Two New VPs At Johnson Controls' Global Workplace Solutions

Julie Kimble and Mike Vallenari are charged with leveraging Global Workplace Solutions' (GWS) real estate offerings to grow the group’s client portfolio of Global 1000 companies.

GWS is the world’s largest global real estate and facilities management business and offers its clients a single point of contact for outsourcing a wide array of real estate services. Kimble’s experience in real estate transactions/development and Vallenari’s corporate real estate expertise make them a good fit for GWS.

“Julie has deep experience developing real estate for corporate clients nationwide and Mike has delivered for his clients’ portfolios from a global and multi-market context,” said Steven Quick, executive vice president of Global WorkPlace Solutions, Johnson Controls. ”Their unique perspective and collective wealth of industry knowledge make them great additions to the group.”

Before coming to Johnson Controls, Kimble spent 23 years in commercial real estate development with 13 years in progressively responsible positions at Opus Companies. Most recently, she was vice president of Opus South Corporation, where she oversaw real estate development strategy and implementation in the southeastern United States. Previously, she was a vice president of the St. Paul Port Authority, where she was responsible for industrial land development.

She is a member of CoreNet Global, as well as the current chairwoman of the CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Foundation.

Vallenari has 17 years of experience in corporate real estate. Most recently, he had tenures at First Industrial Realty Trust and Trammell Crow. In these positions, Vallenari was responsible for business development and helped companies find solutions for their corporate real estate challenges through portfolio solutions and outsourcing platforms.

He earned a Master of Corporate Real Estate (MCR) designation as a member of CoreNet Global and is also a member of the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC).

About Global Workplace Solutions
Johnson Controls, through its Global Workplace Solutions group, is the world’s largest global real estate and facilities management business offering a single-source for real estate portfolio management, design and project management, strategic consulting, energy and facilities management services. With more than 11,500 employees located in 350 locations across over 50 countries, serving real estate portfolios and managing facilities of approximately 1.3 billion square feet, Johnson Controls was recently named one of the Global Outsourcing 100 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).