 1978 relevant to development, development management, project management and tenant finish consultation services. Mr. Greeby is an International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Trustee, serves on the ICSC CenterBuild Program Committee as past Conference Chairman, is Chair of the ICSC United States Design and Development Awards Committee, is Co-Chair of the ICSC CDP (Certified Development, Design, and Construction Professional) Admissions and Governing Committee, is an instructor and past Dean at the ICSC University of Shopping Centers, is an Executive Learning Series and John T. Riordan School for Professional Development instructor, serves on the Board of Trustees’ Professional Development Committee, and is the 1999 recipient of ICSC’s Board of Trustees Distinguished Service Award. Skip has a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (1968), a Master of Science from Stanford University in Soil Mechanics (1971), and a second Master of Science from Stanford University in Construction Management (1972). He is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in Illinois. STEPHEN PRAGNELL 12, Impasse du Toit des Hetres, 76560 Fultot, France + 33 2 35 95 21 34 [email protected] A British national, born and educated in London, Stephen Pragnell has been living and working in France for more than half of his life. After some years in the luxury fashion market in London and Paris, and a rewarding period in the airport retail industry, Stephen started his Real Estate career in 1990 at Norwich Union, managing a portfolio of 6 Shopping Centres in France. Joining Jones Lang LaSalle France in 1995 as an associate, he worked as Asset manager and retail consultant for Adia, DGI, EuroCommercial Properties, and Bouygues. From early 2002, Stephen was with the French shopping centre developer, manager and investor Apsys Group, first in Warsaw as General Manager of Apsys Polska, and then from May 2008 in Paris as Group Director for External Relations. A leader in Poland, Apsys manages a portfolio of 19 Shopping centres for major institutional investors (GE, Heitman, Dawnay Day, Pradera, Oppenheim…and Apsys), and their development achievements include the award winning Manufaktura in Łódź, one of Europe’s largest urban regeneration life-style and retail projects. From August 2009 until January 2011, he joined Ikea Real Estate (Russia & CIS) in Moscow as the head of the 420 strong Mega management team. With 12 regional centres in 9 major cities, representing over 1, 8 million M2 GLA and receiving more than 200 million visitors per annum, Mega is the leading retail destination and shopping centre brand in the Russian market. Stephen is past Chairman of the ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards programme, a member of the ICSC International Faculty, a regular speaker at International conferences, and an active member of ICSC, CNCC, RCSC, ULI and GRI. He is also the founder and former President of the Polish Council of Shopping Centres (PRCH). JAMES F. TINKUM, SCDP, MCR Retail Development Design and Construction Consultant 2601 SW 35th Terrace Topeka, Kansas U.S.A. 66611-1830 +1 785 554 5024 [email protected] Jim Tinkum, SCDP, MCR recently retired from Payless ShoeSource Store Development Department after 20 years. He joined in Payless in 1987 after closing out his own construction company. Prior to joining Payless Jim worked in the commercial general contracting side of the business since graduating from Kansas State University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Science. Jim has worked with every method of construction administration: Design-Build, Construction Management, Hard-Bid, Negotiated, and Turnkey Development. Jim has experience at every level of the construction business as a workman, assistant superintendent, superintendent, project manager, company officer, and state licensing QP, safety director, and business owner, owner’s representative in both Open Shop and Union environments. He still keeps his Florida license current in an inactive status. Jim’s experience at Payless ShoeSource has definitely qualified him in management of Multiple Projects. Since 1987, Payless has developed an average of 250 new and relocated stores a year throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan, Canada, Central America, South America, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Tobago and Japan. Jim’s responsibilities also included overseeing of Store Planning and Design, remodeling and maintenance of existing stores. Jim is currently