IAT SmartDial Gathers Industry Experts for Customer Executive Retreat

Notable collection industry experts and IAT customers will gather for three days of compelling discussion on important industry topics and networking, September 25 – 27, 2011 at The Homestead in Virginia.

“IAT has selected an outstanding group of speakers for our Executive Retreat,” said Dave Rudd, IAT co-owner and Sr. VP of Finance & Administration. “Each speaker is an expert within their niche in the industry, including legal affairs, ACA International initiatives, skiptracing and online marketing.”

Guest speakers at the IAT Executive Retreat at The Homestead will include:

• Mark Neeb, President of ACA International, President/CEO, The Affiliated Group “State of the Debt Collection Industry: The Road Ahead”

• Adam Peterman, Director of Federal Government Affairs, ACA International “Legislative Happenings: How it could affect your business”

• Michael Klozotsky, Managing Editor, insideARM.com & Naveen Hariprasad, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Kaulkin Media and insideARM.com, “Achieving a competitive advantage in the ARM industry through online marketing”

• Ron Brown, President & CEO, CSI Group, “Cowboy Ethics” and “Triangulation Tracing”

• Ed Walton, Attorney, Barron, Newburger & Sinsely PLLC, “Preventing Lawsuits: Hazards to avoid if you want to stay out of trouble.”

IAT SmartDial Solutions, a Utah-based company, specializes in dialing technology and provides both hosted services and site-premised systems. For more than 25 years, IAT has focused on developing features and technology for the debt collection industry.

The Executive Retreat at The Homestead is IAT’s first event of its kind. In previous years, IAT held a yearly user conference, concentrating on dialing technology product training. This year’s retreat will be focused on executive-level leaders and more general issues within collection industry.

“IAT concentrates on providing customers learning opportunities to improve their collection success,” said Randy Cooper, IAT co-owner and President/CEO. “This year, we feel there is a need to take a global look at industry issues and network together. We are excited to spend time with our customers while learning from the experts.”

The IAT Executive Retreat at The Homestead is scheduled for September 25 – 27, 2011, Hot Springs, VA. It is open to all IAT Customers. For more information, please visit http://www.iatsmartdial.com/iat-executive-retreat.

IAT has been developing dialing and messaging technology to the collections industry for over two decades. Located in Salt Lake City, IAT provides products not only for the United States but internationally. IAT offers solutions for larger collection companies with its advanced CT Center product, a premier predictive dialing and IVR messaging on-site solution. CT Impact is IAT’s cutting-edge hosted solution, which provides a combination of predictive dialing and broadcast messaging without the expense of hardware.