NAFA 2013 Webinar Series: Natural Gas For My Fleet - Is It For Me And How To Get From Here To There
NAFA's 2013 Webinar Series continues on Wednesday, March 20 with Natural Gas For My Fleet - Is It For Me and How to Get From Here to There. This webinar is free to NAFA Members and will run 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time). The speaker will be Erik Neandross, CEO, Gladstein, Neandross & Associates. Registration for this webinar ends this Tuesday, March 19.
Natural gas as a vehicle fuel is one of the hottest topics in the fleet world these days. New infrastructure, new products (conversions and OEM), and new projects are being announced on a daily basis. There is a tremendous amount of momentum, yet there remain significant questions about how a fleet can evaluate this fuel for their own operations. This webinar will take the fleet operator through the process needed to evaluate whether or not natural gas can work in their operation. It will cover key considerations a fleet must assess in performing this evaluation, as well as critical components a fleet much consider when beginning to implement a project. The webinar will cover issues related to the vehicle, fueling station, maintenance shop, safety, training, grant funding, and opportunities to leverage third party expertise in all of these areas.
About the Speaker: Erik Neandross is the Chief Executive Officer of Gladstein, Neandross and Associates (GNA), a national consulting firm specializing in market development and analysis within the natural gas transportation sector. Neandross leads GNA's team of engineers and analysts working to assist clients to assess, plan, develop, and implement large scale projects to utilize natural gas transportation fuel in on-road heavy-duty fleet operations, as well as in various off-road high horsepower operations including marine; locomotive; mine haul; oil and gas exploration; and production applications.
Neandross has been involved with the development of several of the nation's most successful planned natural gas corridors for heavy-duty trucks in the western United States, Texas, and Pennsylvania. He works with national fleet operators such as UPS, Waste Management, Ryder, Frito Lay, Pepsi, Kroger, Sysco Food Services, California Cartage Company, City of Los Angeles, and many other organizations to provide strategic planning, financial modeling, and technical assistance in the areas of truck and engine technology evaluation; fuel station sizing, design, layout, and specifications; maintenance facility modification requirements; personnel training; and overall project costing.
In addition to overseeing GNA's technical consulting services, Neandross leads the efforts of GNA's Events and Marketing Department which hosts two of North America's leading conferences on these topics - ACTExpo and the HHP Summit - in addition to a number of smaller outreach events and marketing initiatives throughout the year. GNA maintains two primary offices in Santa Monica, CA, and in New York City.
This webinar is sponsored by GNA's Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo.
NAFA webinars are available for free for NAFA Members and NAFA Affiliates as an exclusive benefit of membership. Registration for non-members is $25.00. To sign up for this webinar please register by Tuesday, March 19 at: http://www.nafa.org/onlineforms/WEB/?ID=4306. If you have any issues signing up for the webinar, please email Kate Shelko at kshelko@nafa.org.