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About This Webinar
As companies return to the office, they are doing so in a variety of new structures to prioritize employee engagement, mobility, collaboration and talent attraction. Many of these companies have partnered with WeWork to create flexible solutions that will aid their transition to a new way to work.

This speaker series will cover conversations and Q&A with industry thought leaders to answer the how, when, where, and why of workplace strategy in the post-COVID world.

On Nov 11th we look forward to an insightful conversation with:
- Armen Vartanian - SVP of Global Workplace at Okta
- Sam Hocking - President/Co-Founder at Vertis
Agenda
  • Key workplace challenges facing tech employers heading into 2022?
  • What intelligence/data do organizations need to make an informed decision?
  • Why are multiple work modalities important as an employer of choice?
  • In a talent driven market, what role will the workplace play going forward?
Presenters
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    Keigan Pesenti
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    Claire Rock
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    Billy Lam
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    Armen Vartanian
    SVP Global Workplace at OKTA
    Armen Vartanian is Senior Vice President of Global Workplace Services at Okta. In this role, Vartanian leads Okta’s global real estate, workplace strategy, construction management and oversees facilities operations. He founded Okta’s Dynamic Work framework, which rethinks the traditional workplace, providing flexibility that empowers employees to be their most productive and successful selves wherever they work, and broadens the company’s hiring pool from markets where they have offices to anywhere in the World.

    Vartanian has more than 20 years of experience leading financial analysis and real estate strategy for global organizations. Prior to joining Okta, he led Linkedin’s Real Estate, Workplace Strategy and Project Management teams. Over his career, he has been responsible for some of the largest real estate leases in the Bay Area. He’s also been on the leading edge of building bi-furcated headquarter strategies, now regularly deployed by large enterprises in the Bay Area.

    Vartanian holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Questrom School of Business, Boston University, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego.
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    Sam Hocking
    President / Co-Founder at VERTIS
    Sam is co-founder of Vertis, a Data Science Workplace data and analytics platform.

    With 35 years of working at the intersection of data and analytics across the media, education, banking and technology sectors. Sam is passionate about data science and how to apply analytics to challenging problems in Financial Services, Real Estate and Workplace.
    - Founded and exited AI data and analytics companies.
    - Former MD & Co-Head of Prime brokerage at Bank of America and Banque Nationale Paris
    - Former journalist: Worked for ABC-TV, BBC-TV, Russian, Dutch and Austrian TV.

    Sam holds a BA in Economics from Rollins College, and his MBA- Finance from Kellogg School of Management,
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    William Sandford
    Senior Director at WEWORK
    Enterprise business development leader for USA West, interfacing with key growth customers across industry verticals to solve challenges of hybrid work, remote expansion, and talent attraction/employee engagement.

    Will has 15 years of diverse CRE experience from finance (Macquarie Bank), to corporate (VF Corp), to flexible office operator (WeWork).
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