Mr. Arenas

John Arenas

Chief Executive Officer

Worktopia

A recognized authority on flexible workplace strategies and a founder of Worktopia, John Arenas brings to the innovative company more than 20 years experience in commercial real estate. For 12 years of that time, he was involved in developing and operating business centers and globally marketing work mobility products. For the past 15 years, Mr. Arenas has been involved in helping to make companies operationally automated through software development.

As chairman and CEO of STRATIS Business Center, Inc., Mr. Arenas brought the company from start up in 1997 to a successful merger with Regus Business Centres (RGU: London Stock Exchange) in which first round STRATIS investors realized an eight-fold return.

Prior experience also includes tenure as a commercial real estate lender for Citigroup, and project engineer for Turner Corporation. Mr. Arenas holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Rutgers University and a Masters degree in business administration from the University of Michigan.

Worktopia, Inc. is the global leader in On-Demand Workspace procurement services with over 1,000 workspace venues in 50 countries, including short meeting space, term office space and virtual offices on demand. For more information visit www.worktopia.com

Mr. Arenas can be contacted at 914-468-0812 or john.arenas@worktopia.com

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Hotel Human Resources: The Biggest Challenges
The economic challenges of the past four years have led many hotel companies to re-examine the ways in which they do business and how they deploy talent. In many cases, the work did not go away and fewer people were left to carry on the tasks that had previously been shared among many. As we work our way out of the recession and look forward to a healthier economic environment, there is an understanding that despite recovering business levels, we may never see the return of former staffing levels. This "new norm" of operating with leaner teams has led Human Resources professionals and people managers to look at career development and growth opportunities in a new light. The March Hotel Business Review will take a look at some of the strategies being used by successful hotel brands, and techniques human resource directors are currently exploring.
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