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Embargoed to: March 24,
CARWACS 2011 Toronto
Session Name:
The Environment & Your Carwash – Ask the Experts
Session Logistics:
March 24, 2011 (11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
Introduction:
Nathan Ewing
Vice-President & General Manager
Transchem
Moderator:
Scott Murray
President
EZEE CLEAN Car Wash
Speakers (Panel):
Speaker / Title / BiographyClaire Darmanin / Chief Operating Officer, International Carwash Association / Claire is the chief operating officer of International Carwash Association™, the trade group representing the retail and supply segments of the global professional vehicle care industry.
Claire joined the International Carwash Association in 2004 as the Director of Education. During this time, Claire designed and developed the educational programs offered to both the operator and vendor members of the association.
Claire helped launch a new environmental stewardship initiative for carwash owners and operators, known as WaterSavers™. This program has grown to over 800 locations and has proven to be an effective method for carwash owners to communicate their environmental stewardship practices to their customers.
Claire holds a BA in communications from Villanova University and is currently pursuing her MBA at the University of Notre Dame.
Colin Potts / Product Specialist-Controls, TECO Westinghouse Motors / Colin Potts has over a decade of experience in the carwash industry, including electrical and mechanical design of both carwashes and industrial pumping systems, with extensive controls integration experience.
Denise Wight / Director of Sales,
New Wave Industries / Denise D. Wight is the Director of Corporate Accounts for New Wave Industries, manufacturer of the PurClean Spot Free Rinse system and the PurWater reclaim system. She has been in the carwash industry for over 20 years and has extensive experience with water related issues as well as Point-of-Sales systems for the carwash industry. She can be contacted at .
Gary Prokop / Spraying Systems Co., Specialist in Spray Technology / Gary has approximately 30 years industrial sales / management experience and has owned his own manufacturing company that specialized in custom manufactured products. For the past three years he has been working with Spraying System Co. specializing in spray technology. Gary completed the SSCO sales engineering course in July of 2010.
Dave Scholz / Executive Vice-President, Leger Marketing / Dave Scholz is a Partner andExecutive Vice- President at Leger Marketing, the largest Canadian-owned marketing research company. Mr. Scholz specializes in communication research andhas more than 20 years experience working with public opinion research. He is alsoan Adjunct Professor at McMasterUniversity's Masters in Communication program and a regularspeaker at National conferences.
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