Roger van Overbeek

Sr Director of Corporate Real Estate at Autodesk

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Business executive with over 20 years of global real estate, facilities, construction and operations management in support of growing and contracting businesses. Built successful teams and organizations responsible for aligning real estate and workplace strategies with long-term business objectives. Executed a 30% reduction in a global leased and owned real estate portfolio of a hardware company, generating in excess of $150M in proceeds from the sale of owned office and manufacturing properties in the US, UK and Singapore. Relocated the corporate headquarters from California to Massachusetts. Centralized the Real Estate and Workplace functions of a global digital media company and led the largest real estate expansion in the company’s history by completing over 1.5 million square feet of lease and purchase transactions in a 2 year period for buildings and land. Led the due diligence, integration and consolidation of properties as a result of M&A activities worldwide. Acquisitions ranged from small single site companies to larger complex multi-site portfolios of leased and owned properties. Developed relationships and negotiated agreements with various governmental agencies in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, China and Singapore for the development, leasing or disposition of properties. Skills & Experience: Workplace Strategy and Planning / Global Hands-On Experience in Over 40 Countries Worldwide / M&A Integration and Due Diligence / Portfolio and Operational Restructuring / Change Management / Organization Management / Financial & Strategic Analysis / Effective presenter to CEO staff and all levels of corporate leadership.

Experience

  • Autodesk (San Francisco Bay Area)
    • Sr Director of Corporate Real Estate at Autodesk
      Dec 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

      Corporate Real Estate, Strategic Planning, Workplace Analytics

    • Director of Corporate Real Estate
      2010 - Dec 2020 · 11 yrs

      Global Head of Real Estate, Workplace Strategy, M&A Integration for a 1.8M square foot portfolio of 125 properties in 37 countries.

  • Vice President at Cornish & Carey Commercial
    Aug 2006 - Mar 2010 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    Commercial real estate broker and advisor for office and industrial clients. Represented Tenants, Landlords and Banks in the acquisition and disposition of properties.

  • Chair, Sacramento Area at CoreNet Global
    Mar 2009 - 2010 · 11 mos

    Developed programs in the region for learning, development and networking of Corporate Real Estate professionals.

  • Director, Global Corporate Real Estate at Yahoo, Inc.
    Jun 2004 - Oct 2006 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Managed the Real Estate, Planning, and Project Management of the global office portfolio.

  • Director, Real Estate & Site Services at 3Com Corporation
    Dec 1998 - Jun 2004 · 5 yrs 7 mos

    Managed the Real Estate, Planning, Operations, Project Management and Site Services for over 2 million square feet of office, manufacturing and fulfillment facilities worldwide.