Friday, February 24, 2012

Crossman & Company Promotes Three Top Associates

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Crossman & Company, the Orlando-based commercial property firm that ranks as one of the largest retail leasing and management firms in the Southeast, recently promoted three associates.

John Crossman, president of Crossman & Company, said Ashley Thornburg was promoted to senior associate. Thornburg holds an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College and she joined the firm as an associate three years ago to focus on leasing and management in the South Florida region. In 2011 Thornburg received the CoStar Power Broker award.

Crossman said Brian Carolan was promoted to director. Carolan earned his Master’s Degree in Real Estate from the University of Florida. He joined Crossman & Company as a research analyst two years ago and was promoted to associate in 2010. As director, Carolan will continue to focus on investment sales throughout Florida.

Whitaker Leonhardt has also been promoted from associate to director. A graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in political economy, Leonhardt holds a Masters in Real Estate from the University of Florida. He joined Crossman & Company three years ago and has received professional awards each year including NAIOP Rookie of the Year. Whitaker will focus on leasing and investment sales throughout the state of Florida, Crossman said.

About Crossman & Company:
Crossman & Company is one of the largest third-party retail leasing and management companies in the Southeast with over 16 million square feet under leasing and/or management. Founded in Orlando in 1990, Crossman & Company is a full service commercial real estate firm that advises its clients in leasing, management, development and investment sales of retail and office properties and serves clients including Publix.

CEO Nexus Forum at Rollins College Draws Representatives of more than 100 Companies, Next Forum Scheduled for March

ORLANDO, Fla. --- CEO Nexus, the firm that works with public and private organizations to help second stage companies accelerate their growth and generate new employment, held one of its biggest CEO Nexus forums recently at Rollins College.

Steve Quello, president of CEO Nexus, said more than 100 Central Florida companies were represented at the event.

Quello said the recent Rollins College CEO Nexus forum co-hosted by Rollins College Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship, the UCF Business Incubation Program, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and local area chambers of commerce were in attendance.

Altogether this year, CEO Nexus produced some 16 forum events throughout Florida. “Groups and organizations are now working together to help revitalize the Florida economy and create more jobs,” Quello said.

The next CEO Nexus forum is slated for March 14 at Rollins College, by invitation only.

Rob Wight, co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Channel Intelligence, will be the keynote speaker. Wight was the architect of the products and services that made Channel Intelligence a leading e-commerce technology provider that is relied on by retailers such as Best Buy, Target and Kimberly-Clark. Prior to co-founding CI, several leading technology companies had Wight at the helm of innovative software systems development – especially backup/storage software – including Microsoft that he left in 1998 to form Channel Intelligence.

To learn more about CEO Nexus, its forums and how to register, contact Linda Pope for registration at registration@ceonexus.mobi or 407-590-6101.

About CEO Nexus
CEO Nexus is an organization that works in concert with public and private organizations interested in providing business leaders—owners, CEOs and presidents—with practical tools and techniques designed specifically for growing second-stage companies. Sponsors include the Edward Lowe Foundation, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, the University of Central Florida Office of Research & Commercialization, Rollins College Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship and GrowFL.