David Morgan, MBA, CCIM
My Passion: A Relentless Pursuit of Excellence
“MBAs 50 years out have acquired so much talent, experience, and accomplishment, it's a terrible waste to put them ‘out to pasture’.”
- Jack Smith, Wharton MBA ‘52
I've had a multidisciplinary 50 year career, including
- Industrial Sales & Marketing
- Market Research and Competitive Monitoring
- Economic Forecasting
- Advertising & Marketing Research
- Crisis Management
- Government & Stakeholder Relations
- Environmental Compliance
- Real Estate Portfolio Management
- Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, including Advisory, Site Selection, Investment, Leasing, and Sales.
Deer Bay Advisors is a consultancy with over twenty years of experience in developing sales and marketing programs, and specific niche expertise in development of environmental management programs in the tire and rubber industry.
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Recognized Leaders in Commercial Real Estate
Giving Back
Andrew Carnegie, the great 19th Century industrialist, said:
- In the first Third of your life - LEARN all you can
- In the second Third, EARN all you can
- In the final Third of your life - give all the money away, to worthy causes.
After a long corporate career, I came to CCIM in 1999, and earned my designation in 2006. My version of Carnegie’s advice was to make "Giving Back" my focus, as I eased into retirement. To that end, I willingly and generously gave of my time and skill:
- Active in the CCIM Central Canada Chapter leadership team for over 15 years
- Served 2 terms as Chapter President, in 2009 and 2010
- Served as Chair, Candidate Guidance for the Chapter, 2007 - 2020
- Graduated from the Jay W Levine Leadership Development Academy in 2010
- Served on the North American Chapter Activities, Designation & Member Services Committees
- Elected Regional Vice President for Region 12 (Canada) for 2017
- Confirmed by the Board of Directors of the CCIM Institute as a Life Member, 2019
Basecamp
A place for "Not Knowing", and a place for thinking differently
Chris Kutarna
I read Chris Kutarna's book, Age of Discovery, in 2018 - and said to my wife, "This is the best book I've read in Fifty Years!"
Just as the development of the printing press reduced the cost of communication and so sparked the Renaissance, the rise of Social Media has dropped communications costs again -- so get ready for another Renaissance!
But in order to navigate the new world, we need new maps!
And in order to climb a mountain, you need to start with a Basecamp!
Basecampers are a diverse group of intelligent people with open, questing minds.
- We start by admitting that we do not know the answers to the questions
- Given the problems we can so easily see in the world, we wonder if the right questions have been asked
- If we can re-frame the question, we might just arrive at a better answer.
EXPERIENCE
Commercial Real Estate
Sales Representative
2005 – 2019
Licensed by the Real Estate Council of Ontario as a Real Estate Sales Representative, my focus from 2006 to 2019 was exclusively on commercial real estate transactions and support analysis. I worked in a number of Brokerages, primarily in the Greater Toronto Area. I have close friends in the industry throughout North America, the Caribbean, Central and south America.
CCIM Institute
Life Member, CCIM Institute
2020 - present
Life membership in the Institute is granted to CCIM Designees for service to the Commercial Real Estate industry, both within the Institute and in Organized Real Estate at the local level, over a significant period of years.
Regional Vice President, Region 12
January - December, 2017
CCIM Region 12 includes all of Canada. As RVP, I served as the conduit for information flowing both up and down between the CCIM Institute and the CCIM Chapters in Western and Central Canada. I worked closely with the two Chapter Leadership Teams, assisting them with Strategic Planning and other programs.
Member, Designation Committee
2013 – 2019
The Designation Committee is charged with maintaining, improving and enforcing the 'rules' for granting the prestigious CCIM Designation to qualified Commercial Real Estate Practitioners.
Member, Regional Activities Subcommittee
January 2015 - December 2017
Member, Chapter Activities Subcommittee
October 2010 – December 2011
The Chapter Activities Subcommittee is part of the Member Services Committee. The President's Cup work-group revised, improved and updated the application process for the President's Cup competition
CCIM Central Canada Chapter
Chair, Candidate Guidance
2007 - 2020
The CCIM Designation is recognized globally as the pinnacle of Commercial Real Estate Education and Achievement. As Chair of Candidate Guidance, I worked closely with Candidates as they prepared for the final Comprehensive Exam to achieve their Designation as CCIMsHaving been a Portfolio Grader, I know what the Graders look for, and endeavor to ensure that there are 'no surprises' in the Portfolios submitted by "My Candidates".
Chapter Leadership Team
2000 – 2017
I served on the Chapter Leadership team in various roles - Board Member, VP/President-Elect 2008-2009, Chapter President 2009-2011, Past President 2011-2012, The Central Canada Chapter of the CCIM Institute covers all of Canada east of the Ontario/Manitoba border. Although the Chapter is headquartered in Toronto, there are CCIMs all across the region, from Northen Ontario to the Atlantic Provinces.
