About
Don A. Clark
President, CEO, InfoSmart Partners, LLC.
Extensive Experience
For over 39 years, Mr. Clark has an established reputation and proven track record in both the service provider side and the real estate investor side. His extensive high-level experience with the service provider side is why he can successfully negotiate agreements between service providers and real estate investors.
We Work for You
In 1997, Mr. Clark founded DAC Media Consulting, Inc., which offers advisory services to the real estate industry, including both residential and commercial portfolio owners. These services include Telecom strategic analysis, planning and business development of technology and services to create added value and new revenue opportunities from clients’ assets. Read More
Don Clark and ISP, unlike any other, has a unique perspective on the business having been on both sides of the negotiating table at a senior executive level with Knowledge and Experience over 40 years in the Industry with strong service provider networking.
“I have known Don Clark for 30 years and he has been an invaluable resource in working with telecom service providers and negotiating technology and ancillary revenue agreements on behalf of multifamily and master planned communities and developers throughout the country. I know Don to have impeccable character and is well-respected personally and professionally.“
Doug Maier, Senior Vice President and Partner, Arendale Holdings
“I have known Don for 30 years. Comcast and I recruited Don in 2003 to come to corporate and negotiate national REIT agreements and create initiatives and programs to support, in addition to other vertical markets, all multifamily and single family development customers raising Comcast’s visibility in the residential real estate industry. Don’s knowledge of both cable and real estate industries sets him apart as a resource.“
Terry Bienstock, Former Executive Vice President and GC of Comcast Cable
How We Create Value
Assessment
Assessment of the existing property(ies) infrastructure, services and provider agreements to identify concerns and opportunities including Broadband, Wireless, and Cellular.
Assessing your technology’s ability to handle Big Data is critical. As data volume, variety, velocity and variability increase, so do the stresses on today’s Broadband infrastructures. Big Data is here to stay as is your technology needs to plan and keep up with it so you can provide your residents with the latest Services they will demand, and to stay ahead of your competitors.
We will monetize your property assets through creating ancillary revenue programs and partnering with Telecom service providers.
Evaluation
We consider and evaluate all aspects of your Infrastructure, including Smart Networks, web-based cloud storage for management and residents, sensors, chips, data collection devices analytics, data management and the risk and impact to properties now and into the future.
Recommendations
After our assessment, we will present a matrix of the telecom options available and make our recommendations based on the information from the assessment and evaluation, and you make the business decision of what Services, Technology and service provider(s) to enter a contract with.
Contract Negotiations
Once you make the choice of what Providers and Services you want to provide residents, we will Negotiate the business terms, coordinate the contract negotiation, process to contract execution, and provide ongoing asset management of the Provider Agreements for all properties.
Ongoing Support
With our extensive knowledge, experience and networking, we provide our clients with the latest information and trends in the Telecom market, ongoing provider support throughout the term of the agreement.
InfoSmart Partners is a national Telecom consulting firm that can meet your Information, Communications, Entertainment and Technology needs so that you can focus on your core business and stay in front of your competition.
History
Vast Industry Experience
1981 – 1996
Jones Intercable
Served entrepreneur Glenn Jones, a pioneer in Cable TV, and Jones Intercable in Marketing, franchise acquisitions, new market development.
1997
DAC Media Consultants Inc. Formed
In 2002 DAC Media negotiated on behalf of Master-Planned communities totally around 30,000 residential units and negotiated on the behalf of Jacksonville landowners and developer’s telecom service provider agreements, which resulted in tens of millions of dollars in ancillary revenue for DAC’s clients.
2003
Corporate Vice President of Business Sales and Services, Comcast Cable
In 2003 Mr. Clark was recruited to serve as Corporate Vice President of Business Sales and Services in Philadelphia for Comcast Cable Communications, the largest cable operator in the United States with 24 million customers. Mr. Clark was charged with leading the national integration of the acquired AT&T cable markets, and the management responsibility of five Comcast vertical markets, including multifamily apartments, (13 million units), hospitality, student housing, military, and new construction master-planned communities nationwide. Mr. Clark negotiated with the large multifamily REITS cable deals for Comcast, the largest being a 50,000 unit Equity Residential agreement.
2007
Founded RealtyCom Partners, LLC.
2013
DAC Media Sells RealtyCom Partners, LLC.
At the end of 2012 after establishing RCP as the largest telecom consultant firm in the multifamily industry, Mr. Clark sold RealtyCom to his partner.
2017
Founded InfoSmart Partners, LLC (ISP)
Mr. Clark and DAC Media Consultants founded InfoSmart Partners, LLC. to serve the real estate residential single family, multifamily, and commercial industry for residential and commercial assets. The goal is to advise ISP clients and address the ever-changing paradigm and market shifts in entertainment, information and communications technology, services, and products. This full-service end-to-end consulting with ISP Partners encompasses the network infrastructure of Broadband, Wireless, and Cellular technology.
“In this day and time when more people are working more from home due to the influence of Covid-19, the trend toward work/live housing, and the strong demand for residential single family and multifamily housing, the industry must plan for the enabling technology to provide properties with the required Broadband infrastructure and Services that will enable reliable devices connectivity to people and things.”
Some of Our Amazing Clients
