Fall 2023 AREA Familiarization Tour

 

Site Selection Consultants

Brad Migdal | Cushman & Wakefield

Biography

Brad focuses on strategic consulting, specializing in business incentives. He has experience in prospective state tax benefits, with a focus on credits and incentives. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Brad worked at Transwestern and was also the managing director for global corporate services at Newmark. Brad is passionate about politics and social services. He supports Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE). He has also been an honored speaker at the North Eastern Strategic Alliance – South Carolina and the Kansas City Area Development Council.

Focus Industries

Food & Beverage, Life Science, Pharma, BioTech, Manufacturing and General Site Selection

Interests

Golf and travel

Alma Mater

University of Wisconsin

Bryan Farlow | Thomas & Hutton

Biography

Bryan has been in the economic development field for twelve years. He has served in workforce development, state and federal grant writing, local/regional planning, senior positions in two state economic development agencies, and site selection. His main areas of focus in recent years has been FDI, site development, site selection, and site selection technology. Over the course of his career, he has recruited over $2.5 billion in capital investment to U.S. and worked with companies from over 17 countries and across the U.S.

Focus Industries

General site selection, FDI Foreign Direct Investment & Site Selection Technology

Interests

Golf, bird hunting, cooking, and wood turning

Alma Mater

Tennessee Wesleyan University

Dave Lazlo | Austin Consulting

Biography

Dave has over 10 years of experience in corporate location consulting. Dave has performed a wide array of location optimization studies leading to high-performing operating sites throughout North America. Dave provides expertise on targeted workforce skills alignment, demographic profiling, location screening, qualitative scorecards, freight cost modeling, relocation feasibility/impact analysis, GIS mapping, site due-diligence, and employer interviews. Dave joined Austin Consulting in 2021. He previously worked in the strategic consulting group for a global real estate firm and prior to that worked for an independent corporate location consulting firm, where he launched his career in site selection.

Focus Industries

General Site Selection, Manufacturing, Distribution Centers, Headquarters, Call Centers and Back-Office

Interests

N/A

Alma Mater

Clemson University, Florida State University

Eric Levenhagen | RSM US LLP

Biography

Eric brings more than 17 years of economic development experience to his role as a manager with the firm ‘s state and local tax practice. He consults with clients on expansion plans to help identify and secure available credits and incentives. He serves a broad range of industry sectors including manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and service companies. Prior to joining RSM, Eric was a senior project manager for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) Business Development team. During his seven years at the IEDC, he helped secure approximately 10,000 new job commitments on over 80 project acceptances.

Focus Industries

General site selection, Auto/EV Supply, Food Processing & Advanced Manufacturing

Interests

Coaching youth sports, travel and puzzles

Alma Mater

University of Oklahoma, Indiana University

Garet Tomlinson | Mohr Partners

Biography

Garet is the senior BDA lead on the Healthcare Team at Mohr Partners. He focuses on partnering with growing national healthcare/life science companies and hospital systems as a strategic partner, aligning their real estate portfolio with the company’s long-term goals. Garet and his team have developed national rollout strategies for multiple healthcare companies looking to enter new markets in very competitive healthcare sectors.

Focus Industries

General Site Selection

Interests

Cycling and motorcycles

Alma Mater

University of Texas at Arlington

Scott Kupperman | Kupperman Location Solutions

Biography

Scott formed Kupperman Location Services (KLS), a corporate consulting entity providing site selection and associated facility-acquisition services across the U.S., in 2011. KLS focuses on providing services designed to maximize the long-term value of a well-informed facility location decision. He has a history of serving clients with a variety of product types with specific manufacturing and distribution needs, including many in the food industry. His background includes the marketing, permitting, acquisition and disposition of over $300 million in land assets to a diversified array of retailers, developers and jurisdictional bodies.

Focus Industries

General Site Selection, Food & Beverage Processing

Interests

Soccer, tennis, travel, fitness

Alma Mater

Tulane University, University of Miami (FL)

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