Diego M.

Senior program and operations leader responsible for shaping and executing enterprise-scale real estate and workplace programs, aligning capital investments, operational performance, and long-term portfolio strategy with IBM’s business objectives. - Own the end-to-end leadership of complex, multi-year programs across IBM’s real estate portfolio, translating strategic priorities into executable roadmaps with clear scope, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes from early concept through delivery. - Act as a strategic integrator across global, cross-functional stakeholders, aligning real estate, facilities, finance, procurement, engineering, design, construction, and executive leadership to enable coordinated execution and consistent decision-making. - Lead portfolio-level planning and financial management activities, including capital planning, budgeting, forecasting, approvals, and performance tracking, supporting disciplined investment decisions and financial transparency. - Establish program governance models, operating rhythms, and reporting structures that provide visibility into schedule, cost, risk, and interdependencies, enabling proactive executive decision-making. - Drive execution excellence through structured program reviews, steering committees, and executive communications, leveraging KPIs and performance data to manage risk and continuously improve outcomes. - Champion the evolution of program management tools, processes, and operational frameworks to improve scalability, consistency, and effectiveness across distributed teams. - Oversee external partners and service providers, ensuring strong financial controls, service level performance, accountability, and alignment with enterprise standards. - Lead, coach, and influence experienced project and program managers, fostering a culture of ownership, operational rigor, and high-quality delivery across global teams.

Senior program management leader providing independent oversight, governance, and operational assurance across a global design and construction portfolio, supporting executive decision-making and consistent delivery at enterprise scale. - Provided portfolio-level leadership and assurance across more than 980 active projects with a total capital value exceeding USD 2.8B, ensuring alignment with strategic, financial, and operational objectives across regions and functions. - Acted as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, offering independent oversight on cost, schedule, risk, compliance, and delivery performance while enabling informed, data-driven decisions. - Led continuous improvement initiatives focused on standardization, execution consistency, and performance optimization across geographically distributed teams. - Oversaw strategic procurement and commercial governance activities at the program level, supporting sourcing strategies, vendor alignment, and delivery accountability. - Established and managed single-source-of-truth reporting frameworks, integrating cost, schedule, and performance data to provide clear executive visibility into portfolio health. - Defined and monitored program-level KPIs and performance metrics, leveraging analytics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for operational improvement. - Supported and enabled project delivery teams through structured guidance, best practices, and targeted training across program management and cost management disciplines.

Regional project director responsible for leading complex design and construction programs across the Americas, delivering capital projects with strong financial discipline, operational rigor, and strategic alignment. - Led the full lifecycle delivery of multi-market projects with an accumulated capital value exceeding USD 50M, ensuring disciplined execution, cost control, and value optimization. - Owned CAPEX and OPEX planning, control, and forecasting at the project and program level, aligning asset capitalization, depreciation, and cash flow projections with finance and accounting requirements. - Delivered measurable cost efficiencies through proactive budget management, value engineering, and commercial negotiations with consultants and contractors. - Directed the implementation of global design and construction standards across 10 countries, ensuring regional consistency, compliance, and quality across diverse markets. - Led multidisciplinary regional teams, providing strategic direction, governance, and decision-making support across varied project typologies. - Oversaw complex scopes including structural reinforcements, footprint optimization, MEP upgrades, and new core-and-shell developments across corporate and mission-critical environments.

As a Project Manager for the America’s markets, I led the full lifecycle of multiple real estate projects across with a budget exceeding $65 million USD. I ensured the smooth operation and support of various functional areas during project timeline development, including Real Estate, Architecture and Interior Design team, BIM & Technical Office team, MEP design and construction, Cost Control teams, Procurement and Purchasing managers, General Contractors, and the Former in-house construction team. Managed enterprise projects for Fortune 500 clients. In each project, I synchronized various aspects, provided accurate estimations to finance departments, and negotiated commercial agreements, all while providing strategic vision and direction to my team.

As the Director of the University Campus Planning Department, I managed the real estate expansion, architectural, and urban development of the University Campus with a total budget of $40 million USD. This included the successful financial structuring phase of projects, major investment plan control, and real estate expansion and asset procurement. In each project, I synchronized various aspects, provided accurate estimations to finance departments, and negotiated commercial agreements, all while providing strategic vision and direction to my team

Project Manager responsible for the planning, design, and construction of the first site in Colombia for a #2 Fortune 500 company. The total budget was $10 million USD. This included managing real estate transactions, designing and constructing the temporary site, and overseeing the financial structuring phase and design completion phase for the final site.

Project Manager responsible for the planning, design, and construction of corporate offices and retail spaces for Fortune 500 companies. I led the full lifecycle of these projects, ensuring budget execution and generating savings for client-required improvements.

Research, and development of public policies, and projects to improve the transportation network and user experience for the Lombardia Region within Citta Studi Campus Sostenible & Traspol Research Centre on Transport Policy.

Project coordinator of the University Hospital Expansion Project 39.000 M2.

Project manager for private clients, and general contractor for retail, and real estate companies.

On-site architect

The Master of Science program highlights strategic and financial aspects in urban planning, encompassing tools for infrastructural, housing, transport, services, and environmental policies. It also emphasizes skills in leadership, program management, economic assessment for managing complex programs and projects. The program focuses on specific professional abilities for urban and territorial policies, offering an academic path to design spatial arrangements and real estate development while considering crucial strategic and financial dimensions in city and territory management.

The Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification is a globally recognized project management certification that tests a candidate's ability to manage the people, processes, and business priorities of a professional project.