Welcome To GFX Experience

The Premier Virtual Public Fleet Event
LIVE ONLINE - OCT 26-30, 2020

A Powerful Digital Experience For Public Fleets

Next-Gen - Learning | Connecting | Networking

This all-new, uncompromising virtual counterpart of GFX was designed for immediate public fleet industry needs but built as a long-term solution. This is a unique opportunity for public fleet community anywhere and at No Cost For Fleets.

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October 26, Monday

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (ET)

Keynote Address: Fleet Leadership in the Current Environment

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM (ET)

How to Achieve Fleet Excellence Through Top-Notch Customer Service

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM (ET)

What I Wish I'd Known Before Starting a Vehicle Sharing Initiative (Concurrent Session)

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)

How Government Fleet Management helps Public Works be Successful (Concurrent Session)

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #1 -Technician Retention Discussion

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #2: General Discussion

8:00 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #3: Implementing EVs Discussion (West Coast)

8:00 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #4: General Discussion (West Coast)

October 27, Tuesday

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (ET)

Public Sector EV Strategy: From Goal-Setting to Charging Infrastructure

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM (ET)

10 Modern Metrics You Should Be Measuring

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)

Deep Dive into Fleet Safety for Public Service Organizations (Concurrent Session)

In this webinar, focused on public service organizations, you will learn about establishing a culture of safety in your organization with smart thinking and intelligent technology.

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)

Increasing Communication and Safety in a Post-COVID-19 Fleet Industry (Concurrent Session)

Explore how government fleet organizations can thrive in the “new normal”

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)

Adsorbed Natural Gas in Focus: Delivering Sustainable ROI & a Reduced Carbon Footprint (Concurrent Session)

In this informative presentation, attendees will learn about the benefits of ANG while being led through two recent, successful pilots with fleets using ANG-powered Ford F-150 pickups...

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #5: Telematics Tips and Tricks Discussion

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #6: General Discussion

8:00 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #8 General Discussion (West Coast)

8:00 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #7: Dealing with COVID Complications (West Coast)

October 28, Wednesday

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (ET)

COVID and Public Fleets: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

From initial reactions to planning for the future, this session will delve into lessons learned, best practices in keeping vehicles and shops virus-free, and more.

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM (ET)

Diversifying Your Sustainable Fleet Program

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)

Recruiting Technicians & Increasing Tech Pay (Concurrent Session)

Join a discussion about proven techniques for getting good applicants and much more.

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)

How Fleets Are Saving Money & Improving Operations: A Solutions Showcase (Concurrent Session)

Hear case studies by vendor partners of solutions fleets have implemented, as well as actual results and data.

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)

What Fleet Managers Can Do About Risky Driving (Concurrent Session)

October 29, Thursday

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (ET)

How Does Your Fleet Stack Up? Benchmarks are Here

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (ET)

Law Enforcement Fleet Vehicle Updates

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)

Organizing, Prioritizing, and Visualizing Data to Make it Work for You (Concurrent Session)

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)

Level 3 Safety – 3 Ways Government Fleets Are Using Data to Improve Safety (Concurrent Session)

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #9: Planning Better Budgets

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #10: General Discussion

8:00 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)

Networking Group #11: General Discussion (West Coast)

October 30, Friday

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (ET)

Collaborate, Ideate and Problem-Solve with Fleet Leaders: An Interactive Session

Join the managers of this year’s #1 Leading Fleets as well as the Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year as they lead a discussion on running a successful fleet.

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM (ET)

7 Design Principles of Highly Effective Fleet Repair Garages

Learn the seven core design principles of fleet maintenance facilities, including the recommended design standards, actual field applications and their results.

Speakers

Eric Richardson

Deputy Chief Fleet Management Officer, City of New York

Tim Calhoun

Director of Fleet Management, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, FL

Sarah Booth

Chief Operating Officer, Sawatch Labs

Timothy Petteruto

Power Equipment Technician Supervisor, Los Angeles County Public Works

Alan Simpson, Sr.

Consultant, Assetworks

Tracy Ochsner

Assistant Director of Operation Services, City of Fort Collins, CO

Sara Burnam, CAFM

Director, Fleet Management , Palm Beach County, FL

Peter Barber

Business Development-Performance Materials, Ingevity

Janine Driver

Founder & President, Body Language Institute

Brad Kelley

Sr. Vice President, Mercury Associates, Inc.

