OPE People talks with Chris Regis of Suntek Lawn Care, a technology-focused lawn care business in Florida that is taking electrification to another level.Von OPE People

An event veteran and a relative newbie discuss the 2024 Equip Expo event. Who did what? And what does it mean for this industry? Join us as we discuss Equip '24.Von OPE People

OPE People talks with Amner Deleon, one charged up pro landscaper. Deleon and his team at Blue Sky Green Earth tend to residential lawns in New Jersey using just battery-powered equipment. How do they do it? And why? Listen in!Von OPE People

The compact equipment market is a hot topic, with more manufacturers going big on small machines. We talk with Toro’s Sam Dando about the market and the evolution of its unique product.Von OPE People

For more than 25 years, Steve Uljua has been working on robots and autonomous mowers. We talked with Steve about his work with Kress today and about the future of lawn mowing in America. Hey, at least people don’t throw things at him anymore!Von OPE People

OPE People introduces you to Kevin Sabourin, a digital marketing leader, fascinating father, and the industry’s leading ukelele artist – that we know of! Sabourin works for Rollick, a company that provides marketing tech services to equipment makers. He has some solid insights into lead generation for dealers. And he has a super interesting after-w…

OPE People catches up with Harold Redman, leader of Echo Tools, to talk about classic cars, e-commerce, big-box stores and how to balance it all.Von OPE People

OPE People talks with Jake Segrin, business development manager for Wright Manufacturing and a passionate lawn mower. “That’s my me time!,” he said about cutting his own grass. Segrin, an OPE+ Mover & Shaker award winner, gives us the scoop on working at Wright, and his love of the Green Bay Packers. Join us!…

We talk with the CEO of OPEI about robots, dogs, comfy shoes and more. Join us for OPE People with Kris Kiser.Von OPE People

I visited Stihl USA in Virginia Beach to get a close-up look at the company’s manufacturing facilities, and to try out some new equipment. Plus, I got to speak with Jeremy Krueger, director of business development. For Stihl, that means Jeremy works with Stihl dealers – all 10,000 of them. I got connected to Jeremy last fall when he was nominated f…

On this OPE People podcast, we’re talking about connections, powerful connections. I spoke with Cheryl Mailloux, from Anderson Power. Anderson designs, engineers and manufactures the connectors that enable battery-powered equipment to work. The company works with equipment manufacturers on … well, I’ll let Cheryl explain it. Welcome to OPE People ……

First up for our OPE People podcast are two industry veterans who continue to enlighten me with data about power equipment. Eric Voyer is Vice President at TraQline. Dave Johnson handles OEM Solutions, for Ideal Computer Systems and c-Systems Software They, and the companies they work with, recently created Dealer +, a new data product focused on h…