FRED SCHMIDT
Chief Operating Officer

Fred is a Founding Partner and Chief Operating Officer of GeoEconomic Institute (GEI). Fred has over 42 years of commercial real estate experience and 28 years of corporate real estate services experience. He drives the firm's business engagement strategy for GEI ’s service delivery platform in conjunction with the leadership of the Social Enterprise Group. He works with the GEI team across the business to ensure it delivers exceptional outcomes to their clients.

Prior to GEI he served as President and COO of Coldwell Banker Commercial and Commercial Leader for the Realogy family of companies. In that role he oversaw the operations of over 270 locations in 44 countries, consisting of 3,000 professionals. He supervised the delivery of all services to clients including the Global Client Solutions team, which included advisory and transaction services, project management, facilities management, financial solutions, and site selection services.

Prior to his role at CBC/Realogy, he was the Managing Director at United Systems Integrators, a Corporate Services Firm that is now part of Johnson Controls/CBRE. He spent 20 years at CBRE in the New York region and was one of the founding members of the CBRE Corporate Services team, he assumed the challenge of building the corporate services outsourcing with corporate clients.

Education

• B.S., Marketing, Seton Hall University
• Wharton Business School Leadership Program
• Certified Business Coach for commercial real estate services

Affiliations

• Corenet Global
• Industrial Asset Management Council
• Asian American Real Estate Association
• National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals

Accomplishments

• Top Two Percent Producer CBRE 5 years
• American Conference on Diversity Humanitarian of the Year
• Keynote Speaker