AkitaBox

We're celebrating 8 years of Matt Ungaro keeping our cloud infrastructure humming as Principal Cloud Engineer! 🎉

Whether he's expertly managing AkitaBox's cloud infrastructure, jumping in on escalations, or helping teammates vet and test, Matt consistently gets things across the finish line. Happy work anniversary, Matt!

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Congrats to our Q2 2026 Cheers Champion, Kirk Mullis, Implementation Manager! 🎉

Kirk is the teammate who steps up before you've even finished asking. Whether it's jumping on a time-sensitive issue or helping out with something outside his usual scope, his default mode is "yes, I can help with that." We appreciate you, Kirk!

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Congrats to our Q2 2026 Top Dawg, Nic Guedenet, FM Specialist! 🏆
Nic is the ultimate cross-team player. From testing our latest software against the demands of both facilities and AEC teams, to demoing AkitaBox for potential customers, to co-driving our Facilities Unfiltered podcast (and more), he juggles it all with expert-level precision. Thank you, Nic!

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🎙️The latest Facilities Unfiltered podcast is out now!🎙️

You ever watch someone try to explain to a board why they need $5 million for "D50" when all they really needed to say was "HVAC"?

In this episode, Josh and Nic dig into why our industry has a habit of overcomplicating facility data — and how that complexity actually gets in the way of the people who need to use it most.

From classification systems that take 1-2 years of fieldwork to learn, to CFOs writing off $600K in deferred maintenance because they didn't know what "cladding" meant, the cost of complexity is real.

The good news? AI and smarter tools are giving us the ability to keep it first grade simple on the front end while still maintaining the rigor on the back end. The data can finally meet people where they are.

🎧 Listen now: Why Facility Data Needs Plain Language 👇

🎙️The latest Facilities Unfiltered podcast is out now!🎙️

A “final” facility condition assessment report starts aging the moment it’s delivered. For many AEC teams, the static report became the default deliverable—and it creates friction on both sides of the table.

In Episode 23 of Facilities Unfiltered, Josh and Nic unpack why traditional report-building can:

• Consume engineering hours on formatting instead of problem-solving
• Drain project profitability for AEC partners
• Leave owners with a snapshot that’s hard to keep current—and harder to use for faster decisions

If you're a building owner who flipped straight to the charts in an old FCA report or now have one collecting dust, this conversation will also challenge how your organization defines “deliverable”— and what modern capital planning should look like.

🎧 Listen to Episode 23 of Facilities Unfiltered. 👇

Join us in congratulating Jessica Hamilton on 10 years with AkitaBox!

As our Support Coordinator, Jessica's unmatched expertise helps ensure customers get the most out of AkitaBox, whether they're managing assets and operations or delivering facility assessments. Thank you, Jess!

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🎙️The latest Facilities Unfiltered podcast is out now!🎙️

We sat down with Neil Simons from Mowers to talk about how autonomous mowing tech is helping short-staffed FM teams do more with the same crew. The machines track their own hours and acres, giving managers real information to make maintenance calls instead of guessing.

That's the shift happening across facility management right now. When your assets report back to you, you move from reactive to proactive. From guessing to knowing.

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Happy 4th of July from the AkitaBox team! 🎆

In honor of Independence Day, AkitaBox is closed today, July 3.

Here's to the people who keep buildings running 365 days a year, holidays included. Enjoy a well-earned day off. Or at least a well-earned hot dog.

🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day, everyone.

🎙️The latest Facilities Unfiltered podcast is out now!🎙️

900+ capital assets across 60 locations. Refrigerators, freezers, combi ovens, milk coolers, delivery trucks — and that's before you count the small wares.

On this episode of Facilities Unfiltered, guest Thomas Arganda, Director of Child Nutrition for Stockton Unified School District, breaks down what asset management actually looks like when you're feeding thousands of kids daily with no summer break — and why temperature monitoring sensors revealed problems his team didn't even know existed.

The takeaway: You can't protect food safety, budget, or warranties without knowing the full picture of what you own, where it is, and how it's performing.

🎧 Listen to Episode 21 now. 👇

🎙️The latest Facilities Unfiltered podcast is out now!🎙️

John Hajduk, VP of Support Services at Geisinger, joins us to talk about what facility condition assessments should actually be used for — and why so many organizations get derailed before they even start.

We dig into:
→ What level of granularity actually matters
→ Why static reports fail you when costs are shifting constantly
→ The case for cross-functional assessment teams
→ Scenario planning models that help you make funding decisions with confidence

Whether you're on the owner side or the service provider side, this one's worth 25 minutes of your time.

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