PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ford joined Oxford Commercial in 1999 after eight years of operating the Alexander Company, an office tenant representation firm in Austin. He specializes in providing tenant representation and consulting services to users of office space. In 2003, Ford was formally inducted into the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), the premier real estate organization in the world, where membership is by invitation only, and earned by tenured performance and strictest adherence to the highest ethical standards. These requirements ensure that SIOR designees possess a standard of expertise and knowledge unmatched by competing brokers in local, regional or national markets.
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Primary activities during his real estate career have focused on tenant representation and site selection. Components of these activities include strategy development, market research/identification, proposal solicitation, financial evaluation and modeling, deal negotiation, and operating expense audits. Ford has leased over 3,600,000 square feet of office space and been involved in 20,000,000 square feet of land transactions. He has concluded several noteworthy leasing and sales transactions:
- Vignette (600,000 SF/18 Transactions)
- Trilogy Software (350,000 SF/12 Transactions)
- Signature Science (65,000 SF)
- NetSpend (60,000 SF)
- Automatic Data Processing (51,000 SF)
- nFusion (30,000 SF)
- University of Texas Investment Management Company (30,000 SF)
- UBS (26,000 SF)
- Premiere Global Services (17,000 SF)
- King & Spalding (16,000 SF)
- Strayer University (15,000 SF)
- Lance Armstrong Foundation (Land Purchase)
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing – 1978
Master of Business Administration, Finance – 1985
AFFILIATIONS
Ford currently serves on the board of directors of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the advisory board of Texas Capital Bank, and has served on the board of directors of Colliers International, the American Cancer Society, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and various local professional organizations. He is a graduate of the Chamber’s Leadership Austin program and a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.