| Stephen Freibrun has had
more than 16 years of management and real estate experience in
the public and private sectors, and was responsible for seven
years for planning, managing, leasing and developing retail and
food service concessions at Chicago’s O’Hare International
and Midway Airports, as part of an on-site concessions consultant
management team.
Since 1993, when concessions redevelopment was at its infancy
in the airport industry, he has been continuously involved in
assisting airport clients with concessions project and property
management, and facilities planning. His responsibilities have
included the evaluation, definition, and coordination of concessions
facility implementation to meet client goals of balancing enhanced
customer service and revenues to the airport. Mr. Freibrun has
also assisted airlines with establishing programs, processes
and tools for design review and construction management.
During his term at O’Hare and Midway, Mr. Freibrun played
a critical, steady role providing continuity for the on-going
long-term concessions planning of O’Hare and Midway airports.
As a contributing author of the original long-range concessions
plan for O’Hare, the framework for ongoing redevelopment
today, and subsequent space program analyses, Mr. Freibrun has
developed and maintained construction budgets, sales and revenue
projections, demand analyses, merchandising plans and correlating
project financing analyses for the concessions business plans
at O’Hare and Midway. Mr. Freibrun’s plans are in
place and currently operating at Chicago O’Hare, Midway
Airport as recommended. The results of these plans have been
increased revenues to the airport and enhanced customer service.
Mr. Freibrun joined The Center For Airport Management in 2001.
Mr. Freibrun manages CAM’s Chicago office, is the Managing
Director of the firm, and at present has client project management
responsibility for clients that range vastly in size including
Miami, Fort Myers, JFK Terminal 8, Cleveland Hopkins, DFW Terminals
A, B, C, E, San Jose, Baltimore/Washington, and Fairbanks among
others. Mr. Freibrun’s role with clients is a dual one.
He is not only responsible for overseeing client activities
for all CAM projects, but is hands on, often the creator of
concessions plans, financial modeling and feasibility analyses,
research analyses, Requests for Proposals and other reports.
He has also worked for Andersen Consulting, now known as Accenture
and Mobil Oil Corporation.
Mr. Freibrun has been a guest speaker at ACI, Embry Riddle
Aeronautical University, AAAE and other industry conferences
throughout his career. Mr. Freibrun has published a number of
articles as well.
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