The WorkOasis Story

WorkOasis was founded in early 2002, as a software company focused specifically on the needs of facility managers. Bob Dickhaus, the founder and CEO, had spent the prior twenty years working for large companies, including serving as President of Johnson Controls global facility management business.  At that time he recognized two things; first, the fact that the internet could fundamentally change how software is delivered and secondly, the fact that no software company of any significance had developed a solution for facility managers responsible for managing large portfolios of distributed property.

WorkOasis, from its inception, has been a different type of software company. We've developed values that reflect our commitment to running our business with a "customer service” orientation, rather than just technology, and continue to develop products that are easy to use and deploy.  We also have a fundamental belief that "our customers are smarter than we are” and that our success is based on listening to their needs and developing products that make their jobs simpler.  We strive to "conduct our business in such a way that it honors God ” and provides our customers with the highest levels of honesty, accountability, and integrity.  And finally, we recognize that "people are the key to our success,” and that by attracting the most talented people in the industry, we can best serve our customers.

Bob Dickhaus is one of the best-known executives within the facility management industry, having been President and Chief Operating Officer of Johnson Controls’ $1.5 billion global facility management business, founder and Chairman of the Board of Service Resources, Inc. (1997), founder and Chairman of the Board of FacilityPro, Inc. (1999) and founder and Managing Partner of FM Solutions, LLC ™ dba WorkOasis.

In 2002, he was selected by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Michael Corbett & Associates as a finalist in receiving "The Outsourcing World Achievement Award” for his work in developing outsourcing in the facility management, energy and procurement industries.  He has been a frequent speaker at the energy think tank, E-Source, in Boulder, Colorado, and has been a member of the Defense Sciences Board of U.S. Government, having consulted in the areas of privatization and outsourcing.

Bob has had personal involvement in implementing technology solutions in over 150 commercial projects in the telecommunications, technology, pharmaceutical, retail, banking, healthcare, and manufacturing industries.  Major clients have included AT&T, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Glaxo, SmithKline Beecham, Federated Department Stores, The GAP, Home Depot, Bank of America, Columbia Healthcare and Lucent Technologies. He has been recognized for pioneering the use of technology in the areas of centralized work control, predictive maintenance, field technician automation, internet based procurement and information management. He also has an extensive background in international operations having formed international facility operations throughout Europe, Middle East, Asia and South America.

Bob is President and Chief Executive Officer of WorkOasis; a facility management technology and consulting company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. WorkOasis is best known for its’ award winning, web-based collaboration products designed for owners and operators of large portfolios of distributed property, and include CMMS software, software integration and asset management services.