Caitlin Steininger

Director, Workplace Operations Samsara

Caitlin Steininger is Director of Workplace Operations at Samsara, where she oversees the Americas real estate portfolio and workplace strategy. With nearly a decade of progressive leadership at Cohesity — rising from Facilities Manager to Global Director of Workplace & Safety — she has built deep expertise in global real estate, construction management, and creating workplace environments that support high-performing teams. Caitlin brings over 15 years of experience in commercial real estate and operations, beginning her career in property management at SteelWave, where she earned the BOMA TOBY Award (The Outstanding Building of the Year) for Suburban Office Park Mid-Rise. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from San José State University and is a licensed Real Estate Salesperson. Based in the Bay Area, Caitlin is passionate about building workplaces that enable people and organizations to thrive.

Main Day One - Tuesday, August 11, 2026

3:00 PM From Dashboards to Decisions: Combining Visitor, Space, and Check-In Data to Right-Size Your Footprint

Most workplace teams have no shortage of data — they have a shortage of answers. Badge swipes tell you someone tapped in, not whether a floor is working or whether you're paying for space that sits empty.

Caitlin Steininger, Director of Workplace Operations at Samsara, sits right at that gap. Fresh off opening a 130,000 SF flagship HQ in SF's Design District — run on a fully flexible model with no attendance mandates — she takes on the question every CRE and workplace leader is wrestling with: how do you right-size and optimize a footprint when you can't predict who's showing up? Caitlin shares how her team pulls visitor, space, and check-in data into a single view of how the office is actually used, then turns it into defensible real estate decisions and provable ROI on the space they already have.

Key Takeaways

How to design and right-size office space for a workforce that chooses when to show up
Why badge swipes fall short — and what real occupancy insight actually requires
A practical approach to proving ROI on the footprint you already have
What the next generation of workplace operations looks like

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