Richard Juge, CCIM President, will keynote ESRI Business Summit

Richard Juge, the 2009 president-elect of CCIM Institute, will keynote at the ESRI Business GIS Summit to be held May 4-6, 2009, at the Westin Tabor Center in Denver, Colorado. Juge will discuss how geographic information system (GIS) technology is an essential component of the financial and suitability analyses that underpin the business community's decision making.

Commercial enterprises that once boasted high revenues and double-digit expansion are now dealing with slumping sales and increased uncertainty. Juge's keynote will describe how companies can convert opportunity into profit by applying the right tools, techniques, and data. Rather than sitting on the sidelines as financing dries up and the global economy slows, Juge believes that companies should invest more in understanding their marketplace and prospects. "For every challenge the market faces, a golden opportunity rises in the face of today's risky economic times," Juge says.

As the owner of two RE/MAX Commercial Brokers, Inc., offices in Louisiana, Juge specializes in office and industrial real estate. With more than 20 years' experience in leasing and sales as well as portfolio investment, Juge is also a real estate educator who has developed and delivered courses on a variety of commercial real estate topics throughout the world.

GIS technology has become one of the most important tools for making more informed real estate investment decisions. Thousands of companies trust it to provide the answers they need to better manage their portfolios, improve their site evaluation process, and develop businesses more profitably.

Juge joins Henrik Dahlin, senior director of Process Engineering, DHL, who will also give a keynote address discussing how GIS has helped the international company improve its bottom-line results, boost customer service ratings, and reduce its impact on the environment.

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