Gijo Mathew Appointed Chief Product Officer as VTS Reaches 10 Billion SF Milestone

London – Feb 25, 2019: VTS, the commercial real estate industry’s leading leasing and asset management platform, has appointed experienced software executive Gijo Mathew as Chief Product Officer. The appointment comes as the company announced its most successful year to date, reaching a milestone with 10 billion square feet (the equivalent of more than 19,000 buildings the size of The Gherkin) now being managed on the platform in 35 countries, 19 of which are in continental Europe. The UK business has doubled in size with one in every three sq ft of office space in Central London now live on VTS and adoption pushing one billion square feet across wider Europe.

Gijo Mathew joins VTS from Web.com where he served as Chief Product Officer for over two years. He was responsible for the strategy and execution of a product portfolio that generated more than $800 million in revenue, across a mix of B2C and B2B products. Mathew has also held senior product leadership roles at Nimsoft, Orchestria and CA Technologies.

Mathew’s hire follows the announcement of three new products aimed at transforming commercial real estate – VTS 3, the next generation leasing and asset management platform, VTS MarketView real-time market benchmarking and the VTS marketplace for tenants and landlords to interact and lease space. Mathew will oversee and drive product vision to develop and deliver the unique market offerings.

Nick Romito, CEO at VTS, said: “2018 has been a standout year for VTS with the commercial real estate market embracing our offerings, and the proptech industry, at an unprecedented rate. As the company continues to grow and we continue to create market-leading products in partnership with our clients, we are looking forward to Gijo driving our product development and innovation. His expertise and knowledge make him the perfect fit for the role. At VTS we focus on building best-in-class teams to deliver for our clients and are incredibly excited to work with the industry to drive meaningful change in the market over the coming year.”

Gijo Mathew, Chief Product Officer at VTS, said: “It’s a really interesting time at VTS with the recent launch of three innovative and industry-changing products, which have the potential to have a transformative impact on the industry. It is incredible to be a part of the revolution in the commercial real estate sector, especially at such a pivotal time. VTS’s vision for the company and incredible momentum made this role an extremely exciting opportunity. It’s great to be able to hit the ground running with such an impassioned team, which is already leading real change in the industry.”

A record number of new clients in 2018 across all three sectors, office, industrial, and retail, chose VTS as their leasing and asset management solution in Europe, including UBS, Canary Wharf Group, Valor Real Estate Partners, Europa Capital, Generali Real Estate, HB Reavis, Logicor, UK Land Estates, Capital Industrial, Cromwell Property Group and Shelborn Asset Management, to name a few, with notable expansion from Marathon Asset Management, Cording Real Estate Group, British Land, LandSec, CBRE Global Investors, Stenprop and Angelo Gordon.

2018 also saw VTS experience strong uptake by commercial real estate agents, with BNP Paribas, Cushman & Wakefield, Bray Fox Smith and Knight Frank expanding their use of VTS in the UK, while CBRE and Savills expanded their use of the platform into continental Europe. In August, JLL also selected VTS as its exclusive leasing and asset management software across the Americas, the first time a global brokerage firm has provided VTS to all their brokers and leasing teams in the Americas. The move aligned with JLL’s ongoing strategy to build a best-in-class technology stack.

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About VTS
VTS is the commercial real estate industry’s leading leasing and asset management platform. Landlords use VTS to maximise portfolio performance by transforming their leasing and asset management process and unlocking real-time insights – enabling them to convert leads to leases faster than ever before and build informed data-led strategies. Agents can manage their deal pipeline and get tenants into empty spaces faster, collaborate across teams and work easily with their landlord clients using VTS for Agents.

The VTS platform manages more than 10 billion square feet of commercial real estate, has a user base exceeding 34,000 and boasts an impressive client roster that includes European leaders such as Landsec, The Crown Estate, British Land, Blackstone, JLL, CBRE, and Knight Frank. One in every three square feet of office space in Central London is managed on VTS.

For more information contact:

VTS: Jenna Rorison
E: jenna.rorison@fticonsulting.com
T: 0203 727 1447