ORLAND PARK, Ill. – Organizers of the fifth annual Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) conference have announced the selection of the leadership team for the HDAW ’10 conference, to be held Jan. 18-21, 2010, at The Mirage in Las Vegas.
As 2010 co-chairmen, the conference committee selected Dave Bell, president of Erie Drivetrain of Erie, Pa., and Gary Smalley, president and CEO of Dayton Parts of Harrisburg, Pa. Dave Willis, president of CRW Parts of Baltimore, Md., was selected as vice chairman. The three HDAW chairs are responsible for the overall leadership of the event and of the volunteer and staff program planning teams, consisting of more than 70 individuals.
The conference committee also selected Education Program co-chairs: Todd Kindem, director of sales for ArvinMeritor in Florence, Ky., Lee Greer, region manager of Page Brake of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Gordon Botts, president of Botts Welding of Woodstock, Ill. Kindem and Greer will lead the education program planning groups for the popular HDAW Business and Technical Theaters, with Botts leading the HDAW ‘10 workshop planning team.
The HDAW leadership team will drive the program content of the 2010 conference. The planning process will again focus on the strategic conference elements that have made the event such a success:
• The highly acclaimed distributor education and information program,
• The pre-scheduled, supplier/distributor one on one meeting program,
• The HDAW product expo, and
• The numerous networking opportunities.
For more information about HDAW ’10, visit www.hdaw.org.
