As Executive Managing Director of Workplace Innovation, Corporate Solutions | Americas, Keith leads Colliers’ expertise in this rapidly evolving field, helping our clients use the workplace as a competitive advantage to advance their business objectives through innovative and insightful workplace solutions.

Additionally, Keith brings more than 30 years of experience to Colliers International, including his previous role as Senior Director, Global Workplace Innovation at Johnson & Johnson. There he was responsible for program design and deployment of a set of new workplace principles for J&J’s global office portfolio of 60 million square feet and more than 900 locations.

I am responsible for leading innovation that will generate increased value to our clients and internal service lines within Occupier Services. My role includes the oversight of the Technology Services Group including accountability for our flexible, fast and non-proprietary business analytics platform - Colliers360. I also oversee our consulting services group focused on advisory services for portfolio strategy, workplace, supply chain and data centers. The services are delivered through a highly collaborative model that stresses best-in-class results through a "strong client model" - partner on delivering services, not replace them. I lead the development of new service offerings for us to leverage with our clients and find ways to improve service delivery across all areas of Corporate Solutions including the evaluation of strategic alliances with other 3rd party providers that add to our offering.

Specialties: 
Executive Oversight & Governance for Outsourced Account Solutions for Tech Sector Clients
Footprint & Real Estate Portfolio Planning
Business Intelligence Platform & KPI Development
M&A Integration Roadmaps & Operational Playbooks
CRE Organizational Effectiveness & Design
Capital Planning & Forecasting

An authority on the integration of corporate real estate planning with core business strategy, Martha O’Mara, PhD, heads Colliers’ Corporate Solutions service line in an executive leadership role as Executive Managing Director, Head of Consulting, Corporate Solutions | Americas. In this role, Martha leads client advisory services in the disciplines of management consulting, portfolio optimization and location strategy.

Prior to joining Colliers, Martha co-founded Corporate Portfolio Analytics (CPA), where she  supported the strategy development for nearly two billion square feet of corporate occupancy, including AT&T, Bank of America, Verizon, American Express, GE, and the US government, typically in multi-year engagements.

Scott Nelson is President, Occupier Services and Corporate Solutions | Americas at Colliers International and is responsible for strategy and leadership of these business units. Occupier Services makes up the entire platform of tools and talent (including Corporate Solutions) that supports our Occupier client relationships, and our Colliers brokerage and other professionals that manage these relationships.  Corporate Solutions houses the service lines that are typically offered to multi-market and/or multi-service Occupier Clients.  These service lines include Strategy and Innovation (consulting and technology services and lease administration), Account Management, Solutions Development, Transaction Management, Project Management, and Facilities Management.  Scott also works actively with some clients to develop an in-depth understanding of their key business strategies, create a customized real estate solution to meet their objectives and then deploy a team for the execution of that strategy on an on-going basis. Occupier Services has organized globally with Scott playing a key leadership role, to provide seamless account management that integrates Colliers services and technology for the client.

Over the course of his consulting career, Ron Zappile has focused on delivering high quality portfolio and workplace optimization plans for corporate and institutional clients. His professional experience encompasses the financial services, pharmaceutical and industrial sectors. During his career, Ron has developed expertise in portfolio strategy, footprint optimization, mergers and acquisitions consolidations, KPI and metrics implementations, and financial planning.

With over 20 years of commercial real estate experience, Thea brings broad experience in strategic planning, portfolio optimization, and workplace. She develops actionable recommendations and solutions for public and private sector clients using a data-driven approach to documenting, analyzing and integrating multiple business drivers.

Prior to joining Colliers International, Thea served as Strategic Planning Manager at MITRE Corp, where she was responsible for planning, workplace, and change management.   Previously, with Corporate Portfolio Analytics, Thea led portfolio planning and optimization projects for clients including the American Red Cross, AT&T, Bank of America, the General Services Administration, and ServiceMaster.