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Erik Heuser Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Operations Officer Taylor Morrison
John Paul Bruno has an extensive background in the corporate real estate practice and global procurement and sourcing in the high technology industry in Silicon Valley. He is currently the Vice President of Global Real Estate and Procurement for Workday, Inc. This is the similar role that he held with Yahoo, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., and Sybase Corporation.
He was also CFO of boats.com, where he was part of the management team that launched the most successful internet company for the recreational marine industry.
In 2015 John was recognized by CORENET GLOBAL as the Corporate Real Estate Executive of the Year. John has the distinction that during his career he has done a real estate transaction on every continent on the globe except Antarctica. In 2016 John engineered for Yahoo what was the largest real estate land sale in Silicon Valley that year. John has pioneered the adoption of the “new” open plan design for technology companies which has enhanced the employee experience and facilitated closer collaboration with his colleagues. He is also and early adopter of sustainable energy systems with the design and installation of a multitude of on-site renewable power plants through the utilization of fuel cells and photo voltaic systems at his corporate campuses.
John is a graduate of St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration Degree from Santa Clara University. He was a founding Board Member for the Housing Trust of Silicon Valley and a twenty-year member of the Board of Directors for Technology Credit Union. Currently, John is a founding board member of The Jack McGovern Coats Disease Foundation and is Chair of the Building Committee for the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
John and his wife live in their hometown of San Francisco where their two grown children also reside.
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