The GAWDA Seven Springs Regional Meeting this year (June 21-23, 2022) saw 30 unique distributor companies and 225 attendees gather together for two and a half days of business, education, networking and fun in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Driver shortages and training, stewarding young leaders, building a personal brand and industry trends on the horizon were just some of the key talking points among attendees throughout business sessions, the contact booth program and other networking events held over the course of the three-day event.
With the first day consisting of registration and networking events, the second day was where business really got underway. After breakfast, Sean Coyle, CEO of Sandler, motivated attendees with a presentation titled, Establishing an environment of equal business stature.
Following Coyle’s speech during the networking breakfast, attendees heard all about hot topics and trends within the industrial gases market from Joe Cappello, CEO of Iwatani Americas, Tom Harrison, Vice-President of Industrial Gases at Iwatani Americas, Bob Ewing, President of Red Ball Oxygen and GAWDA President 2022, Frank Bock, Senior Driver Safety and Training Specialist at Air Products, and Robert Anders, CEO of Holston Gases. Each dived deep into their specialist subjects and created a great environment for break-out discussions both in and outside of the Grand Ballroom.
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