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The More Technology Forward an Organization Is, The More the CIO must Step-Up During the Site Selection Process
Should CIOs be as critically involved in the location decision for a new manufacturing plant or industrial facility as they are in the location decision for a data center? Please provide an example of an industrial location decision that was focused specifically on a company's IT needs.
 

Bill Knotts, Senior Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
It depends on the industry sector the client is in. The more networked technologically the organization is relative to logistics, enterprise financial, POS systems and inventory tracking, the more often the CIO is involved in all core real estate decisions. I do not see the CIO involved in manufacturing and warehousing location decisions for the most part otherwise.

Industrial location decisions are not focused specifically on IT needs, but IT’s part in the decision is often relative to the business unit's objectives of the site to the overall enterprise objectives, and the part of the world in which the location exists makes a difference.
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Bill Knotts, Senior Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Bill Knotts, Senior Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield, is responsible for the delivery of Client Solutions Services to the U.S. central region area corporate clientele. Knotts has more than 22 years of experience in the real estate industry, including corporate real estate management and development, as well as portfolio management, transaction management, lease administration, facility management, and program management in the real estate service industry.    He is a graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He was the founding member of the Greater Fort Worth Real Estate Council and is a member of the City of Fort Worth Economic Development Committee. Knotts is also an active member of CoreNet Global and BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) and is currently a CoreNet MCR candidate.  In addition, he has served as an instructor for BOMI.

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Sean Ivery, Senior Director, Data Center Advisory Group, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Sean Ivery, Senior Director, Data Center Advisory Group, Cushman & Wakefield, began his career at the real estate consulting firm of Ernst & Young Kenneth Leventhal, where he primarily worked in the firm’s Corporate Real Estate Advisory practice.  He eventually worked in a senior manager position within the firm and led key portfolio strategy assignments for many Fortune 1000 technology companies.   At Cushman & Wakefield, Ivery has focused on advising technology-based companies (start-up to Fortune 500) with their real estate and data center requirements. He has experience with both consulting and transactional assignments and is accustomed to performing detailed planning and strategic analysis for corporate real estate departments, as well as executing a variety of transactions including leasing, dispositions, property sales and acquisitions, and data center and collocation transactions.  Ivery is Principal in Cushman & Wakefield’s Data Center Advisory Practice.   He recently spoke at conferences sponsored by the American Bar Association, U.S. Green Building Council, International Facility Management Association, and the Green California Summit.

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