Past Webinar

Howard Barash is a finance executive with over 20 years of success in driving revenue, profitability, and asset performance in the real estate industry. His expertise has benefitted domestic and international companies ranging from a start-up real estate investment trust to a mature asset management company, with portfolios in the single and multi-family housing spaces. Through leadership roles as a Chief Financial Officer, as well as as a trusted external consultant, he has leveraged his wealth of talents to maximize growth, capital, investor returns, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.

Jeff Ewing directs 5Q’s Security Operations and Architecture Services. Throughout the first portion of his 25+ career, Jeff provided management consulting and technology advisory services to C-Level and IT Leadership across all real estate verticals. As a trusted consultant, he has executed projects for clients around cloud transformation services, process automation, infrastructure design and data governance. Since obtaining a CISSP in 2012, Jeff has been instrumental in cyber security solutions such as secure cloud applications development, maturity assessments and remediation, awareness training programs and the development of cyber security policies and procedures.

Susan Gerock currently serves as SVP, Information Technology and CIO for Elme Communities, formerly known as WashREIT. She has over 25 years' experience in various technology roles spanning manufacturing, consulting, application service provider and commercial real estate organizations. Her specialties include ERP selection and implementation, project and change management, and cybersecurity. She is also a proponent of the use of social media and the overlapping relationship between technology and marketing.

As CEO, Don Goldstein is responsible for the overall leadership, operations, cyber security strategy, and direction of 5Q’s four service lines. He is an accomplished, award winning C-Level technology executive as Global CIO and CISO, with a distinguished 37-year career of providing robust technology and cyber security solutions to enable business growth. He possesses over 22 years of commercial real estate experience across all lines of business with the largest commercial real estate services, investment management and development company in the world.

Fred Gordy is a Smart Building industry expert and thought leader with 20 years of experience in secure control system development and implementation for Fortune 500 companies throughout the US and abroad. He is one of the first in the Smart Building industry to address the inherent risk that control system technology poses. He has authored and participated in over 100 articles on building control cybersecurity with industry magazines as well as the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and Healthcare publications. In addition to publishing articles, for almost a decade he led control system cybersecurity workshops and has been a passionate speaker and teacher on the subject of building control cybersecurity.

Jules “Jay” Marling, CEO, Managing Principal, and Founder of Capright, has been active in the commercial real estate industry since 1993. To date, Mr. Marling has personally completed or supervised valuation assignments encompassing more than 30,000 institutional assets throughout the United States. These assignments, which involve virtually all types of commercial real estate, have been prepared for institutional clients including pension funds, trusts, corporations, lenders, and legal counsel.

Grant Rickhoff is an Information Technology Executive who leverages business acumen and technology to drive growth, reduce costs and build value while creating an environment of continuous improvement and cultural transformation. Combines background in consulting with proven track record of success leading teams and driving large-scale implementations.

James Roberts is a cybersecurity expert with extensive experience designing, deploying, and maintaining secure centralized automation frameworks and controls. He has deep expertise in integrating communication protocols, programming languages, data analytics, and visualization platforms. James has a strong focus on big data analytics for commercial and sustainable energy systems, including HVAC, lighting, utility monitoring, and cost analysis. He brings a unique perspective to his work, ensuring that his solutions are not only efficient but also resilient against cyber threats.