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Michael Connor

Michael Connor

Industrial Real Estate Broker

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  • About me

    Director, Corporate Real Estate at Dover Corporation

  • Education

    • Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

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      Masters of Business Administration

    • Eastern Illinois University

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      BA Speech Communications

  • Experience

    • Cushman & Wakefield

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
      Industrial Real Estate Broker

      - Responsible for sales, leasing, build-to-suit, and development of industrial property in metropolitan Chicago along with new client development and corporate services.

    • Abbott Laboratories

      Aug 2001 - Apr 2003
      Real Estate Specialist

      - Real Estate transaction manager

    • Baxter International

      Aug 2004 - Jun 2015

      - Global Director of Corporate Real Estate responsible for portfolio management and administration, transaction management, and real estate strategy. - Developed and implemented global real estate strategy and supporting policies, processes, and procedures. - Global Real Estate Integration Leader for 120 location acquisition. - Responsible for transaction management and supervision of portfolio administration as well as third-party service provider management.

      • Director, Corporate Real Estate Services

        Jan 2007 - Jun 2015

      • Manager, Corporate Real Estate Services

        Aug 2004 - Jan 2007

    • Baxalta Incorporated

      Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
      Director of Corporate Real Estate

      - Global real estate leader responsible for real estate strategy, portfolio and transaction management, and site selection for this global biopharmaceutical leader. Established department for this Baxter spinoff. Baxalta was spun off from Baxter in 2015.

    • Shire

      Jun 2016 - Jan 2019

      Led global real estate portfolio and transaction management team for all businesses and functions of Shire. Responsible for all real estate activity for US region and Global Tech Ops portfolio of office, manufacturing, distribution, laboratory, research and development, plasma collection center, land, and technical space and properties. Shire acquired Baxalta in 2016

      • Head of Global Real Estate

        Apr 2017 - Jan 2019

      • Head of Corporate Real Estate - US Region and Global Technical Ooperations

        Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

    • Takeda

      Jan 2019 - Nov 2019
      Senior Director, Real Estate

      Led real estate integration with Shire. Takeda acquired Shire in 2019.

    • Dover Corporation

      Nov 2019 - now
      Director, Corporate Real Estate

      Real estate leader for this global industrial manufacturer. Established the real estate function in company and developed governance, operating model, processes, and supplier relationships. Responsible for portfolio management of 17M sf global portfolio.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Managing Real Estate Broker

      FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Michael Connor
      Financial Leadership Award - Strategic Business Partner Baxter Global Finance Jun 2014
    • Awarded to Michael Connor
      President's Award Corporate Engineering Division Aug 2002

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Northern Illinois Food Bank
      Northern Illinois Food BankAssociated with Michael Connor