Keith Perske

Keith Perske has been working for more than 25 years at the point where technology and the built environment intersect. Before joining ebusiness strategies, he was President of Group 5 Consulting, a company advising owners and service providers in the application of programs and technology to improve efficiency, flexibility, and mobility in their real estate portfolios. Prior to this, Keith served as Sun Microsystems Business Systems Manager. Responsible for the firm’s CRE technology, he supported Sun’s extensive Mobility Program and released its first internal portal.  As a vice president with HOK, the global architecture and engineering firm, he managed the consulting practice in the Los Angeles office. Keith was also vice president of campus strategy and planning for Home Savings of America, now part of Chase.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Cal Poly, Pomona.

As a founder of OSCRE (Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate), Keith is a driving force behind its push for cost-effective, standardized, and automated electronic information exchange. He is a five-time top-rated faculty member in Corenet Global’s MCR/SLCR Learning Program, a Luminary recipient, and a sought after writer, speaker, and educator on the roles of mobility, social media, and technology in the built environment.

Keith lives near Austin, TX with his wife, teenage twins, three horses, a deaf dog, and a koi fish named Hoover.