Bill Alexander

Bill alexander

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  • About me

    Vice President, Global Real Estate and Corporate Security at Xylem Inc.

  • Education

    • Northern illinois university

      1984 - 1989
      Bs economics
    • Depaul university

      2006 - 2008
      Ma professional studies, leadership & org behavior
  • Experience

    • Prudential relocation

      Jan 1995 - Jan 1997
      Real estate appraisal specialist/relo consultant
    • Cna

      Jan 1997 - Jan 2003
      Manager, real estate strategy

      Strategic planning, financial analysis, negotiation and transaction management on 200+ location office portfolio.

    • Tyco infrastructure services

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
      Manager, global real estate

      Senior real estate professional for global engineering services company with $1.3B revenue and 200+ location, 2M square foot office portfolio spanning 17 countries.

    • Tyco international

      Jan 2005 - Oct 2012

      Senior leader of corporate real estate and facilities management efforts globally for 1700+ location, 34 million square foot industrial and office portfolio spanning 65 countries. Senior leader of corporate real estate responsible for portfolio strategy, transactions, service provider sourcing and corporate facilities management across up to 3,000+ location, 100 million square foot industrial and office portfolio. Senior leader of corporate real estate responsible for portfolio strategy, transactions, service provider sourcing and corporate facilities management. Senior leader of real estate function for $6B annual revenue manufacturer and distributor of industrial valves, fire/building and electrical products with 600+ properties and 22M square foot industrial portfolio.

      • Vice President, Global Real Estate & Facilities Management

        Oct 2010 - Oct 2012
      • Senior Director, Global Real Estate

        Jan 2009 - Oct 2010
      • Director, Global Real Estate

        Jan 2005 - Jan 2009
      • Director, Global Real Estate

        Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
    • Harsco corporation

      Jan 2013 - Jun 2015

      Senior leader of global real estate and corporate procurement functions for $3B revenue diverse manufacturing and business services company operating across more than 35 countries. Senior leader of corporate real estate and facilities management efforts globally for large diverse industrial portfolio.

      • Vice President, Global Real Estate & Corporate Procurement

        Jan 2014 - Jun 2015
      • Vice President, Global Real Estate & Facilities Management

        Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
    • Xylem inc.

      Jun 2015 - Apr 2019
      Vice president, global real estate & facilities management

      Senior leader of global real estate and facilities management efforts for large, diverse industrial property portfolio.

    • Xylem inc.

      Apr 2020 - now

      Senior leader of global real estate, facilities, corporate security and business continuity planning for global water technology enterprise ranked as a Fortune 50 "Change the World" company. PMO lead for global organization redesign and process simplification initiative. Led Integrated Supply Chain strategic planning, COVID response, global transportation & logistics, and manufacturing network transformation initiatives throughout global pandemic. Managed global operations and supply chain rotational leadership development programs.

      • Vice President, Global Real Estate and Corporate Security

        Apr 2019 - now
      • Vice President, Manufacturing Excellence (Interim)

        Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Mcr - master corporate real estate

      Nacore institute for corporate real estate
      Oct 2001
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Bill Alexander
      Corporate Real Estate Executive of the Year REAL Awards, CoreNet Global Chicago Chapter Nov 2014
    • Awarded to Bill Alexander
      Top Rated Faculty CoreNet Global Oct 2013 CoreNet Global Top Rated Faculty 2013 for Advanced Real Estate Negotiations class; CoreNet Global's Master of Corporate Real Estate program