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Over the course of his career, Geoff has been responsible for leading diverse teams with the overall goal of improving operations within the built environment to enable success for the business' he supported. He spent the first fourteen years of his career providing consulting services to healthcare facility professionals helping them to better understand their buildings, improve their operational efficiency and effectiveness. Then he moved into the senior executive role at a not-for-profit conference centre reporting to a board of directors and was responsible for strategic and operational leadership. Geoff’s most recent role prior to focussing his efforts on GDW Facility Management Consulting was as an executive leader overseeing the Eastern Canadian operations of a facility management service provider supporting 25 million square feet in the healthcare, critical environment, commercial real estate and education sectors. 

Geoff holds and has held several voluntary leadership roles in the International Facility Management Association (IFMA). He is currently sitting on the Americas Advisory Board, and co-chair of the Strategic Advisory Group for the Information Technology Community. He was previously a Director on IFMA’s Global Board of Directors, President of the Information Technology Community, President of the Toronto Chapter of IFMA and was Chair of the Young Professionals Group.

Geoff is an award winning author and co-editor of the text “The Facility Manager’s Guide to Information Technology” (First and Second Editions) which is a multi-national collaborative effort between members of GEFMA and IFMA with authors representing seven countries.