Mario Guzman

Director of Public Works, City of Boynton Beach

Steven Tyler

Police Brand Marketing Manager, Ford

Jeff Tews

Former Fleet Services Manager (Retired), City of Milwaukee, WI

John Youhas

Deputy Division Chief, Assets and Logistics Management Division (ALM), Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Chris Butler

Director of Fleet Services, Johnson County, KS

Pamela Hudak

Conference Manager, Bobit Business Media

Bob Shoop

Senior Product Demonstrator, Caterpillar

Frank Palmer

City’s Fleet Services Supervisor, City of Ventura

Chichi Nyagah-Nash

Deputy Director, Department of General Services, City of Baltimore, MD

Rudy Six

CEO, INVERS Mobility Solutions

Erin Fields

VP of Events, Bobit

Dain Giesie

Assistant Vice President, Business Development, Enterprise Fleet Management

Mike Domin

Supplier Development Administrator, Sourcewell

David L. Dunn, CFM

Division Manager, Facilities Management Division, Office of Business & Financial Services, City of Orlando

David Martin

Business Analyst, Baltimore City, Department of General Services

Brad Brandt

Aviation Director, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, LA

Chris Jackson

Associate Vice President of Business Development, Public Works and Smart Cities, Geotab

Jeff Brandon

Managing Partner, Solutions Engineering, Verizon Connect

Bob Brown, Jr.

Director of Strategic Accounts - MI, OH, IL, WI, MN, Bobit

Brad Salazar

Director, Public Works Fleet Management Division, City and County of Denver, CO

Griffin Scott

Senior Consultant, Mercury Associates, Inc.

Joni Owens

Director of Strategic Accounts, Bobit

Sebastian Reszka

Senior Government Account Executive, Uber

Dania Rich-Spencer

Vice President, Automotive Innovation Group, Escalent

Paul Lauria

President, Mercury Associates, Inc.

John Cail

Director, Mobility Leasing Services, Merchants Fleet

Michael Schmall

Vice President, Mobility Group, Escalent

Mike Usen

Electromobility & Resiliency Lead, DKS Associates

Matthew Ayers

Lead Product Traininer & Applications Consultant, SoundOff Signal

Thi Dao

Executive Editor, Government Fleet / Co-Chair, GFX, Bobit

Ed Smith

Co-Founder, President & CEO, Agile Fleet

Philip Saunders

Deputy Division Director, Logistics and Emergency Management & Green Fleet Program, City of Seattle

John Bazelewich

Fleet Manager, Sussex County, Hamburg, NJ

Kevin Devery

Fleet Superintendent, Public Works Department, City of Goodyear, Arizona

Marc Canton, M.B.A.

Manager, Data Analytics Team, Mercury Associates, Inc.

Steve Saltzgiver

Director of Business Development, Mercury Associates Inc.

Mike Pina

Program Manager, Communications & Outreach, US Department of Transportation, Office of the Asst Sec for Research and Development

Kelly Reagan

Fleet Administator, City of Columbus, OH

Maria Neve

Government Sales Manager, Merchants Fleet

Kevin Schlangen, CAFM, CEM, CPFP

Fleet Manager, Dakota County, Minnesota

Abrar Abukhdeir

Deputy Division Chief, Baltimore City, Department of General Services

Ben Roueche

Fleet Manager, West Jordan City, UT

Norman Barrientos

President, Barrientos Design & Consulting, Inc.

Michelle Hardy

Government Sales Director, AT&T Fleet Complete

Charlotte Ashcraft

Director of Fleet Management, Franklin County Commissioners, Columbus, OH

Erik Metzger, CPFP

Fleet Manager, City of Conroe

Gary Lentsch, CAFM

Fleet Manager, Eugene Water & Electric Board

John Freuden

Fleet Manager, City of Peoria

Kevin Bearly

West Coast Sales Manager, Government Fleet Expo & Conference

Dan Berlenbach, CPFP

Fleet Manager, City of Long Beach

Sam Lamerato, CPFP

Co-Owner and Principal Advisor, Public Fleet Advisors

Joe Clark

Fleet Management Director, City of Durham

Mark Stevens

Fleet Manager, City of Sacramento, CA

Lexi Tucker

Senior Editor, Government Fleet Magazine / GFX, Bobit

Brendon Knott

Business Officer , Division of Motor Fleet Management, Department of Administration, North Carolina

Ed Smith

President & CEO, Agile Fleet

Chris Brown

Executive Editor, Auto Rental News

Yuri Tello

Global Fleet & Government Sales Support Manager, General Motors Fleet

Larry Campbell

Director of Fleet Operations, City of Fort Wayne, IN

Bob Stine

Fleet Management Department Director, Hillsborough County

John King

Fleet Management Director, City of Ocala, FL

Brent L. Wahl

Fleet Manager Director, Pacso County, FL

Marc Canton, M.B.A.

