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IFMA Boston’s Thought Leaders host Open Mic Breakfast Session

IFMA Boston’s Thought Leaders had an Open Mic Breakfast Session on October 11th. The wide-ranging conversation touched on insights, experiences, challenges and even those “can you believe that happened” stories. We will be holding another Open Mic Event in the spring as there are still plenty of topics that the group wants to discuss. If you’re interested in learning more about IFMA Boston programming, please check out our Calendar of Events IFMA Boston - Calendar. 

Upcoming Events

• November 8th @ 5:00 p.m.

Pre-Event New Member Meet and Greet @ Pegasystems, 225 Wyman St., Waltham Mass.

All members are welcome to join us for 30 minutes of networking and conversation in advance of our official program. Great for new members and those who just want extra time to network. Our Membership and Engagement team will be there to get the conversations rolling. 

• November 8th 2023 @ 5:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Build For Change: A Tour of Pegasystem’s new space in Waltham, 225 Wyman St.

Come learn about and see Pega’s amazing new space in Waltham, designed at the beginning of the pandemic when they had no idea if people would come back to the office and what kind of spaces they would need if they did come! It’s a complicated real estate story with terrific workplace strategy, planning, consensus building, marketing, and design all rolled up into space that works for their employees and the company mission.

Pega now considers this space as a transformational project for the company, and it forms the basis of their world-wide planning for office space. Register online now.

• November 15th @ 5:30 PM

Cambridge Pop Up! We will be popping up in Cambridge. Location TBD. Registration opens soon. Save the date. Did you know that our first Pop Ups were held in 2019 and have been on of our most popular events? Join us and see what the buzz is about. 

Welcome IFMA Boston’s Newest Members:

• Stephanie Malone, Polen Capital

• Tom DeFeudis, Fuse Energy

• Magali Scrosoppi Morris, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

• Kevin Stolki, Sterling Corporation

• Gabriel Andreson, Inovis Energy

• Joseph Caissie, Tufts University

• Justin Shaw

• George Varelas, Clean Joe

• Nick Alsis, BMS Cat

• Sean Allen

• Rick Barry, Saint Gobain Research North America

Denise Perera, BluSky Restoration Contractors

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