Field Service Connect USA 2024

November 18 - 20, 2024

Hyatt Regency Austin, TX

David Sarazen

VP of Customer Service Multivac USA

Dave Sarazen is a senior hands-on executive with extensive Customer Service experience within the capital equipment arena. In early 2017, Dave joined Multivac, Inc. as the Vice President of Customer Service for the United States. Dave heads up a team of 197 employees, including Field Service Technicians, Regional Service Management, 24/7 Technical Support, and Project Management. Spare parts, preventative maintenance agreements, digitalization products, and other aftermarket offerings are sold and executed through his customer service team. Multivac is the global leader in packaging and processing equipment serving the food and pharma industry segments.

During global uncertainty and changes in supply chain during 2020 and 2021, Dave managed the navigation of providing field and remote services to customers. He worked closely with his team to establish safety policies and engagement procedures in a rapidly changing environment while providing continuous communication updates to employees and customers. In 2015 Dave began his employment with A.W. Chesterton as the Director of Field Service Operations. He was responsible for introducing regional service centers focused on providing pump repair capabilities and other related services for the Gulf Coast customer base.

Dave’s spent much of his earlier career in the printing press industry with Manroland, Heidelberg, and Goss International. As the Vice President of Customer Service in North America and Latin America, Dave was responsible for driving the implementation of many revenue-generating SLAs and establishing best practices in working with a highly demanding customer base. Dave led an office staff of 70 and a field staff of 220 field technicians through the management and execution of complex printing press installations, in addition to servicing the customer needs of their highly sophisticated equipment. Dave’s extensive Project Management experience has allowed for high levels of customer satisfaction while maintaining both the critical path and budgetary constraints throughout the cycle of complex projects. In addition, his strong engineering background, displayed by the grant of two US Patents, provides the necessary technical analysis when evaluating service-related challenges. Dave received his mechanical engineering degree from Northeastern University in Boston.

Cultivating the Skills of Front Line Workers & Optimizing Business Processes

2:45 PM TOWN HALL: What Are You Doing to Attract and Keep Your Top Talent?

In today’s market, companies face challenges in hiring and retaining talent as candidates often seek out higher paying jobs. With minimum wage hikes across the country, this has created even more competition for skilled workers.

Join this town hall to hear how your peers are working through this challenge. Come with your questions as well as suggestions for strengthening your workforce to increase retention, long-term. 

  • Embracing technology to appeal to a younger generation
  • Offering flexible work arrangements
  • Prioritizing professional development and giving your front-line workers a definitive career pathway
  • Apprentice programs and vehicles used to hire talent – balancing home life and work, how do we retain you, doing it with younger people in the industry. People capable of learning.  

Expanding Your Horizons and Innovating Using New Service Strategies

9:05 AM KEYNOTE DISCUSSION: Strategies for Growing Revenue and Maximizing Profit in Service and Support

Join this panel discussion where industry leaders will discuss various models for growing revenue in the digital age. Panelists will shed light on the strategies and tactics that are proving most effective in driving profitability. From remote service solutions to AI integration, subscription-based models to equipment-as-a-service, gain deep insights into diverse revenue-generating approaches that are reshaping the field service industry. What’s working and what’s not?

  • Enhancing customer engagement and increasing business with existing clients
  • Increasing efficiency through digitalization to reduce costs while increasing the top line
  • Monetizing self-service to unlock revenue growth

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining David.

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