Title Principal Company Hickey & Associates Bio Mr. Beattie is a Principal with Hickey & Associates, LLC, a global site selection and public incentives firmed based in Minneapolis, MN. Mr. Beattie has over thirty five years of experience working in the corporate sector managing real estate, facilities, purchasing and staff management operations. He has extensive experience in long-range strategic planning for the acquisition, usage and disposition of domestic and international real estate assets, site selection and public incentives management. He has worked for a number of industrial manufacturing companies including the last 30 years at 3M Company (retired 2009), a US based, multinational company with 800+ locations worldwide and over 60 million square feet of manufacturing, warehouse/distribution, R&D and office space.