Facilities Issues Roundtable
Biography and Nike site info
Charles George
Bio – Charles George
Born in Oceanside, California and grew up on a cattle ranch in
Western Colorado
US Navy nuclear power program electrician on Nuclear Powered
Aircraft carriers – 8 years
Facilities Electrician, Intel Corp - 2 years
Facilities Services Manager, Intel Corp - 6 years
Facilities Operations and Property Manager, Nike Inc – 1.5 years
BS Sociology, MS Organizational Management, IFMA CFM
certification, Oregon Journeyman Electrician
Interests: outdoors, motorcycles, and Dancing. Compete a few
times a year in local dance competitions with two 1st place and
one 2nd place finishes in 2006.
Nike site info
Nike site info
Main campus, Nike World Headquarters (WHQ), has
17 buildings. First construction was in the mid 80’s
with new buildings every couple of years to align
with company growth
Nike has several local leased buildings to allow for
flexibility in growth
WHQ population ~4900, Leased ~1200
Main functions on WHQ include: all administration
functions in support of Nike, product design and
testing for implementation to partnered
manufacturing sites overseas