Jun 11, 2020
Javier Maldonado is the Director of Corporate Facilities at VF
Corporation - Outdoor Coalition. He has spent more than 25 years
working in building management, starting from Real Estate and
Property Management to his current Building Management position.
Javier is detail-oriented and customer-focused, and he works with
building budgets from $1M to $63M, making sure that even the most
complex projects produce amazing results.
In this episode…
Building management is a balancing act. Finding an equilibrium between making a building comfortable and creating a place where people can be efficient is a key component to managing a building with care and detail. Asking the right questions on important details such as air regulation, plumbing, and sanitation on a regular basis is crucial to the work of a facilities manager.
Javier Maldonado deals with concerns around the different facets of building management as the Director of Corporate Facilities at VF Corporation - Outdoor Coalition. With the coronavirus pandemic, he needed to pivot his work and his team from working in the office to working from home in an instant. And he found out that providing his team with the right tools allowed them to remain productive and effective despite the work proximity.
In this week's episode of Watching Paint Dry, Greg Owens chats with Javier Maldonado, of VF Corporation - Outdoor Coalition, about how to effectively manage facilities remotely. Javier discusses how he moved his work from the office to the home and how he led his team in doing the same, and he also shares how he uses technology and agile methodologies in building management. Stay tuned.