Thirty-Two Aftermarket Experts will be Roundtable Lunch Discussion Leaders at MACS Convention and Trade Show - aftermarketNews

Thirty-Two Aftermarket Experts will be Roundtable Lunch Discussion Leaders at MACS Convention and Trade Show

LANSDALE, PA — One of the highlights of the upcoming MACS Convention and Trade Show will be the Roundtable Lunch co-sponsored by DuPont and Underhood Service Magazine. The Roundtable Lunch will be held at noon on Friday, Feb. 1 in the Fiesta 5 ballroom at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Walt Disney World. It is a chance for attendees to sit down with the expert of their choice and share a sandwich and some candid shop talk in a small group venue.

Among the experts who will lead roundtable discussions will be Babcox Publications’ Ed Sunkin, editor of Underhood Service magazine. Other industry professionals who have agreed to participate include:

1. ASE Test Development-Bob Clark, ASE

2. Flush Equipment–Karl Matis, Hecat

3. Hose Service and Repair-Mark Smith, Veyance-Goodyear Engineered Products

4. Bergstrom Service and Repair-Kim Lepak, Bergstrom

5. J2788 Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling Machines-Jim Resutek, OTB Consultants

6. Heavy Duty Truck Compressors-Rodge Brooks, Sanden

7. Ford Service and Repair-Don Christoff, Ford

8. Toyota Service and Repair- Ryan Buetzer, Toyota

9. General Motors Service and Repair-Frank Rogers, General Motors

10. Denso Service and Repair-Tom Potter, DENSO

11. Engine Cooling Service and Repair-Mike Leeper, Hayden

12. Unique Shop Marketing Ideas-Andy Fiffick, Rad-Air

13. Managing Your Business-Bud Bilanich, The Common Sense Guy

14. Red Dot Service and Repair-Gary Hansen, Red Dot

15. Heavy Duty Radiator Service and Repair-Joe McGovern, Tanks n Tabs

16. ASE & Hybrid Vehicles, What’s Next?–Tony Molla, ASE

17. Agricultural Vehicle Service and Repair-Sherwood Wheeler, AGCO

18. Mercedes Service and Repair-Lars Anderson, Mercedes

19. Hybrid Service and Repair-Craig Van Batenberg, ACDC

20. Discusion en Espanol-Luis Chinea, Luis Chinea

21. What’s On Your Mind-Jim Taylor, MACS ACtion

22. Chrysler Service and Repair-John Pica, Chrysler

23. Mazda Service and Repair-Keith Johnson, Mazda

24. Delphi Service and Repair-Jim Graham, Delphi

25. ACDelco Service and Repair-Dennis Kissack, ACDELCO

26. A Refrigerant Change, Do You Really Care?-Paul DeGuiseppi, MACS

27. The Computer Factor -Larry Turay, MACS

28. Compressor Lubrication-John Brunner, MACS

29. HD Compressors-Bill Kerr, Visionaire

30. Bus A/C-Alex Moultanovsky, ACC Climate Control

31. Caterpillar-Dan Spurgeon, Caterpillar

32. Contaminated System Horror Stories-Ed Sunkin, Underhood Service magazine, Babcox

For more information about the MACS Convention and Tradeshow, go to: www.macsw.org.

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