Deer Bay Advisors
Owner
– Present
Deer Bay Advisors is a general and strategic management consultancy. Deer Bay also has specific expertise in scrap tire management programs.
Toronto Regional Real Estate Board
Member, Member Communications Committee
July 2010 – June 2013
Member, Government Relations Committee
July 2007 - June 2010
Member, Commercial Division
August 2005 - July 2013
The Toronto Real Estate Board, with over 60,000 members, is Canada's largest Board
Ontario Tire Stewardship
Program Manager
– 2007
Managed the initial phases of development of the Ontario Scrap Tire Management Program. Administered a major RFP to engage consulting team to develop a proposal for program detailed development and administration
Goodyear Canada Inc.
Manager
1980 – 2005
"The most flexible and adaptable staff resource in the Company" - able to scoot up a learning curve faster than anyone else!
Corporate Planning, Economic Forecasting, Marketing Research, Environmental Affairs and Real Estate were some assignments successfully executed over 25 years with he Company.
The Haughton Group
Manager
– 1979
Acted as the primary interface between sales and production, especially with regard to production scheduling for customer satisfaction. Profitability analysis of custom production orders, which resulted in developing a new price estimating manual for use by sales representatives.
Brockhouse Canada Ltd.
Marketing Manager
– 1977
Researched new applications and new customer channels for roll formed steel profiles.
Sonoco Limited
Marketing Manager
1973 – 1976
Responsible for all Sales and Marketing efforts for the Company's newly-developed line of chipboard partition packaging products. Tripled sales, reduced both raw material and in-process inventory, turned the new venture from an unprofitable start-up to a viable, ongoing business
Consumers Glass Co. Ltd.
Marketing Manager
– 1973
Pricing and profitability studies, management of design development process for new glass containers.
Consumers Glass Co. Ltd.
Marketing Manager
– 1973
Pricing and profitability studies, management of design development process for new glass containers.
MY MOTTO
"Difficult" is easy - It’s more challenging, and more fun, to do the impossible!
SKILLS
Negotiation
Analysis
Leasing
Real Estate
Strategic Planning
Environmental Management
EDUCATION
CCIM Institute
Graduate, Jay W Levine Leadership Development Academy 2010 - 2010
Activities: Was one of 18 Cadets selected to attend CCIM Institute's Jay W. Levine Leadership Development Academy, Awarded the Susan J. Groeneveld Scholarship.
CCIM Institute
CCIM Designee: Commercial & Investment Real Estate 2000 - 2006
The CCIM Institute awards the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) Designation to Candidates who have fulfilled the education requirements, submitted an approved Portfolio of Commercial Real Estate Experience, and passed the Comprehensive Final Examination.
Ryerson University
Certificate in Environmental Management 1992 - 1996
The Certificate Program in Continuing Education comprises 8 full courses at the advanced undergraduate level.
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
MBA International Marketing 1967 - 1969
A very comprehensive and flexible program, which suited my broad-based interests
Activities: * International Business Society, 1967 - 1969. * Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society, 2015 to Present
University of Toronto
BA French and German 1963 - 1967
Activities: Inter-Faculty Water Polo Team
University of Toronto Schools
1956 - 1963
UTS was founded in 1910 as one of the first "Lab Schools" in North America, dedicated to the education of students with high academic potential, and also serving as a location where students in the Faculty of Education could gain valuable classroom teaching experience.
Activities: Royal Canadian Army Cadets, Quartermaster. Swim Team
REFERENCES
Neel Surendran CCIM
Broker of Record at Cityscape Real Estate Ltd
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR AND PRESENTER. HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENTED THE CONCERNS OF THE CANADIAN CCIMs TO THE HEAD OFFICE IN CHICAGO. HE HAS ALSO PROVIDED LEADERSHIP FOR THE CENTRAL CANADA CHAPTER IN ORGANIZING USEFUL SEMINARS FOR THE COMMERCIAL PRACTIONERS
Lisa McDonald
Mississauga Real Estate Sales Representative and Team Leader of The HeartNHomeTeam at Keller Williams Realty Solutions
David was the Director in our Commercial Division, Keller Williams Real Estate Associates. David was a trusted resource for our commercial realtors - he is a wealth of knowledge and a person of high integrity - I would absolutely recommend David!
Linda Loftus CCIM SIOR CIPS MRICS
Broker, Real Estate Succession Advisor - Sutton Group Incentive Realty Inc., Brokerage, Independently Owned and Operated
David is one of the people I use to illustrate 'it's never too late'. David received his CCIM designation later in life and after his many years of personally heading up the real estate department for Goodyear Tire in Canada. David reminds us all, it isn't where we have been that is the story, it is where we are going. A very conscientious leader and a fan of people, a great gentleman to know and to work with.
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