ICB was founded in 1989 as an Architectural consulting firm focusing on commercial office space efficiencies and internal facility process improvement. Our focus is to develop strategies that directly and measureably improve the Facility Management functions in the realm of real estate, operations, and strategic sourcing. Although we utilize a varied range of process improvement strategies and design methodologies, we are defined by how we help our clients manage their facility portfolios and drive out costs. At the core we are Facility people but we bring the rigors of process management, Six Sigma, and strategic planning to everything we do.
As a Corporate Architect, Facility Management and Real Estate expert with over 25 years of experience
in a myriad of corporate cultures and environments, David King combines a
background as a commercial designer and Architect with fourteen years experience
as a global facility/real estate executive for companies such as FMC
Corporation, The University of Chicago, Heller Financial and GE Commercial
Finance
Over the past several years he has designed and developed commercial products
for corporate facility operations as well as the development of cross-platform
real estate management technology strategies coupling third-party service
providers to build global portfolio management capability, improve
accountability, and deliver positive financial results.
Mr. King has a broad range of experience in Facility development and management,
strategic sourcing, and real estate disposition. He has worked as a Carpenter,
facility manager, corporate asset manager, lead project manager, corporate
Architect, corporate change agent, merger and acquisition real estate team
leader, and global facility leader.
As the head of global real estate and facilities group for Heller Financial,
Inc., in addition to managing multi-facility operations, global real estate
strategies, global service and commodity contract negotiations, he developed the
global real estate leased property vision for six divisions, consolidated
rooftops to reduce facility portfolio costs by 13%, and led the adoption of a
company FM/RE system.
At GE Commercial Finance, Corporate Financial Services he was the global
director of real estate and facility operations and sourcing where he directed
all aspects of a $34mm leased portfolio, the built environment, M&A disposition,
process and procedure development and inter-company facility strategies. He was
GE’s foremost authority on technology integration with real estate and facility
management processes and databases. Mr. King was one of the first executives in
the industry to e-bid a major lease negotiation in 2004. His strategies effected
a $23mm portfolio cost reduction in two years. Mr. King was integral to GE
Commercial Finance’s recent migration to an automated lease audit and management
system for 450-plus properties in North America.
As Assistant Director of Facility Construction at The University of Chicago he
managed fourteen campus project managers with oversight of all renovations and
new construction including the Ratner Fitness Center and the university’s
co-generation plant. Mr. King was the university’s project leader in the joint
venture project with the Chicago Park District on the Midway Plaisance Skating
Rink. Mr. King initiated a “Balanced Scorecard” program within the department to
streamline the process and help his team manage more than $240mm in capital
projects through the development of a process and procedures manual.
Honors and Awards:
Mr. King has been published by the National Association of Purchasing Management (Construction Services: “How to Hire the Trades”) and has written several white papers on operational improvement for GE, Kinko’s and Pitney Bowes.
2008: White paper on sustainable corporate relocation Best Practices published in the Facility Management Journal (IFMA) and by the American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA).
2008: David King designed the Samson Carts® line, which was awarded "Cradle To Cradle" Gold level certification by MBDC. The first library/file cart to be awarded for sustainability.
2008 MIT Enterprise Forum Panelist on Green Best Practices in Chicago.
Mr. King is passionate about developing products and processes that reduce
operational costs and include sustainable qualities that promote green design
whenever possible.
Mr. King currently teaches the IFMA CFM courses on
Finance and Real estate at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in Hoffman
Estates.