SN to Co-Host Refrigeration Roundtable

MICHAEL GARRY

INDIANAPOLIS — SN and ContractingBusiness.com will host the second annual Refrigeration Roundtable event on Sept. 22 at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown as part of HVACR Week.

Like last year's event, the roundtable will feature an in-depth discussion of the latest trends and challenges in supermarket refrigeration. Of the 10 roundtable panelists, five are refrigeration executives at food retailers and five are executives from service contractors. The roundtable is sponsored by Hill Phoenix and Emerson Climate Technologies.

The supermarket panelists include: Sam Cantrell, mechanical engineer, Raley's, West Sacramento, Calif.; George Ronn, senior manager, refrigeration compliance and system controls, Supervalu, Minneapolis; Jerry Stutler, vice president of construction and facility engineering, Sprout’s Farmers Market, Phoenix; Steve Hagen, procurement and engineering director, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, El Segundo, Calif.; and Gary Cooper, director of refrigeration, Lowe’s Markets, Lubbock, Texas.

The contractor panelists include: Tom Alesi, president, Atlanta Energy Specialists, Lawrenceville, Ga; Bill Almquist, president, Almcoe Refrigeration, Dallas; Bryan Beitler, vice president/chief engineer, Source Refrigeration & HVAC, Anaheim, Calif; Russell Dudan, chief executive officer, Advantage Refrigeration, New Berlin, Wis.; and Sam Wilson, president, RSI/ARS, West Sacramento, Calif. Both SN and ContractingBusiness.com will cover the roundtable in their publications. For a look at last year’s roundtable, see http://bit.ly/fecDWD and http://bit.ly/nTFbrn.