Why CIOs Need Proptech Now More Than Ever

Dan Ryan is the co-founder and CEO of VergeSense, the leading provider of AI-Powered sensors for the workplace. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for disrupting the intersection of the physical and digital worlds. Previously, Dan was Vice President of Product at Acuity Brands Lighting, where he built and helped launch Acuity’s IoT Division (Atrius) following its acquisition of his company ByteLight. He originally founded ByteLight, a pioneer of LED-based indoor positioning systems, in 2011 and it’s now a standard offering across almost every lighting OEM. As one of the inventors of visible light communication, he has a total of 19 patents to his name. Dan is a graduate of Boston University, where he received a BS, summa cum laude, in Electrical Engineering.

Edward Wagoner is the CIO at JLL Technologies, which is the division that focuses on delivering technology to accelerate innovation in commercial real estate. He is leveraging 35 years of industry experience, including more than 15 years as JLL’s Global CIO overseeing its corporate occupier technology platform.

Kitty is an investor with JLL Spark, a strategic venture fund that invests in early-stage Proptech companies. She previously worked at carpooling startup Scoop, LinkedIn, and management consultancies Bain and The Monitor Group. She is passionate about mentoring and collaborating with startups of all sizes on strategy, business ops, and growth. She has a B.A. from Bowdoin College and an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

Lynn Patzner is an Account Executive within JLL Technologies division. She leverages her 10 years' experience across the end-to-end real estate technology offerings to help JLL clients create the right digital roadmap strategy, understand the options available that fit the strategy and to advise on the prioritization and implementation strategy for a client’s digital roadmap