ChampionScott Partners has recruited Gregory (Greg) C. Thomas as Vice President, Information Technology to Colony Capital (http://www.colonyinc.com). Colony Capital is a private, international investment firm focusing primarily on real estate-related assets and operating companies with a strategic dependence on such assets across the globe. The firm has been one of the world’s largest acquirers and financiers of real estate-related assets for over a decade, having consummated a wide variety of investments.

As Vice President, Information Technology, Mr. Thomas will be responsible for the management of all information technology pertaining to Colony Capital on a worldwide basis, including management of data center, hardware, software and user support. Mr. Thomas joins Colony Capital from SunCal Companies, the largest privately owned developer of master-planned and mixed-use communities in the Western United States. As SunCal’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since 2004, Mr. Thomas was responsible for all aspects of management information and network infrastructure systems for the company.

Prior to joining SunCal, Mr. Thomas spent 13 years as a Senior Manager in the Real Estate Advisory Services and Management Consulting Groups of Ernst & Young, where he provided technology and business process management consulting services to a diverse range of real estate and related industry clients. Previously Mr. Thomas was also Vice President of Finance with The Staubach Company and Corporate Real Estate Asset Manager with First Interstate Bank of California (now Wells Fargo Bank).

Mr. Thomas graduated from Miami University with a B.S. degree in Systems Analysis and Finance.

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