Francis Aquino

Director, Real Estate and Workplace Metropolis Technologies

Francis brings more than 15 years of start-up industry experience specializing in Workplace Culture, Design and Employee Engagement. He transforms workplace operations into amazing experiences to ensure that the physical environment creates engagement, productivity and avenues to be creative. Francis’ goal is to evolve the physical design of the space to recognize the value of the employee experience. His passion for workplace design development and people empowerment started in New York City where he designed the office spaces of several start up companies and created unique and exciting onboarding processes to increase employee engagement. Moving back to Los Angeles, he was one of the pioneer employees of the breakout brand – Nasty Gal where he was the Director of Office Operations. Francis moved on to working for new and exciting companies like Daily Look (www.dailylook.com), Headspace, Uber West Coast, Honey and most recently the Workplace Experience Manager for Netflix. 

Main Day One - Tuesday, February 25, 2025

3:00 PM Transforming the Space You have with Flexible Design to Support Collaboration

As portfolio footprints are rationalized, focusing on optimizing the space you have is top priority. Explore flexible furniture and technology that can promote connection and socialization. Hear how your peers are creating spaces that engage their users, enable a better experience, and enhance performance and productivity.

4:45 PM Panel Discussion: Delivering Consistency Without Sacrificing Brand Identity Across Portfolios

From office to office, it is not a one size fits all approach for design and experience. Every location or brand has its own needs and as a result each space is unique, however how do you deliver the same level of experience across your portfolio?

·        Define what experience means in the context of portfolio synergy

·        Discuss areas where you can create consistency across offices without diluting or eliminating brand or culture specific elements

·        Share examples of real-life case studies of how your offices across the country or globe are aligned and how they remain unique

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Francis.

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