Matthew Gabree

Matthew Gabree

VP, Real Estate & Workplace Experience TripAdvisor

Main Day One - Tuesday, August 11, 2026

3:00 PM Fireside Chat: Unlocking Exceptional Service Quality Outcomes Using Your Existing Tools

Facilities teams face growing pressure to deliver faster, more consistent service across increasingly complex environments, yet many still rely on fragmented systems and underused platforms that limit visibility and slow response times. In this Fireside Chat, a senior Facilities leader shares how their team took control of existing tools to streamline workflows, standardize service delivery, and unlock real-time insights. Through practical use cases, they demonstrate how to improve performance, reduce cost, and elevate the workplace experience without adding new technology.
Pinpoint where service requests break down across locations and functions and take corrective action
Drive accountability across vendors and internal teams with clearer data and performance tracking
Redesign workflows to reduce response times and improve consistency without adding headcount
Alex Guessi, Head of Facilities & Critical Infrastructure, BNP Paribus 

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

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

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