Capital Programs Executive | Owner’s Representative
Richard Neuman is an owner-side capital leader with more than three decades of experience and more than $2 billion in capital investments overseen. He has led capital planning, governance, and project delivery across commercial real estate, healthcare, utilities, industrial, media and broadcast, and ground-up development.
Richard works with executive leadership on decisions that affect a project long before construction begins: what to fund, who has authority, how risks are reported, and whether the plan will work for the organization that must live with the result. His experience spans strategic planning through design, construction, commissioning, and occupancy.
Location: Based on Long Island, New York
Availability: Owner’s representative and advisory engagements in New York City, Long Island, and the New York metro area; selected engagements nationwide.
Representative Experience
Enterprise Utility Capital Portfolio — Downstate New York
Directed a capital portfolio exceeding $600 million across more than 125 facilities. Introduced structured capital planning, governance, and executive reporting to give leadership a clearer view of priorities and active work.
Program Management Leadership — New York Metro
Built and led a regional project management office for JLL, scaling the team from one to five project managers with full P&L accountability, and partnered with client executives and facilities leadership to align capital investments with business priorities.
Ground-Up Development
Led more than $500 million in ground-up development, including a 270-unit, $382 million residential high-rise in the Bronx and a 129-unit community in Commack, representing owners from early planning through occupancy and coordinating the decisions of executives, designers, contractors, and other stakeholders.
Media & Broadcast
Before moving into owner-side capital work in 2008, Richard spent nearly two decades in New York broadcasting, first as general manager of one of the city’s largest television studios, then running operations, constructing and managing facilities, and producing live events for a New York–based news media production company. As an owner’s representative, he later delivered a 135,000 sq. ft., 24/7 broadcast facility on Long Island. He understands what a studio has to do on the day it opens, not just how it gets built.
Commercial, Healthcare & Industrial Facilities
Led office relocations and restacks of up to 300,000 sq. ft. across Long Island and the New York metro area, along with workplace improvements, healthcare projects, manufacturing upgrades, and infrastructure work while addressing operational continuity and the needs of the people using each facility.
Professional Leadership & Industry Contributions
Richard has twice served as president of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) Long Island Chapter and is its Immediate Past President.
He contributed the foreword and industry perspective to Pamela Feh’s Career Guide to Real Estate, Second & Fourth Edition (Foreword/Introduction) sharing guidance for new professionals entering the field.
Straight Talk on Capital Projects
Straight Talk on Capital Projects draws on Richard’s owner-side experience to examine the decisions, organizational dynamics, and leadership challenges that shape capital project outcomes. It is written for owners, executives, and capital leaders who want a practical view of what happens beyond the project report.
Advisory Engagements & Executive Leadership
Richard works with owners as an owner’s representative on individual projects, and with organizations as a capital program leader and advisor for complex capital programs. His work focuses on organizations where stronger capital planning, governance, executive oversight, and project delivery can materially improve how complex capital programs are managed.
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Disclaimer
The perspectives shared are Richard’s own and do not represent the views of any current or former employer.