James Boyle

Director of Real Estate Management

Managed More than $150M in Commercial Assets

Confident natural leader with executive experience who leverages a strong process improvement mentality to improve property management and value of real estate assets. Go-to financial, contract and financial analysis expert recognized for a solutions and equitable driven approach to property management strategies. Astute decision maker and cultivator of dynamic collaborative teams. Earned a master's degree in public administration.

Assembled teams and systems to manage initiatives from inception to completion.

Generated more than $1.75M in property management revenue at Blue Asset Management.

Stimulated $1M in acquisition savings at Thirteen.

Led cross-departmental collaborative efforts at Seton Hall to maximize budget challenges.

Increased innovative revenue generating initiatives at International Rescue Committee.

EXECUTIVE ASSETS

Strategic Development

Asset Acquisition

Project Management

Financial Analysis

Lease/Sale Negotiations

Team Coaching

Budgeting

Asset/Market Valuation

Construction Planning

Transaction Management

Relationship Management

Due Diligence

Leadership Experience

BLUE ASSET MANAGEMENT – Wayne, NJ 2010 to Present

DIRECTOR, REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Manage a real estate portfolio over $150M in commercial assets including property management. Lead and direct team’s annual planning, goal setting and budget process. Develop and execute investor reports and proposals. Monitor revenue, expenses and property valuation and present recommended strategies to partners and senior leadership. Manage projects and third party vendors. Negotiate fair and equitable contracts.

Generated more than $1.75M in annual revenue by creating from the ground up the structure and systems to manage more than 200 real estate assets.

Ensured investor returns of more than 17 percent through tight budget adherence. Identified market trends pairing them against revenue and expense models.

Saved $500K in property management expenses. Planned, developed and implemented organization wide system for rent collection, evaluation, leasing, legal services, marketing and property maintenance.

Created revenue stream in excess of $1M. Wrote and presented the winning proposal to be special agent to the Township of Irvington for the repositioning and development of neighborhoods identified for renewal.

HIGHER POTENTIALS – West Orange, NJ 2006 to Present

FOUNDER & LIFE COACH

Lead the transformation of individual leaders and groups as they create their vision, develop an action plan, restore positive energy and empower themselves to achieve desired success.

Nationally published author of more than 40 articles featured in leading industry magazines, journals and websites.

Recognized motivational speaker; planned, created and led more than a dozen unique workshops presented to organization boards and trade groups.

THIRTEEN/WNET – New York, NY 2004 to 2007

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (2005-2007) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (2004-2005)

Steered multi-brand membership program and fund-raising of more than $11m annually. Led project focus groups, development of messaging, strategy and execution. Managed vendor relations, expenses, budgeting and outsourcing. Established and provided oversight of contractual and financial metrics and analytical reporting.

Tapped to improve and strengthen outreach efforts to more than 270,000 national members; drove complex budgeting development process to clarify net income and accurately forecast revenue and expenses within +/- 5 percentage points.

Tightened vendor performance by researching and initiating mixed client project invoicing practice; reduced costs by 20 percent and increased net revenue by 17 percent.

Upgraded outreach strategy by identifying and leading cross-departmental marketing program using on-air, print and web simultaneously to increase revenue by $600K.

Generated $1M of savings in new acquisition costs by improving data analytics and improved list scrubbing with internal and national cross-functional teams; increased membership by 20 percent and retention rates by 40 percent.

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY – South Orange, NJ 2002 to 2004

DIRECTOR (2003-2004) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (2002-2003)

Recruited to reorganize recruitment programs of 13 graduate departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. Created collaboration between departments; identified strengths, developed objectives, and spear-headed efforts to streamline marketing campaign. Managed vendor relations, budgets and outsourcing.

Professionalized contact and application management operations and instituted transparency and standardization across all programs.

Improved inter-department relations and drove successful campaign to combine marketing budgets to maximize outreach efforts.

Captured and converted 20 percent more applicants into graduate programs in first year.

Optimized limited $80K expense budget with central management, project tracking and internal partner buy-in.

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE – New York, NY 1999 to 2002

MANAGER (2000-2002) SPECIALIST (1999-2000)

Enhanced revenue program while serving in pioneering direct marketing role. Bolstered profitability with innovative and low cost business solutions.

Spearheaded organization’s first e-mail campaign resulting in 95 percent opt-in rate.

Saved thousands by negotiating free advertising on daily third party e-mail to over 100,000 recipients.

Increased monthly giving program renewal rate by 90 percent and membership by 400 percent in a two year period.

Conducted a comparative study of organization donors and socially engaged internet users; utilized to establish revenue generating e-marketing program.

EMMANUEL CANCER FOUNDATION – Scotch Plains, NJ 1998 to 1999

Manager

PROGRESSIVE TITLE AGENCY – Morristown, NJ 1996 to 1998

Supervisor

Professional Profile

Education:

Master in Public Administration SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, South Orange, NJ

Bachelor of Arts MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, Upper Montclair, NJ

Certifications:

Licensed NJ Real Estate Agent Certified Empowerment Coach

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