Nov 19, 2020
Summary: In this episode The Propcast speaks
to Charlie Hobey and Mikki Ward from EQ Office about the evolution
of office space technologies.
The Propcast by Louisa Dickins, Co-Founder of LMRE the leading
Global PropTech recruiter brought to you in partnership with UK
PropTech Association, The UK PropTech Association is a membership
organisation to drive the digital transformation of the property
industry. This show will focus on connecting the Proptechs, real
estate funds and VC’s globally…and get everyone talking about
innovation of the build to rent environment.
About Our Host
Louisa Dickins
Louisa started her career in property working at a well-known
estate agency in London. Realising her people skills, she moved
over to Lloyd May to pursue a career in recruitment. She now is a
Director at LMRE, who are a specialist recruitment firm driven by
PropTech and recruitment professionals, and Louisa oversees their 5
core areas. Louisa co-founded LMRE and provides a constructive
recruitment platform to the new disruptors in real estate. Louisa
is also on the board of Directors at UK PropTech Association
(UKPA).
About LMRE
LMRE believe there is a better way to recruit. LMRE focus on a
more comprehensive, client led focus delivering exceptional talent
to the right place at the right time. They are passionate about the
industry and passionate about people's careers. LMRE spend time
with each client to become and an extension of the business, and
their transparency and core values help them grow with the sector.
LMRE simplify recruitment and innovate with our clients and evolve
the people driven, PropTech community.
About Our Guest
Charlie Hobey
Charlie is the managing director of production operations for
EQ office. He is a real estate executive with over 25 years of
experience, who is responsible for all facets of property
management, engineering, construction, and product development for
50 office properties comprising approximately 23 million square
feet of office space across the US today supervisors about 100
product design operations professionals. Charlie has over 25 years
of experience in real estate, strategic consulting, and various
operational fields. He also holds an MBA from MIT, and a bachelor's
degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University.
Mikki Ward
Mikki is responsible for developing and advancing EQ Office's
use of AI, automation and data analytics across the portfolio with
a focus on customer and tenant services, automating for the future
of work, security/access control, data acquisition and
monetization, multimedia and experience design and more. Mikki is a
member of EQ senior leadership team where her focus is on customer
and tenant services. She's currently involved in automating for the
future work security and access control data acquisition and
monetization, multimedia, multimedia and experience design.
Resources mentioned
LMRE website www.lmre.co.uk
UKPA website www.ukpa.com
EQ Office website www.eqoffice.com
Insights From This Episode
- EQ are “co-creating spaces for greatness”, providing flexibility for humans to do their do their best work – Charlie Hobey
- It's really about listening to our customers, but also observing how they work and what tools and technologies they need to succeed – Charlie Hobey
- When we have people approach us, the things that are most important to me are just a company that's very real – Mikki Ward
- We've accelerated our outdoor workspaces, which ties back to optionality but also health and wellness, the ability to get outside – Charlie Hobey
- I think with COVID, I think that will accelerate and people will be willing to give up a little more of what they perceive as losing some of their privacy in order to have that secure touchless option – Mikki Ward
- How you design a space and layout of space, and program a space, we think is going to evolve – Charlie Hobey
- What I look for is a company that genuinely has a good technology behind them, even if they're small they have the ability to grow and listen to us, and partner with us to find the right technology that suits us – Mikki Ward
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