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Name
John Ringness
Title
Global Chair, IFMA
Bio
During the day, John is the Director of Facilities at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC, Canada. John is also the Managing Director of NEXT FMS, an FM consulting company located in Vancouver, Canada. John’s career of over 40 years of experience in Facility Management with major global FM companies such as Johnson Controls, Carillion, Marriott Corporation – Facilities Division, Sodexo, ARAMARK Corp., Partners in Health (Haiti/USA), Lavasa Corporation (India), and Kohinoor Group (India).
Within IFMA, John was the founding President of IFMA’s Business Community, founding President of IFMA’s Mumbai Chapter, Past-President of IFMA FM Consultants Council, member of North American Operation and Maintenance Benchmarking Project Advisory Group, Asian Operations and Maintenance Benchmarking Project Advisory Group, Co-Author of IFMA’s Essential Education program, Co-Author of several IFMA’s Sustainability How-to-Guides, and one of many, many Facility Management Journal authors. In addition, he founded Building Transformation’s Digitization and Data Think Tank, past member of the Canadian FM ISO Committee, and part time facility management instructor at Vancouver Community College. He also speaks at conferences and enjoys mentoring.
John has completed the Facility Management certificate program at the University of Toronto, Canada, is an IFMA Sustainability Facility Professional credential holder, and holder of several FM-related certificates. He first joined the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) in the early 1990s and in 2012, joined the Royal Institution of Surveyors as a Chartered Surveyor. In 2024, John graduated with his MBA from University of Cumbria in Leadership and Sustainability.
Within IFMA, John was the founding President of IFMA’s Business Community, founding President of IFMA’s Mumbai Chapter, Past-President of IFMA FM Consultants Council, member of North American Operation and Maintenance Benchmarking Project Advisory Group, Asian Operations and Maintenance Benchmarking Project Advisory Group, Co-Author of IFMA’s Essential Education program, Co-Author of several IFMA’s Sustainability How-to-Guides, and one of many, many Facility Management Journal authors. In addition, he founded Building Transformation’s Digitization and Data Think Tank, past member of the Canadian FM ISO Committee, and part time facility management instructor at Vancouver Community College. He also speaks at conferences and enjoys mentoring.
John has completed the Facility Management certificate program at the University of Toronto, Canada, is an IFMA Sustainability Facility Professional credential holder, and holder of several FM-related certificates. He first joined the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) in the early 1990s and in 2012, joined the Royal Institution of Surveyors as a Chartered Surveyor. In 2024, John graduated with his MBA from University of Cumbria in Leadership and Sustainability.
