By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth[caption id="attachment_79" align="alignleft" width="151" caption="Kevin Maggiacomo, CEO, Sperry Van Ness"][IMGCAP(1)][/caption]This week's CEO spotlight profiles Kevin Maggiacomo, President and CEO of Sperry Van Ness (SVN). Sperry Van Ness is the 12th largest commercial real estate brokerage firm in the world with more than 950 advisors in 3 countries, 38 states and 153 markets and having completed more than 39 billion dollars in sales volume on 12,000 commercial real estate transactions in the last 4 years. On with the interview...Mike Myatt: Kevin, for readers not familiar with your background, would you please share a brief summary of your career history?
Kevin Maggiacomo Mike Myatt: What do you see as your primary role as the CEO of Sperry Van Ness? Kevin Maggiacomo Mike Myatt: What do you see as SVN's strongest competitive value proposition? Kevin Maggiacomo Mike Myatt: Do you have a mentor, and how important was/is that person to you in term of your professional development? Kevin Magggiacomo Mike Myatt: You're a big believer in social media, and one of the few CEO bloggers among your contemporaries...why do you feel this is important? Kevin Maggiacomo Mike Myatt: What books are you currently reading? Kevin Maggiacomo The Killer Angels Mike Myatt: What would you say was your "defining moment" as an executive? Kevin Maggiacomo Mike Myatt: What do you see as your greatest leadership strength? Kevin Maggiacomo Mike Myatt: Where do you the commercial real estate markets trending in 2010? Kevin Maggiacomo Mike Myatt: If you could give one piece of advice to our readers what would that be? Kevin Maggiacomo

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