Senior Consultant, Mercury Associates, Inc.

Mark Stevens

Fleet Manager, City of Sacramento, CA

Brian Madden

Managing Partner, Public Sector, Verizon Connect

Al Curtis

Director Fleet Management, Cobb County Georgia

Keith Leech Sr.

Chief, Fleet Division & Parking Enterprise, Sacramento County, CA

Sherri Irwin, CPA

Director, Office of Support Services, State of Michigan

Mark Wight

Sr. Director Product Management & Strategy, XL Fleet

Mary Till

Director of Business Development, Sawatch Labs

Al Curtis

Fleet Services Director, Cobb County, GA

Victor Ayres

Director, Fleet Management, City of Houston, TX

Tim Petteruto

Supervisor, LA County PW

Eric Bearly

President of Fleet and Co-Chair, GFX, Bobit

Chris White

Communication Director, Frontier Energy

John Hunt, CPFP

Co-Owner, Public Fleet Advisors

Jeff Bowman

Director of Fleets, Denver Int'l Airport

Anne Knox

Conference Manager, Bobit

Timothy Fitzgerald

Fleet Director , District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

Michael Rhatigan

Fleet Asset Manager, City of Novi, MI

Jonathan Ford, CAFM

Fleet Management Division Manager, City of Orlando

Eric Winterset

Superintendent of Maintenance , City of Long Beach

Darryl Syler, CPFP

Director of Fleet Management, City of Dublin, OH

Neil Garrett

Associate Vice President of Business Development, Government , Geotab

Kevin Myose

Fleet Manager, San Joaquin County California

Dain Giesie

Assistant Vice President, Business Development, Enterprise Fleet Management

Dave Renschler

Public Works Fleet Division Manager, City of Fairfield

Scott Rood, CAFM

Manager, Mercury Associates, Inc.

Sam Lamerato, CPFP

Co-Owner , Public Fleet Advisors

Mike Ross

Core Fleet Product Group Manager, Samsara

Marc Knight

Senior Industry Consultant, AssetWorks

Mahanth Joishy

Fleet Superintendent, City of Madison, WI

Michael Allegretti

Chief Strategy Officer, Rubicon Global

Jeff Azer

Business Development Manager, Mobility Share Technologies, Merchants Fleet

Brent Miller

Business Analyst, Syntech Systems

John King

Fleet Operations Manager, City of Columbus

Rosie Torres

Event Assistant, Bobit Business Media

Robert Sparks, Sr.

Project Manager, Assetworks

Kate McFarland

Event Marketing Manager, Bobit

Julie Johnson

Manager, National Business Development/Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Ryder Systems Inc.

Rob Donahue

Senior Director, Government, Lytx

Jessica Schunk

Senior Analyst, Utilimarc

Berke Attila

Chief Financial Officer, City of Baltimore - Department of General Services

Tyler Mortensen

VP of Strategic & Government Business, GPS Insight

Bob Crowe

Director, Government Fleets, Mike Albert Fleet Solutions

Lt. General Russel L. Honoré

Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, Global Preparedness Authority

Patrick T. Barrett, MPA/CAFM

Director of Fleet Management, University of Nebraska

Jay Baldwin, Sr.

Administrative Manager, Transportation Operations Department, Fleet Services Hennepin County Public Works

Chris Ransom

Director of Solutions Engineering, Verizon Connect

Neil Garrett

Associate Vice President of Business Development, Government , Geotab

Brian Franklin

Administrative Manager, City of Tulsa, OK

Michael Webster

Fleet Manager, Forest Preserve of DuPage County

Tyler Mortenson

VP of Strategic and Government Business, GPS Insight

Rob Donahue

Enterprise Sales Director, Lytx

Jason Fauble

Director of Engineering, Syntech Systems

Andy Campbell

Supplier Development Supervisor, Sourcewell

Irene Gruen

Event Operations Director, Bobit

Craig Croner

Administrative Services Manager, City of Boise, ID

Jane Swift

Event Assistant, Bobit Business Media

Ken Castelloe

Law Enforcement Manager, FCA

Michael Brennan

Principal, CDMB Consultants LLC

Kurt Ohnell

Fleet Manager, City of Bismarck, ND

Tyler Herrmann

Co-Coordinator, Louisiana Clean Fuels

Christopher Mark

Fleet Manager, City of New Orleans, LA

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