Kim Powers

Experience

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  101 Communications

  Jun 1999 - Dec 2000

  Regional Sales Manager - Midwest
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  OpenTable

  May 2000 - Oct 2001

  Regional Sales Manager - Philadelphia
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  Kim's Cookies and Catering

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2006

  Owner / Operator

  Established a small business to provide catering and craft cookie decorating for a wide variety of events across the Los Angeles area.Oversaw all day to day operations including hiring, staff management, and business logistics.Spearheaded multiple work streams including resourcing, cooking, marketing, equipment needs and kitchen leases.Conducted market research and deployed campaigns to continually build a customer base.Provided excellent customer service to high profile clients. Show less

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  McNeil Consumer Healthcare

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
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  Backroads

  Jun 2006 - Nov 2010

  Regional Support Specialist

  Managed staff, business functions and client services for an adventure travel organization targeting a variety of client types, including world business leaders and C-Level Executives.Project managed an incredibly complex and busy region, helping to design trips, negotiate the costs of activities, timelines, and manage all logistics for more than 200+ trip leaders and employees.Consistently ranked in the top 2% of the company out of 350 leaders based on client satisfaction surveys.

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  IDEO

  Nov 2010 - Mar 2024

  Lead occupancy optimization efforts to drive improved economics for offices globally.Collaborate with the CFO, brokers, and analytics partners to identify potential real estate portfolio changes. Create global real estate and workplace strategies. Partner and collaborate with key stakeholders and CFO on space opportunities, future conceptual office space use, and design.Communicate with internal and external legal partners regarding lease negotiations and lease revisions.Weigh budgetary impacts while maintaining brand, culture, and workplace experience values. Show less Designed and implemented workplace operations and systems with an experience lens.Help create a return-to-work policy and design the systems to support it. Directed and managed real estate transactions and strategized future use of office real estate.Led design, construction, execution, and vendor management for office moves and space changes.Led mid to long-term strategic and operational planning for the location, including budget allocation.Developed practices, systems, and infrastructure that support a hybrid workforce. Show less Own and lead all aspects of day-to-day operations, programs, building operations, maintenance and local real estate initiatives.Direct and manage a new office move including the site selection, design, construction, furniture selection, vendor management and multi-million dollar budget.Responsible for managing the broader team’s capabilities, setting strategic priorities, and building processes that ensure a sense of belonging for all community members.Manage large annual operating budgets. Show less

  • Senior Director, Global Real Estate and Facilites

    Jan 2022 - Mar 2024

  • Senior Director Workplace Experience and Operations

    Jun 2018 - Oct 2022

  • Workplace Experience Director

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2019

  • Senior Coordination to The Office of the CEO

    Nov 2010 - Jan 2014
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  Checkr, Inc.

  Mar 2024 - now

  Director of Workplace and Real Estate

  Oversee dynamic projects that optimize office spaces, improve employee experiences, and align real estate decisions with organizational goals. Manage everything from lease negotiations and budget planning to workspace design and vendor relationships. Passionate about creating efficient, collaborative, and inspiring environments that reflect Checkr’s values and support our team’s growth.

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  Escuela Bilingüe Internacional

  Aug 2024 - now

  Board Member (Elected)

  Serving as an elected board member at Escuela Bilingüe Internacional, contributing to strategic oversight, governance, and community engagement to support bilingual education initiatives.