Internal Value Proposition, Workforce Development & Customer Retention

08:00 - 08:40 Continental Breakfast

08:40 - 08:45 Welcome Remarks


08:45 - 09:00 Chairperson’s Opening Address

09:00 - 10:00 The Power Of Non Verbal Communication In Business


Joe Navarro

Former Profiler
FBI

10:00 - 10:20 Managing Succession Planning In A Service Organization


Steve Meyers, Director Central Field Service Operations at Vivint, Inc.

Steve Meyers

Director Central Field Service Operations
Vivint, Inc.

10:20 - 10:40 Reducing Customer Effort Through Engagement

Karl Storz has been recognized by JD Power for their outstanding customer support team. As head of this department, Marian Favors is an expert at finding ways for customers to reduce the effort they expend as part of each transaction. Join Marian as she discusses:
• Structuring software offerings to better handle customer communications
• Measuring and analyzing the data from call center in conjunction with customer web portal and knowledge management system
• Transforming from call center to resolution center to increase not only customer satisfaction, but also the internal status of the technical support employees
Marian Favors, Director of Customer Services at Karl Storz Endoscopy-America Inc

Marian Favors

Director of Customer Services
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America Inc

10:40 - 11:20 Morning Networking & Refreshment Break

Table 1: Leveraging Relationships Between Sales And Service Teams To Cross-sell Products And Services
Hosted by David Pinto, National Service Manager, Henry Schein

Table 2: TBD
Hosted by Kurt Opel, Director Global Parts Inventory Management, Kodak

Table 3: Increasing Sales Of Service Contracts
Hosted by Chris Kunzmann, Head of Global Service Marketing, Coherent

Table 4: Developing On-Demand Training Models To Minimize Technician Downtime And Improve Your Knowledge Base
Hosted by Chris Reilly, Service Training Manager, Tennant

Table 5: Transitioning Customers From The “Break-Fix” Model Of Service To Service Contracts
Hosted by Roger O’Connor, VP & GM Product Support, Gosiger

Table 6: Building Strong Communication To and From Field Service Technicians
Hosted by Scott Wooden, Field Service Director, Card-Monroe
Chris Kunzmann, Service Product Manager at Coherent Inc

Chris Kunzmann

Service Product Manager
Coherent Inc

Roger O'Connor, VP & GM Product Support at Gosiger

Roger O'Connor

VP & GM Product Support
Gosiger

Chris Reilly

Service Training Manager
Tennant Company

Kurt Opel

Director Global Parts Inventory Management
Kodak

David Pinto

National Service Manager
Henry Schein Canada

Scott Wooden

Field Service Director
Card-Monroe Corp.

12:50 - 13:50 Lunch

Effective service offerings can increase synergy with customers and improve your value proposition. How can Service create offerings that drive revenue and create engaged customers? Our panel of experts will debate this as they highlight the importance of:

• Gathering input from different areas of the organization including sales, marketing, new product development, IT
• Shedding the traditional mindset and starting with “what does that mean from go-to-market standpoint?”
• Continuously refreshing the product to improve synergy with client
Mark Brienzi, WW Director Service Parts Supply Chain at Eastman Kodak Company

Mark Brienzi

WW Director Service Parts Supply Chain
Eastman Kodak Company

Melinda Keith, Sr.Director, Field Services Customer Satisfaction at DirecTV

Melinda Keith

Sr.Director, Field Services Customer Satisfaction
DirecTV

Steve Meyers, Director Central Field Service Operations at Vivint, Inc.

Steve Meyers

Director Central Field Service Operations
Vivint, Inc.

14:20 - 14:40 Optimizing Field Service Repair Tracking

Repairing your customers’ equipment effectively and quickly is important. Tracking these repairs is equally as important as Jay Reynolds of Haier America is well aware. In this session, he discusses application design and tracking profiles as key components toward effective and efficient control of a national independent service provider network.
Jay Reynolds, Vice President of Service at Haier America

Jay Reynolds

Vice President of Service
Haier America

14:40 - 15:00 Utilizing Remote Visualization To Decrease Number of Service Events and Service Costs


Ken Vaughn

Director WW Sorter Support & Self Maintenance Solutions
Pitney Bowes

15:00 - 23:59 End Of Field Service Fall 2015