April 26 - 28, 2010
The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, AZ

Main Conference Day One

Tuesday, April 27 - Main Conference Day One

7:00 Continental Breakfast & Registration
Continental Breakfast & Registration
7:45 Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
8:00 Keynote: Building World Class Services Businesses In An Equipment Centric Company
Larry Wash, President of Global Services, Trane
In this opening keynote presentation, Larry Wash shares his expertise on building and sustaining world class service. Specifically in today’s environment, the service business can account for over 50% of a company’s total revenue. Learn how to create a roadmap for your organization, develop compelling service offerings, develop services leadership skills and drive cultural change so that service is a core strategy.
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Larry Wash
President of Global Services, Trane

Larry has responsibility for the profit and loss of Trane global service, contracting and parts business which includes service operations in 60 countries, more than 300 parts retail stores and 5,000 of the industry’s best associates. Larry leads Trane Performance Contracting Energy Services business, which performs energy audits and enables building owners to use future energy and operational sav [read more]
8:40 Do You Want To Know How You Are ReallyPerceived By Your Customers?
Shawn Lane, Vice President of Product Marketing, Servigistics
End users were surveyed to ask their perspective on service in today’s environment. Their candid comments may be shocking but it’s the reality that we must face and turn what they see as a problem into a success for all service professionals
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Shawn Lane
Vice President of Product Marketing, Servigistics

Shawn is VP of Product Marketing at Servigistics.
9:20 PANEL: Best Practices In Obtaining CustomerFeedback To Effectively Target Your Service Offerings
John Tarascio, President Bowe, Bell & Howell Service, Bowe, Bell & Howell
Mark Hessinger, Executive Director Worldwide Customer Service , Gerber Scientific Intl. Inc
David Baker, Senior Vice President Field Service, DirecTV
Bernadette Lodico, General Manager BSSG Service and Support , Eastman Kodak
Each senior level service executive on this panel of experts shares actionable strategies for collecting customer feedback and communication, through understanding the customer and how he or she wants to communicate, determining available resources, evaluating online tools for gathering relevant information and finally, leveraging data to effectively customize your service delivery models.
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John Tarascio
President Bowe, Bell & Howell Service, Bowe, Bell & Howell

John S. Tarascio is President of BÖWE BELL+HOWELL Services. He has led the BBH Services organization since 2000. During this time he took a traditional service organization providing service for BBH manufactured products to a true services organization providing a variety of services for current and new markets. His role recently expanded to include responsibilities for manufacturing and engineeri [read more]
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Mark Hessinger
Executive Director Worldwide Customer Service , Gerber Scientific Intl. Inc

Mark Hessinger, Executive Director Worldwide Customer Service for Gerber Scientific, has 25 years experience in Customer Service. He holds an Executive MBA from the Open University in the UK and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University in the USA. He has extensive international management experience in organizational design, implementation and development for Customer Service organi [read more]
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David Baker
Senior Vice President Field Service, DirecTV

Dave Baker is senior vice president of Field Services for DIRECTV, the nation’s leading satellite television provider. Baker oversees DIRECTV’s national network of installation and service providers and is charged with improving the quality of the customer experience at the point of installation and service. Additionally, he is responsible for 180 Connect’s operations as a wholly-owned subsidiary [read more]
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Bernadette Lodico
General Manager BSSG Service and Support , Eastman Kodak

Bernadette Lodico is the General Manager of BSSG Service and Support at Eastman Kodak.
11:00 Morning Coffee & Refreshment Break
Morning Coffee & Refreshment Break
1:00 Luncheon
Luncheon
3:55 Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
5:45 Field Service 2010 Welcome Reception
After a day packed with learning and brainstorming, it’s time to relax. With a cocktail or two! Have a drink with colleagues old and new, build bridges across companies, and develop the professional networks that can help you and your service business in years to come. The key relationships mean the next time you have an issue; you can just pick up the phone to a colleague and hash out a solution. Don’t forget to bring your business cards!
6:45 End Of Main Conference Day One
End Of Main Conference Day One