Cruz Zuniga joined Newmark in February of 2025, bringing over 33 years of experience in facilities and technical services. Mr. Zuniga leads service delivery improvement initiatives, promotes cross-functional collaboration, and drives the adoption of industry best practices to ensure outstanding performance across the organization. His role includes generating and validating resource and project schedules, creating process improvement plans to capture and mitigate risk, integrating knowledge improvement lessons from individual expertise, and developing team dynamics and synergy.
Mr. Zuniga spent the first 18 years of his career as a route technician servicing a wide variety of property types, followed by 13 years in facilities management overseeing over 1.5M square feet across four campuses in California and Oregon.
First with EMCOR and later at CBRE, Mr. Zuniga grew into leadership roles overseeing complex facilities operations across retail, office, government, R&D, manufacturing, and data center environments. He worked closely with client leadership,
engineering, project management, and EH&S teams—continuously evolving and strengthening partnerships to meet and exceed client expectations.
Notable Accomplishments
- Transitioned CMMS systems from Maximo to EMCOR VIA.
- Led onboarding of maintenance departments to EMCOR following acquisition.
- Integrated three janitorial companies, ensuring seamless service transitions.
- Revamped recycling programs to address expanding sustainability demands, managing multiple waste streams across Fremont and Livermore.
- Scaled operations from a single FTE to teams of six and two.
- Partnered with third-party recycling aggregators to manage COD and other specialized waste needs.
- Developed a critical spares program to reduce downtime, including PPE integration and the creation of a dedicated PPE clerk role.
- Created quarterly and annual shutdown schedules in collaboration with engineering, project managers, and EH&S, ensuring high-quality execution and compliance.
- Rolled out “Stop Work Authority” policies across campuses to empower safety culture.
- Introduced daily mechanical, interior, and exterior rounds to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Established weekly and monthly quality audits for vendors and internal teams to maintain service excellence.
- Expanded coverage from single-shift to two-shift model with 24/7 on-call rotation.
- Mentored several colleagues who have gone on to manage their own accounts.
Career Highlights
- Route Technician (including DOJ facilities) – EMCOR
- Senior FM / Account Lead (Lam Research, Brocade) – EMCOR
- Senior FM Lead (Lam Research, ASML) – CBRE