Affiliated's Catalyst PERS conference sold out
By Spencer Ives
Updated Fri April 29, 2016
Affiliated Monitoring's new PERS conference, Catalyst, sold out three-and-a-half weeks prior to the inaugural event on May 17.
Affiliated's VP Daniel Oppenheim told SSN that Catalyst booked so quickly due to its “focus on sales and marketing, and Affiliated's reputation as a PERS specialist.”
“We have 160 attendees, and including staff and vendors, we're going to be at about 200 total,” Oppenheim said. Oppenheim believes it will be the largest PERS conference ever held.
Oppenheim said that Affiliated will unveil three new services at the show, but declined to give more detail.
Former major league baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine will be giving the keynote address. “We were looking for someone who we felt has managed teams,” Oppenheim said. “He has very practical knowledge about bringing in people with different backgrounds, different skill sets. … He really can talk about the grind, day-in and day-out and trying to get teammates to perform.”
He said the company will look for a larger venue for next year. “We'll probably do it again in Florida, just at a larger resort, around the same time.”
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