CRE Partners specializes in providing unparalleled services in researching, analyzing, and recommending telecommunications and technology applications for owners of commercial office buildings.  Founded by leading professionals in the telecommunications and commercial real estate industry, CRE Partners has the knowledge and experience to help you make the right choices for your properties.

CRE Partners teams with property owners, service providers, consultants, and independent agents around the country to create an extensive network
of companies who share common goals to facilitate mutually beneficial
service contracts and partnerships.

Darlene Pope - Founder and President

 Ms. Pope has been a leading spokesman for the telecommunications
 industry and its relationship with commercial real estate, having played an
 active role in educating and integrating the two industries since 1994.

 Ms. Pope has eight years of senior management experience in the
 telecommunications industry, having served as Sr. Director of Corporate
 Development for e-xpedient, a wireless broadband Internet provider, Sr. Manager of Real Estate Development for BroadBand Office, a telecommunications and applications service provider, Vice President of Real Estate for OnSite Access, a building-centric telephone and Internet provider, and Director of Marketing and Business Development for Kivex.com, the nation's first shared-tenant Internet company (now Allegiance Telecom). Having worked closely with both real estate owners and telecommunications companies, Ms. Pope is able to offer a realistic insight into the business needs of service providers, owners, and tenants.

Ms. Pope is an active member of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), serves on the Telecommunications Task Force, and is a frequent guest speaker at real estate association meetings.  Ms. Pope served as the primary instructor for BOMA's "Internet 101: Getting Connected For Success In Commercial Real Estate, and contributed to the publications "Wired For Profit: The Property Managers Guide to Telecommunications" and "Critical Connections."  In addition, Ms. Pope has written numerous articles on the topic of telecom and its applications in commercial real estate for such publications as BOMA.org, the Office and Commercial Real Estate Magazine, Office and Industrial Properties, Central Florida Real Estate Journal, Society of Property Professionals Journal, and Dorey's Atlanta.

Ms. Pope began her real estate career in 1992 as a commercial property manager for Charles E. Smith Co. in Washington, DC, and is currently working on completing her Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation.

Speaking engagements:
February, 2004     Infocast In-Building Wireless Show, "Homeland Security Market Opportunities"
June, 2004            BOMA International Convention, "From Cables to Wireless"
September, 2004   Indoor Tower Summit, "Building Access Agreements"
October, 2004       IIR In-Building Wireless Conference, "Evaluating In-Building Wireless for Office Buildings"
November, 2004    IREM Educational Conference, "From Cables to Wireless:  The Latest on Telecom and
                              Building Access"
June, 2005            Realcomm/BOMA International Convention, Anaheim, CA
July, 2005              IIR In-Building Wireless Conference, Las Vegas, NV
 
See also 2005 Seminar Schedule.

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Christy Cooper – Vice President

 Ms. Cooper is Vice President of CRE Partners, handling the company’s
 marketing and business development activities.  She has over thirteen years
 of senior management experience in consulting services, sales & marketing
 and license negotiation to the residential and commercial real estate industry. 

 Prior to joining CRE Partners, Ms. Cooper served as National Business Director for Management Business Planning Systems, a real estate consulting company, Sr. Manager of Channel Marketing for Broadband Office, a full service telecommunications and applications service provider, Director of Real Estate for OnSite Access, a building-centric telephone and Internet provider, and Regional Director of KIVEX.com, the first shared tenant internet service provider.  Ms. Cooper maintains a principal broker license and is a former owner of an independent residential real estate brokerage servicing Northern Virginia.

Ms Cooper is active in real estate associations such as Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), Apartment and Office Building Association – DC (AOBA), Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) and the National Association of Realtors.  She has served on the Board of Directors of CREW and the Associates Coalition Team of AOBA, working closely with both associations in vendor services, educational programs and association events.  Ms. Cooper has conducted a series of telecommunications educational sessions for the commercial real estate industry and has spoken at real estate related events for organizations such as the Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors (GWCAR) and NVAR.

Ms. Cooper is a graduate of George Mason University in 1984 with a B.A. degree in Psychology and is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Virginia.