ConnexFM, an industry association for multi-site facilities managers and supplier professionals, will assume association management services for OSCRE, the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate, after its longtime chief executive officer, Lisa Stanley, steps down at the end of February. Stanley has steered OSCRE for the past 12 years, in sync with explosive growth in digital capacity and growing demand for increasingly sophisticated data management.
OSCRE represents a broad cross-section of stakeholders in the commercial real estate industry, including investors, investment managers, corporate owners and occupiers and external service suppliers — all committed to forging a consistent, platform-agnostic approach to collecting, managing, interpreting and sharing data. Member organizations from around the world collectively employ more than 900,000 people. Recent projects include the development of environmental data standards for energy and water.
Mike Maxfield, chair of OSCRE’s board of directors commends Stanley’s collaborative leadership and ongoing support for innovation, education, training and peer networking. “OSCRE is well-positioned to meet the expanding data management needs of the real estate industry,” he says.
“During my tenure at OSCRE, I’ve witnessed many evolutionary and revolutionary industry changes,” Stanley observes. “Seeing the industry’s recognition of the importance of data standards in a world increasingly influenced by AI is particularly encouraging.”
Richard Reyes, vice president, digital strategy, with ConnexFM will take on the role as OSCRE’s executive director. The two associations will remain independent, but with a shared priority on effective property-level data collection to underpin accurate reporting and informed business decision-making.
“This collaboration represents a significant opportunity to deliver even greater value to our respective members and the industry we serve,” says Bill Yanek, chief executive officer of ConnexFM.