Commercial Tires
Commercial Vehicle Tire Pressure
Monitoring Systems
Peggy Fisher – TireStamp Corp.
How To Run A Truck Tire Test Program
Peggy Fisher - TireStamp Corp.
National Accounts – Fast Processing
Of Credit Is The Key
Walt Weller – CMA/Double Coin
Commercial Tires: Outsource
Maintenance Programs
TBD – Bridgestone
Industrial Tires
Bob Sherkin – GPX
Specialty Tires, Skid Steer
Tom Beasley – Greenball
Farm Tires
Jeff Vasichek - Titan Tire
The OTR Panelists include:
Paul Hawkins – Titan Tire
Gary Nash – Yokohama
Barry Rexroad – Bridgestone
Tim Good – Goodyear
Why You Need To Be On The Web
Mike Bruce – VTS Solutions
Designing A Good
Retail/Commercial Tire Web Site
Pat Sandone – Net Driven
How Internet Growth
Will Affect Tire Sales
Ron Sinclair – ATD
Add-On Profit
Opportunities
Five Sources Of Income
From Your Tire Business
John Bishop –
Automotive Training Institute (ATI)
Used Tire Panel
What are the pros and cons of selling used tires? Attendees of the Used
Tire Panel will hear from a tire dealer who is successfully selling hundreds of used tires per month and
from an industry expert who has
concerns about the practice, including the potential consequences for
the tire retailer should an accident
occur involving a used tire it sold.
Panelists also will discuss the importance of the inspection and screening
process, including how to spot irregular wear, improper repairs and a tire
that’s been run under inflated.
The panel to date includes:
Dick Gust – Lakin National
Tire Recycling
Jim Lautzenheiser – Big O Tires
Harold Herzlich – Herzlich
Consulting
ATV Tires
Rhett Turpin – Carlisle
Automotive Service
Why You Can’t Run Your Service
Department Like A Tire Department
John Bishop –
Automotive Training Institute (ATI)
Converting Tire Customers
Into Service Customers
John Bishop –
Automotive Training Institute (ATI)
Services And Equipment:
What Services Fit Best?
How To Charge For Services?
What To Give Away?
Dan Marinucci – Consultant
Safety Inspections: Making Your
Vehicle Inspection Program Pay Off
Gary Vann – Mighty Distributing
High-Performance
Tire Panel
How can tire dealers grab a larger
share of the high-performance tire
market? That’s one of the topics
attendees of the High-Performance
Tire Panel can expect to hear about
when Leo Mehl, retired Goodyear
racing executive, moderates a panel
of six well-known high-performance
tire experts. Panelists are expected
to discuss the importance of qualifying prospective high-performance
tire buyers, share ways of capitalizing on suppliers’ racing programs,
review trends in tire materials and
size proliferation and look at how
the “green” movement is impacting
HP tire manufacturing. Attendees of
this session also will learn why an
educated and trained staff is crucial
in selling and servicing high-performance tires, how plus sizing can
impact a tire’s warranty and affect a
vehicle’s tire pressure monitoring
system, and what to consider when
repairing speed-rated tires.
High Performance Tire Panelists
include: Tom Gravalos – Pirelli
Bob Toth – Goodyear
Bill Bainbridge – Hankook
Mark Richter – Falken
Keith Noble – Black’s Tire
Adam Murphy – Michelin
Tire Experts Discuss Important
Issues in Roundtable Panels
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Nitrogen Inflation – Pros And Cons
Jim Lautzenheiser – Big O Tires
The Green Initiative In The
Flatproofing Industry
Mike Fullen – Arnco
Tire Protection Plans
Jeff Burke – Terry’s Tire Town
Road Hazard Protection
Steve Halgren – ABS Warranty
New Profit Centers:
Branding/Licensing
Jim Enger – Enger Tire
OTR Panel
As manufacturers develop larger,
heavier and faster OTR vehicles for
the construction, industrial and
forestry markets, it becomes even
more critical to select the right tire
for the right application. The OTR
Tire Panel, moderated by long-time
industry executive Jack Fenner of
BKT will delve into the latest trends
in OTR tires, including market conditions, demand, sizing, load ratings, compounds and materials as
well as retreading and disposal. The
session will include a 30-minute
question-and-answer period.
Fleet Panel
Commercial tire dealers wondering what most concerns trucking
fleets when it comes to tires can gain
some valuable insights from commercial tire expert Peggy Fisher,
president of TireStamp Corp. and
past president of the Tire Industry
Association. She moderates a panel
of trucking fleet executives who will
discuss future commercial tire
trends and other topics.
Panelists to date include:
Rick Fitzpatrick, Technical
Manager Tires, Wheels and
Drivelines, Waste Management
Mike Wassenhove, Manager of Tires
and Wheels, FedEx Ground
Richard Molder, VP Fleet Service,
Kenan Advantage Group
All Panel discussions are included in the ITEC registration fee.
