1. ILAN
ZACHAR
•
305.450.5114
•
ilanimation@gmail.com
STRATEGIC
REAL
ESTATE
TECHNOLOGY
LEADERSHIP:
CIO
•
CTO
Envisioning
Solutions
•
Executing
Strategies
•
Delivering
Transformation
Ø Visionary
technology
executive
who
creates,
sells,
and
implements
unique,
cost-­‐effective
technological
solutions
that
increase
revenue
and
efficiency—while
slashing
risk
and
complexity.
Ø Globally
focused,
trilingual
leader
with
extensive
experience
in
the
US;
Western,
Eastern,
and
Northern
Europe;
and
Latin
America.
Ø Inspirational
professional
who
transforms
business,
team,
and
corporate
culture.
Deadline
driven
manager
who
delivers
complex,
critical
initiatives
on
time,
every
time.
Ø Direct
communicator
who
leads
leverages
persuasion
and
influence
to
build
synergies
and
ensure
commitment
to
technological
innovation.
Ø Tenacious
negotiator
who
leverages
a
global
rolodex
to
dramatically
reduce
cost.
Ø Trusted
partner
who
adds
value
by
sharing
knowledge
across
business
units,
organizations,
and
teams.
CIO,
Gazit
Group
USA,
Miami,
FL,
US
/
Amsterdam,
NL
2007-­‐Present
Direct
all
strategic
technology
operations
for
3
divisions
of
publicly
traded,
$18B
real
estate
development
leader
with
mandate
to
increase
efficiency
and
competitiveness
and
lower
total
cost.
Lead
team
of
8
direct
reports
and
additional
vendor
resources.
Create
and
manage
~$4M
in
combined
annual
budgets.
-­‐
Spearheaded
end-­‐to-­‐end
technology
and
business
integration
strategies
for
previously
fragmented
Russia,
Poland,
Romania,
Czech
Republic,
Slovakia,
Hungary,
and
Latvia
operations
-­‐
Led
standardization
and
consolidation
of
all
applications,
disaster
recovery
and
business
continuity,
operating
systems,
and
email
-­‐
Revenue
Growth
and
Business
/
Technology
Consolidation:
Piloted
implementation
of
unified
JD
Edwards
Finance
and
Property
Management
system.
Developed
and
presented
demonstrations
to
all
seven
country
heads
to
ensure
committed
buy-­‐in
to
technical
and
business
transformation.
• Determined
critical
business
/
financial
requirements
and
ensured
project
go
ahead
through
delivery
of
comprehensive,
$750K,
multi-­‐country
analysis
to
• Led
implementation
of
$3.2M
property
management
solution—including
translation
and
abstraction
of
3,500
leases
from
7
original
languages
to
English—replacing
legacy
manual
/
Excel
/
paper
process
with
unified
electronic
repository.
o Maximized
revenue,
cash
flow,
and
profitability
by
streamlining
tenant
and
lease
administration,
accelerating
rent
collections,
and
automating
management
and
agent-­‐fee
payments.
o Ensured
rapid
detection
of
billing,
management,
and
cash
flow
issues—with
simplified
planning
and
reduced
business
risk.
o Provided
full
regulatory
compliance
across
7
nations.
• Currently
leading
$6.1M
consolidation
of
7
national
financial
applications
to
unified
solution—anticipated
to
cut
financial
preparation
time
by
as
much
as
50%—with
final
project
delivery
by
Q4
2015.
• Spearheaded
development
of
localized
Real
Estate
modules
fully
compliant
with
multiple
national
regulations.
o Currently
in
negotiations
with
Oracle
/
JD
Edwards
for
implementation
in
next
global
release.
o Presented
at
Oracle
OpenWorld
2013
–
2014
on
single
instance
/
multiple
currency
solutions.
Cost
Reduction:
Created
comprehensive
3-­‐year
strategy
to
support
continuous,
double
digit
growth.
• Slashed
total
costs
by
$4M
/
20%.
• Reduced
total
cost
of
hardware
ownership
by
$240K
over
3
years
by
transition
from
lease
to
purchase
strategy—with
no
reduction
in
support.
• Cut
Microsoft
audit
costs
by
$360K
through
rapid
analysis
and
correction
of
licensing
issues.
• Eliminated
$330K
in
consulting
costs
by
leveraging
previous
analysis
to
overcome
fragmentation,
reduce
inefficiency,
and
lower
cost
in
recently
acquired
Finnish
subsidy—with
additional
$150K
phone
cost
savings
through
analysis
of
most
critical
business
needs.

