Facilities Manager
Charles Carpenter, CFM, SFP has worked in Facility Management since 1995. He has managed facilities in the Real Estate Information, Outsourced Business Services and Technology industries. Charles has maintained sites in North and South America, often integrating companies through mergers & acquisitions or working on corporate divestitures.
Since 2012, Charles has served on the Board of Directors of Sammy's House, an Austin non-profit that provides care for medically-fragile and developmentally-delayed children. He also volunteers with Little League, Special Olympics and the Down Home Ranch and is a frequently blood donor. In 2024, Charles was named one of Little League’s Community Heroes of the Year and umpired in the Junior League Softball World Series. He enjoys making holiday decorations from reclaimed wood in his spare time.
EDUCATION
- MSIS – Texas State University
- BA – University of Texas at Austin
- Certified Facility Manager – International Facility Management Association
- Sustainable Facility Professional – International Facility Management Association
PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS
- IFMA's World Workplace 2005, Philadelphia, PA – Presentation: Location, Location, Location: What makes the best location?
- ISM’s International Supply Management Conference 2006, Minneapolis, MN – Presentation: Disasters and Other Impediments on Supply Networks
- European Facility Management Conference 2007, Zurich, Switzerland – Presentation: The Profitable Facility
- IFMA's World Workplace 2007, New Orleans, LA – Presentation: Workplace Hostility
- What makes the best location? Facility Management Journal. 2008(1).
- NeoCon 2010, Chicago, IL – Presentation: Standardization in Facilities
- Location, Location. Location in Maurer, T.L. & Weeks, K. (2010). Interior Design in Practice: Case Studies of Successful Business Models. Wiley.
- NeoCon East 2014, Baltimore, MD – Presentation: One Size Does Not Fit All