Joe LeBas is the President, Managing Director and Founder of Concorde Group Holdings, LLC, a global, technology-driven Commercial Real Estate (CRE) development firm which owns almost 1M sq feet of commercial retail, office, industrial and executive housing assets across the Southeastern United States, United Arab Emirates, and India.

Mr. LeBas is an accomplished technology and commercial real estate entrepreneur with superior results in market creation and profitable growth. Mr. LeBas brings a proven record of building dynamic and innovative businesses in multiple industries and around the world, including four (4) successful software company exits to the Fortune 750, returning over $500M to investors.

Mr. LeBas also currently serves as the Chairman of the India-US SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) Business Council, located in Mumbai, India and Miami, Florida USA, enabling cross-border trade, joint ventures, immigration practices, and channelization of finance and technology between the two largest democracies in the world.

Prior to his CRE career, Mr. LeBas was President of True Office, a compliance training software company focused on “gamification” and analytics to increase learning efficacy until its acquisition by NYSE/ICE. Prior to that, Mr. LeBas was President of BWise, Inc., a global leader in Governance, Risk Management and Compliance software solutions.

Mr. LeBas was responsible for the overall operating performance of the North American business unit, and its rapid growth and market share led to a successful acquisition by the NASDAQ OMX Group in 2012, in which Mr. LeBas helped lead the strategic due diligence, as well as integration efforts post acquisition close.

Prior to BWise, Mr. LeBas built information management software firm Vivisimo from start-up into a worldwide leader and ‘Big Data’ pioneer, serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager, and earlier as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Vivisimo was ultimately acquired successfully by IBM as a core component of the formation of IBM Watson and its Big Data strategy.

Earlier in his career, Mr. LeBas held a variety of executive, sales management, and sales/key account positions with PolyServe (acquired by HP), PeopleSoft (acquired by Oracle), Corporate Express, Boston Scientific Corporation, and Revlon.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising from the University of Florida, and is a current member of the ICSC
(International Congress of Shopping Centers), and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), among other associations.