2. ILAN
ZACHAR
•
305.450.5114
•
ilanimation@gmail.com
Negotiations:
Leveraged
international
vendor
relationships
and
strong
negotiation
skills
to
ensure
industry-­‐leading
discounts.
• Delivered
$1.2M
in
total
discounts
including
$475K
/
45%
discount
for
SECNAP
Network
Security
services;
$215K
/
69%
discount
for
Oracle
JD
Edwards
licenses;
and
$100K
/
69%
discount
for
Oracle
HFM
licenses.
Deployments:
Analyzed
business
requirements,
and
led
creation
and
deployment
of
high
ROI
solutions.
• Implemented
$1.2M,
state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art
videoconferencing
system—with
negotiated
40%
savings.
• Delivered
full
ROI
within
year
1,
by
dramatically
reducing
international
travel
costs,
and
enabled
full
CEO
attendance
at
all
board
meetings,
press,
analyst
calls,
legal
calls,
and
meetings.
Risk
Management,
Disaster
Recovery,
and
Business
Continuity:
Developed
comprehensive,
$200K
disaster
recovery
strategies
encompassing
4
countries
on
3
continents.
• Ensured
full
remote
failover
and
satellite
phone
capabilities
to
assess
extend
of
damage.
• Created
and
implemented
corporate
governance
policies
and
procedures
to
anticipate,
meet,
and
exceed
global
SOX-­‐
modeled
requirements—with
100%
compliance.
CIO
&
VP,
Equity
One,
Inc.,
Miami,
FL,
US
2002-­‐2006
Created
and
executed
all
technology
strategies.
Built
responsive,
customer
focused,
10
member
IT
team,
and
developed
and
managed
$1.5M
budget.
• Led
implementation
of
technical
infrastructure
to
support
explosive
growth
from
28
shopping
centers
owned
and
managed
to
more
than
200—within
2
years.
• Spearheaded
transition
from
legacy,
DOS
based
property
management
system
to
JD
Edwards
ERP
8.
Delivered
project
$2M
/
66%
under
budget—with
full
integration
of
100+
newly
acquired
properties.
Upgraded
to
8.11
in
only
120
days—the
1st
Oracle
site
globally
on
this
version.
• Established
and
enforced
initial
SOX
certification
standards
and
mapped
control
COBIT
3
to
COBIT
4
objectives
to
address
evolving
regulations—and
successfully
achieved
annual
approval.
• Authored
risk
management
and
disaster
recovery
plan
ensuring
full
recovery
of
email,
ERP
and
supporting
business
applications—within
72
hour
window.
Reduced
3rd
party
DR
solutions
cost
by
60%
through
tenacious
negotiation,
and
enabled
immediate,
satellite
phone
communication
with
New
Orleans
property
management
post-­‐Katrina,
enabling
extremely
rapid
repair
and
recovery.
• Ensured
continuous
access
to
tenant
and
vendor
information
through
automation
and
centralization
of
insurance
certificate
database.
CTO,
MSC
Software,
Miami,
FL,
US
2000-­‐2002
• Built
and
led
team
of
developers
and
content
managers.
Directed
all
global
infrastructure
operations.
• Piloted
creation
of
one
of
the
first
global
eCommerce
portals-­‐supporting
3K+
shopping
centers.
Previous
professional
experience
includes
Senior
Systems
Engineer
/
Senior
Consultant
with
Macromedia
/
IBM.
EDUCATION
and
LANGUAGES
BA,
Business
Administration
with
Finance
Concentration
American
InterContinental
University
English
(Fluent)
•
Spanish
(Fluent)
•
Hebrew
(Fluent)
PATENTS,
PUBLICATIONS,
and
AFFILIATIONS
United
States
Patent
#20120124069
/
Mobile
Digital
Property
Portfolio
Management
System
SpammerTrap
Crushes
Backscatter
Attack
/
Secnap
•
Data
Protection
&
Disaster
Recovery
in
Today's
IT
Environment
/
Realcomm
EDGE
•
Atrium
European
Real
Estate
Reconciles
Financial
Close
Data
from
Seven
Countries
Faster
and
Maximizes
Revenue
and
Profitability
/
Oracle
Research
Emeritus
Member,
ICSC
2007-­‐2012
/
Recognized
as
Technology
Solutions
/
R&D
thought
leader