(PRINCETON, NJ – SEPTEMBER 12, 2013) –
Products that save lives don’t stop at the border and neither do their
fleets. That’s why many of the largest
pharmaceutical and medical solution innovators are sending their fleet managers
to NAFA’s International Fleet Academy to learn how to manage fleets around the
globe. The conference, which takes place
October 21-23 at Loews Ventana Canyon in Tucson, AZ, is designed specifically
to meet the needs of those who manage fleets of vehicles outside the United
States and Canada.
“For decades, fleet managers have
trusted NAFA to provide them with quality fleet management training and
education,” said NAFA’s Executive Director Phillip E. Russo, CAE. “As we noticed more and more of our corporate
fleet managers being asked to manage fleets outside of North America, we began
introducing global fleet educational sessions to our annual conference. This ultimately led to the creation of the
International Fleet Academy three years ago, a conference solely dedicated to
the unique challenges faced by global fleet managers.”
Some of the pharmaceutical and
healthcare corporations who will have fleet managers attend this year’s
International Fleet Academy include Amgen, Baxter Healthcare, Boston Scientific,
and Merck. During the conference they’ll
hear from an all-star lineup of global fleet managers including four with a
background in managing a global fleet in the healthcare industry (Joe LaRosa,
NAFA’s current International Vice President and Director of Global Fleet
Services for Merck & Co.; Joe Carreira, the 2012 International Fleet
Manager of the Year and EMEA Fleet Manager for MSD; Lutz Hansen, Purchasing
Fleet Management Services for Bayer Business Services GMbH; and NAFA’s former
President Gayle Pratt who recently retired from her position as Director,
Global Fleet Sourcing for Ecolab). Additional
members of the faculty include Giovanni Tortorici, President of the Italian Association of
Managers Buyers and Used Cars – A.I.A.G.A.; Steven Saltzgiver, Vice President -
Fleet Operations, North America for Coca-Cola;
and Kevin Fisher, CAFM, Vice President Strategic Fleet Operations,
ARAMARK.
“No other conference comes close to
covering all of the material that this covers or goes into as much detail,”
added Russo. “If your company has
someone managing vehicle fleets outside of North America they need to attend
the International Fleet Academy. The
education learned can save your company millions of dollars and hundreds of
manpower hours!”
In addition to the educational
sessions, NAFA’s International Fleet Academy offers exclusive networking
opportunities and a cocktail reception and dinner each night. Registration costs are $799 for NAFA members
and $1,550 for non-members. Fleet professionals may save $200 off the
registration costs by joining NAFA as they register.
Attendees receive several value-added
educational items to take back to the office including a ready-to-use executive
summary; free subscription to International
Fleet World magazine; the newly published NAFA’s Global Fleet Guide; and
valuable checklists for policies, RFIs, and RFQs. All total, it’s a resource
package valued at $2,500 - well worth the registration costs alone.
For more information visit
http://www.nafafleetacademy.org.
About NAFA Fleet Management Association
NAFA is the world’s premier
non-profit association for professionals who manage fleets of sedans, public
safety vehicles, trucks, and buses of all types and sizes, and a wide range of
military and off-road equipment for organizations across the globe. NAFA is the
association for the diverse vehicle fleet management profession regardless of
organizational type, geographic location or fleet composition. NAFA’s Full and
Associate Members are responsible for the specification, acquisition,
maintenance and repair, fueling, risk management, and remarketing of more than
3.5 million vehicles including in excess of 1.1 million trucks of which 350
thousand are medium- and heavy-duty trucks. For more information visit http://www.nafa.org.
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