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Fred Schmidt President and COO

Fred Schmidt was appointed president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Commercial Affiliates LLC in February 2010. Schmidt is a veteran commercial real estate professional with more than 30 years of experience in the industry, and held posts with Realogy Corporation and Coldwell Banker Commercial for seven years prior to this promotion. In his current role, Schmidt leads this growing franchise system that has approximately 200 offices and 2,300 commercial real estate professionals operating in 20 countries worldwide, including recent key additions in the New York City and Atlanta markets. In addition, Schmidt also serves as president of ONCOR International LLC, a global commercial real estate referral network comprised of more than 50 independently owned brokerage firms.

Schmidt served as senior vice president of the Realogy Global Client Solutions group from 2008 to 2010. In this role, he led the proactive development of client relationships and sourcing of business development opportunities on behalf of Realogy’s commercial real estate entities. Additionally, he was responsible for overseeing the specialty groups including corporate services, hospitality, multi-family, property management, retail, and Real Estate Owned (REO).

Schmidt joined Coldwell Banker Commercial in 2003 as vice president of business development, and two years later was promoted to senior vice president of business development and operations. Prior to Coldwell Banker Commercial, he was first vice president of corporate services for CB Richard Ellis and was responsible for providing a broad base of advisory services to public and private sector clients requiring multi-market, multi-project real estate services. Schmidt’s 21-year tenure with CBRE included both sales and management roles in the Central New Jersey and Hartford, Conn., markets. He later served as managing director for United Systems Integrators Corporation, where he was responsible for the company’s corporate real estate services and new business development in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the Ohio Valley.

Schmidt, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University, is a member of CoreNet Global, the leading professional association for the corporate real estate industry. He also is active in his community, and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Summit (N.J.) YMCA.

Greg Sexton Senior Vice President, Operations

Gregory Sexton was appointed Senior Vice President, Operations, in November 2007 for Coldwell Banker Commercial Affiliates, Inc. Mr. Sexton is responsible for the marketing and operations of the Coldwell Banker Commercial organization.

Mr. Sexton has held a variety of positions within Realogy Corporation (formerly Cendant Corporation) since joining in 1998, including Franchise Sales Director for Century 21, Regional Vice President for Century 21 and Coldwell Banker. He has been responsible for the sale of real estate franchises to existing unaffiliated real estate companies, the sale of start-up companies, and to assist existing franchisees grow through the merger and acquisition of unaffiliated real estate companies. His teams have been responsible for more than $300 million in Gross Closed Commissions to Cendant Corporation.

Prior to his recent appointment, Mr. Sextion held the title of Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth. In addition, Mr. Sexton, who received his bachelors degree from Lipscomb University in 1987, owned the largest residential and commercial cleaning franchise for six years in Nashville, TN before joining the parent company to lead their national franchise sales and development operation.

Mr. Sexton has received numerous awards in his leadership roles at Cendant Corporation including The Chairmans Award for Franchise Sales in 2001 & 2002, Regional Vice President of the Year in 2001, 2002 & 2003, and Southern Region Regional Vice President of the Year in 2000.

Tim Dimond Vice President, Ownership Services

Tim Dimond is Vice President of Ownership Services for Coldwell Banker Commercial. Tim oversees all owner-related services and is focused on developing a vertically integrated service platform, including property management, construction management, agency leasing, investment sales, and the capital markets business, for the company. Tim also serves as a national resource for each Coldwell Banker Commercial affiliate office.

Tim boasts over 20 years of commercial real estate professional experience. He most recently served as the director of real estate development and management for the State of Florida, helping to formulate ownership strategy and management of eight million square feet of state owned real estate and 10 million square feet of privately-owned properties. He also oversaw a variety of statewide construction services and held overall responsibility for the management of all facilities operations at the Florida Governors Mansion.

Previously, Tim has served as the director/senior vice president of institutional advisory services for The Merlot Group; director of the office of property management for the District of Columbia; general manager for Carramerica Realty Corporation in Washington, D.C.; and vice president and director of operations for Draper & Kramer in Hanover, Md.

Tim has a Bachelor of Science degree from Barry University in Miami. He has a Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and also served as IREMs Washington, D.C., Chapter president in 2000 and 2001. He has received a number of awards throughout his career, including the 2002 CPM Manager of the Year and has served on several industry boards and task forces.