Co-Chairman of the CDP Admission and Governing Council, Past Chairman of the 2007 CenterBuild Committee Program Planning Committee, Active Member of the CenterBuild Advisory Council. JTR GLOBAL SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND LEASING INSTITUTE FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES AVI ALKAŞ, MRICS, SCSM, SCMD, SCLS Chairman, Jones Lang LaSalle Turkey TCSCR Vice Chairman –Vice President of Services and Consulting Sectoral Group Chief Executive Officer – Alkaş Consulting Turkey Yesim Sokak No. 2 Akatlar Levent-Istanbul 34335 Turkey +90 212 350 0817 [email protected] or [email protected] Avi Alkaş, MRICS, SCSM, SCMD, SCLS has more than fifteen years experience in the concept development, leasing and management of shopping centres. Upon serving, projects like Akmerkez, Carousel, İzmit Outlet Center as a professional, on 1997 he established his firm Alkaş Consulting, which played significant roles on leading projects like Maxi, Karada Marina, Olivium, Tepe Nautilus, Optimum, Armada, KayseriPark, KoruPark, İstinyePark and Kent Meydanı. In JLL, he has served in projects like Cevahir, Antares, ViaPort, Optimum Istanbul, Ozdilek, SankoPark, MalatyaPark, DemirPark, Kozzy, Afium, KentPark, GebzeCenter, Optimum Adana, Family Mall Erbil. As a founder member and still vice chairman of TCSCR (Turkish Council of Shopping Centers and Retailers) and also he is the president of Services & Consulting Group, he has also been serving as a board member in ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) European Advisory Board along with his presence in the ICSC European Award Jury. Along with being a faculty member in ICSC J. Riordan School for Professional Development Avi Alkas was honoured with ICSC Distinguished Service Award in 2010. Avi also holds, the professional recognition titles of MRICS (Member of RICS Organisation), SCSM (Senior Certified Shopping Center Manager), SCMD (Senior Certified Marketing Director) and SCLS (Senior Certified Leasing Specialist) being the first in Europe. Avi has his MA degree on business administration from Bosphorus University. PAMELA C. BRYSON, SCMD Vice President - Marketing MAF Properties MAF Tower 2 PO Box 60811 Dubai United Arab Emirates +971 4 294 2444/206 1522 [email protected] Pam Bryson, SCMD, currently holds the position of Vice President – Marketing for Majid Al Futtaim, Shopping Malls. She is responsible for overseeing 11 operating shopping centres across the Middle East – which have a combined GLA of over 900,000 square meters (9.7 million square feet); with an additional 8 centres - which are currently under development – representing over 1.2 million additional square meters of GLA. Prior to this, Pam was the Marketing Manager at CITYSTARS, Egypt during the pre-opening launch of the massive integrated development which included 7 office towers – 2 residential and 3 hotels along with a super regional centre. She spent two years prior to Egypt as Marketing Manager of Sahara Centre in Sharjah, UAE. Before Pam’s stint in the Middle East she held the position of Director, Regional Marketing for 21 shopping malls in Canada at Ivanhoe Cambridge. Pam is a graduate of the University of Calgary, Canada and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with a Major in Marketing. She is an ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centres) designated Senior Certified Marketing Director (SCMD), has over 25 ICSC Marketing awards credited to her name, has held various positions on ICSC committees, teaches at the Professional School of Development for ICSC, and was a judge for the ICSC Marketing Awards in Canada and the U.S.A. EILEEN CONNOLLY Managing Director MADISONSOHO Strategic Retail Marketing Centre Point 103 New Oxford Street London, WClA lDD United Kingdom +44 203 102 5360 [email protected] Eileen Connolly has over 28 years of experience in the retail property marketing sector and has made an unrivalled positive impact on the global shopping mall industry throughout her career. An accomplished strategic marketer with a deep understanding of all marketing and related communications disciplines, Eileen is Managing Director of MADISONSOHO. Eileen is a globally-revered Shopping Mall Marketer with an unrivalled experience in the industry. Her career has touched most global owners and managers and spans the full range of marketing disciplines. Eileen is a member of the ICSC International Retail School Marketing Faculty and teaches on corporate courses as well as ICSC Marketing I and II courses leading to professional