Mike Lawrence Vice President
Mike Lawrence comes to the commercial real estate business from the industrial and commercial consulting world.
Mike attended the University of Illinois, The University of Maryland, and Northwestern University as part of his communication, technical and business training. He also served with the U.S. Army as a combat intelligence specialist in Asia, and later as an advisor to the Army Reserve.
From there, he went on to become a consultant to a major Japanese conglomerate for more than 20 years. Mike specialized in sales and distribution strategies, product and market development, plant site location and selection, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. This gave him a keen awareness of how the effective use of assets can maximize bottom-line performance.
As a consultant, Mike also participated in plant efficiency and product quality audits of manufacturing facilities in Japan, Singapore and Philippines, and Japanese transplants in the United States as part of the worldwide ISO (International Standards Organization) certification movement. He promoted sourcing of new materials and technologies from Japan, Germany, France and Italy to American commerce and industry. Mike also published case studies on issues such as the effects of plant relocation versus turnkey facilities. He continues to consult in technology transfer, procurement, outsourcing labor-intensive operations, and site selection for manufacturing and warehousing for domestic and offshore clients.
Mike is a member of the International Trade Club and The American Management Association.
Contact Mike
Phone: 847-852-3204
Fax: 847-381-7540
MLawrence@NationalRealtyNetwork.net