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Compass Adds Charles Phillips to Board

Charles Phillips has been elected to the board of directors at Compass, the real estate technology company serving both residential and commercial brokers.

A long-time software executive, Phillips is the former CEO and chairman of Infor, the third-largest business software applications company in the world. Prior to his time at Infor, he was president of Oracle Corporation.

“Every sector of the economy is undergoing an accelerated digital metamorphosis and that change has finally arrived in real estate,” said Phillips. “There is always a digital catalyst in every industry, and Compass is building the future of real estate commerce.”

Phillips’ experience as a board member is extensive. He has served on the boards of the Viacom Corporation, the Apollo Theater, the New York Police Foundation, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and President Barack Obama’s Economic Recovery Board.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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