Andrew Lawson

ANDREW LAWSON 51 Halton St., Suite 123,Toronto, Ontario, M6J 1R5 Phone: - Email:- OVERVIEW Certified project manager, specializing in corporate real estate, workplace strategy, and business transformations. I have ten years’ experience leading corporate real estate projects for North America's largest organizations, including; BMO, Under Armour, Sunlife Financial, Mariott Int. and TMX Group. I am currently completing my MBA at Queen's, Smith School of Business, in order to strengthen my business skillset. I have also taken advanced programs in Project Management, Data Analytics, and Business Strategy as well as hold a PMP from PMI. NOTABLE REAL ESTATE PROJECTS BMO Scotiabank Sun Life Financial 1000 ppl CIBC Mellon 250 ppl TMX Group 3000 ppl Under Armour 1500 ppl 800 ppl 500 ppl WORK EXPERIENCE Clearspace – Director, Business Development Toronto, Ontario Nov ‘19 – Apr ‘20 ● Responsible for capturing sales from small and medium sized organizations looking for assistance in developing their corporate real estate strategy. ● Increased generation of leads from 10 per month to well over 40 qualified leads per month. ● Exceeded all sales targets, increasing sales by 25% in short tenure with the company. BMO Financial – Program Manager, Corporate Real Estate Toronto, Ontario Jul ‘18 – Nov ‘19 ● Reported directly to the Managing Director, Portfolio Strategy on Toronto and Vancouver portfolios, acting as a program manager to execute real estate projects. ● Worked with executives from business units executing large scale real estate and workplace change programs, managing the entire project life cycle and various project teams. ● Created occupancy utilization dashboards using Serraview (IWMS) to allow business units and CRE to develop portfolio strategies and plan space effectively. ● Lead both external and internal vendors (IT, Construction, HR) in order to execute enterprisewide workplace change incorporating design, technology, and new-ways-of-working. MovePlan Group – Sr. Project Manager/Consultant Toronto, Ontario May ‘17 – Sep ‘18 ● Lead a team of 4 Project Managers/Consultants in the execution of occupancy, change and workplace management projects for some of Canada’s largest Institutions. ● Executed and managed all project and occupancy meetings, including; executive level, space planning, technology and change management sessions. ● Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) to develop the strategy and implementation of IWMS. ● Created and executed occupancy strategies for clients to achieve increased space utilization and staff contentment. ANDREW LAWSON 51 Halton St., Suite 123,Toronto, Ontario, M6J 1R5 Phone: - Email:- ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE CBRE LTD. – Project Manager Toronto, Ontario Jan ‘16 – May ‘17 ● Managed all relocation projects for CBRE’s project management department including 3 of Canada’s largest head office moves (Sunlife Financial, CIBC Mellon, TMX Group.) ● Executed all aspects of the projects, including; presenting to the executive committee, department head meetings, relocation strategy, RFP creation and vendor management. ● Resolved inefficient processes from the previous team including; revamping entire shared file system by migrating to the cloud which reduced any duplication of effort and errors in documentation while increasing overall collaboration Lawst Projects – Owner/Project Management Consultant Toronto, Ontario Mar ‘13 – Jan ‘16 ● Working directly with the client, executed 100,000 Sq. Ft of head office fit-out and relocation projects for large enterprises in both Canada and the United States. ● Successfully led and won all new business, bringing in over 150K in sales over my tenure ● Led and negotiated all vendor contracts on the projects through to successful completion FCB Canada – Project Manager, Real Estate/Operations Toronto, Ontario Mar ‘10 – Mar ‘13 ● Managed the Office Services Dept. and internal restaurant including seven employees ● Decreased departmental spending by 50% while increasing productivity by 25% ● Resolved inefficient vendor partnerships and unnecessary expenses by renegotiating and merging existing SLA’s EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION Smith School of Business at Queens University (MBA) Master of Business Administration Pres. PMP 2020 2020 George Brown College Attended, Business Administration Sep ‘10 – Apr ‘11 Concordia University Attended, Business Studies Sep ‘08 – Apr ‘10 SOFTWARE SKILLS MS Office/Project, Monday.com, Reading AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Asana, Project Hub, MS Project, Serraview, Manhattan, IWMS, Planview, Pipedrive, CRM