Facilities and Campus Operations

Paul Armas has provided strategic leadership, coordination, and administration of the facilities management operations function at Brown University for the past decade.  Under Paul's leadership, the operations arm of Brown University's facilities management department is responsible for leading 340 union, non-union, management and support staff in maintaining 235 campus buildings totaling approximately 7 million gross square feet and over 140 acres of turf, parking lots, greenery, and walkways in and around Providence's historic College Hill. 

During his tenure at Brown, Paul has transformed the department from a reactive maintenance mindset to one of planned and predictive maintenance. This has garnered Paul and the department accolades from several national and local news and trade publications as well as an award in Innovative and Effective Practices from the higher education facilities trade group APPA and is a regular presenter at regional and national conferences.