{"id":1004159398,"date":"2016-11-17T06:10:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T14:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004159398"},"modified":"2022-12-08T16:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T00:25:29","slug":"usgbc-appoints-ramanujam-as-ceopresident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/usgbc-appoints-ramanujam-as-ceopresident\/","title":{"rendered":"USGBC Appoints Ramanujam as CEO, President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004159415\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Mahesh-Ramanujam-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004159415\" data-attachment-id=\"1004159415\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/usgbc-appoints-ramanujam-as-ceopresident\/mahesh-ramanujam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Mahesh-Ramanujam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"266,266\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mahesh Ramanujam 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Mahesh-Ramanujam-1.jpg?w=266\" class=\"wp-image-1004159415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Mahesh-Ramanujam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mahesh Ramanujam\" width=\"266\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Mahesh-Ramanujam-1.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Mahesh-Ramanujam-1.jpg?resize=150,150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004159415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahesh Ramanujam<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Washington<\/strong>\u2014 The\u00a0U.S. Green Building Council\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USGBC<\/a>) board\u00a0has announced the appointment of Mahesh Ramanujam\u00a0as president &amp;\u00a0CEO, effective Nov. 4. Ramanujam\u00a0will also serve as president &amp; CEO of USGBC&#8217;s sister organization,\u00a0Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am grateful for the opportunity to continually develop and enhance USGBC&#8217;s capabilities and performance to ensure we deliver the future that our founders envisioned\u2013transforming the way our buildings and communities are designed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">built<\/a> and operated so they enable a healthy and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life for people everywhere,&#8221; said Ramanujam\u00a0in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining USGBC, \u00a0Ramanujam\u00a0served as COO for Emergys, a North Carolina-based business transformation consulting firm. Before that, he was consultant to IBM, serving as part of the team that led various business transformation initiatives, such as the sale of IBM PC systems to Lenovo and its printer divisions to Ricoh. Born in Chennai, India, Ramanujam holds a Bachelor&#8217;s of Engineering in computer sciences from Annamalai University, where he started his career in software, systems analysis and product development.<\/p>\n<p>Ramanujam\u00a0joined USGBC back in 2009, when he served as senior vice president of technology. In 2011, he moved up the ladder to COO and in 2012, Ramanujam\u00a0 was also appointed president of GBCI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our work has had a tremendous impact on millions of people as we strive to improve and enhance our world. USGBC is not just about buildings. It is about bold leadership to create business and community transformation while driving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustainability<\/a> for all,&#8221; added Ramanujam.<\/p>\n<p>Ramanujam follows in the footstep of Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC&#8217;s founding chair, who had previously announced his intention to leave the organization at the end of 2016. Effective Nov. 4, Fedrizzi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/rick-fedrizzi-named-ceo-of-the-international-well-building-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took on the role<\/a> of CEO &amp; chairman of International WELL Building Institute&#8217;s board.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of\u00a0U.S. Green Building Council<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahesh Ramanujam brings extensive experience at USGBC to his new role. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1055,"featured_media":1004159415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,21742,21744,1615],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004159398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-midatlantic","category-latest","category-people","category-washington-dc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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