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Our executive team is comprised of seasoned industry leaders. Our expertise brings you real-world solutions that uncover hidden savings opportunities. We deliver the highest quality, most effective solutions for you.

Michele J. Flynn, Founder and President

Michele is an industry visionary.  With more than 25 years of real estate and corporate administrative experience, she leads a team of professionals who have “been there, done that,” accentuating her belief that if you advise a company on how to run an operation, you need to know how to run that operation.

Michele brings to each engagement deep expertise in leveraging process and technology to reduce expenses and align corporate services to meet the changing needs of business units. Before Expense Management Solutions, Michele held executive positions with Fortune 500 companies, international banks and public accounting firms in real estate, investment management, administrative services and contract administration.

She has lectured at universities and professional trade organizations and written for industry publications (i.e. Facilities Design and Management, Purchasing Today, Financial Executive, Corporate Real Estate Executive, CRE Leader) on subjects such as e-procurement systems and trends, e-commerce initiatives; business process design; outsourcing; global sourcing; supplier relationship management, real estate finance, corporate real estate management and shared service organizational issues. Michele earned an MBA from Southern Methodist University and an AB in International Relations from Mount Holyoke College. She is Board Certified in Corporate Real Estate (BCCR) by Corenet, and is a member of the Institute of Supply Management, Purchasing Management Association of Boston, International Facilities Management Association, International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, the Sourcing Interests Group, and a number of other professional organizations.

Maureen Ehrenberg, Principal

Maureen is known in the commercial real estate industry as a leader, innovator, strategist, and problem solver. Her teams have been recognized in the industry, winning The Chicago Sun Times recognition for Property/Asset Manager of The Year in 1997, CoreNet Global's Innovator of The Year Award in 2002, and multiple vendor recognition awards for service excellence including The Global Vendor of the Year for Microsoft in 2007. Ehrenberg was named by Crain's Chicago Business and National Real Estate Investor as one of the forty executives under forty to watch in 1998.

Ehrenberg served for ten years as an Executive Officer of a publicly traded real estate service provider overseeing a team in excess of 3,000 employees. She has participated in raising venture capital in excess of $240M and has held several senior management positions in various aspects of the industry with some of the leading real estate firms in the country.

A veteran with 25 years experience, Maureen is a member of the Real Estate Advisory Committee for the New York State Teachers' Retirement System (NYSTRS). She serves as a trustee for Roosevelt University in Chicago and a member of the Real Estate Advisory Board of its Graduate School of Real Estate She is a Board Member of the Auditorium Theater of Chicago, the Board of BOMA Chicago, the Americas' Board of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and serves on the Board of the Blue Gargoyle Community Services Organization in Hyde Park at the University of Chicago. She serves as a Trustee for the Health and Welfare and Training Funds for the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 399.

Ehrenberg earned a BSc with Honors in Economics and Accounting from The City University, London, England. She is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), a registered Counselor of Real Estate (CRE), a member of Lambda Alpha International the Honorary Society for the Advancement of Land Economics and a licensed Illinois Broker.

Maureen lectures at universities, and professional and trade organizations. She has served as an advisor to several governmental appointed task forces and blue ribbon panels.

 

Robert Teplansky, Director

Robert Teplansky is Director of Research and Marketing for Expense Management Solutions.

Rob has more than 19 years experience working with professionals and professional networks from a variety of industries and has developed a wide array of knowledge and information products. He coordinated the development of articles, books, research, conferences and trade shows for professionals and trade associations; as well as seminars, instructor led and computer based training programs, and training videos. His research supports both the marketing of Expense Management Solutions' services as well as the consulting teams' ability to stay on top of trends and stakeholders in the corporate services marketplace.

Rob earned his BS/BA from Emmanuel College in Boston. He is active in several professional and industry organizations, and presents and writes extensively on financial and management topics.

 

Chris O'D. Malone, Director, Shared Services

Chris provides expertise for operational assessments, systems evaluations, purchasing, and real estate reviews requiring a significant focus on mail, document management, travel, accounting and IT. She has 25 plus years experience in operations, finance, purchasing, information systems, accounting and real estate. Prior to joining EMS, Chris served as a second vice president of investment operations for a global financial services company; engagement manager for a national software and consulting firm, and director of administrative operations for an asset management company.

Chris earned a BS in business administration from the University of Connecticut, and an MS in professional accounting (MSPA) from the University of Hartford. A member of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, Chris is working toward achieving the Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP) designation.

 

Dennis P. Flynn, Director, Real Estate Investment Services

Dennis P. Flynn brings more than 25 years of commercial real estate and facilities management experience to our clients. Dennis provides unparalleled investment property management expertise, best-practice facility management, project management, tenant representation, and lease management solutions to each engagement. Prior to joining Expense Management Solutions, Dennis worked with one of the world's largest international development companies, managed a commercial office portfolio throughout the southwest, and founded a regional asset management firm. As president and CEO, Dennis directed the growth of the organization into one of America's fastest growing companies, earning the coveted Inc. 500 designation two years in a row.

His accomplishments include the development and implementation of operational policies and procedures for the organization, as it grew tenfold, while managing a portfolio of over 10 million square feet of regional malls, office buildings, shopping centers, industrial parks, and apartment complexes throughout the United States.

Dennis holds a BS in economics and an MS in education from Central Connecticut University. He was selected as a member of  Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans (1992), Who's Who Worldwide (1993), and Who's Who of Executives and Professionals (1998). He provides executive guidance on numerous non-profit boards, as well as operational leadership for the local Boy Scouts of America organization.