Auto Recon, PDR, Upholstery Repair professionals and industry vendors gathered in Orlando at the Worldgate Resort for the 2013 Mobile Tech Expo. It was a busy, busy day as auto recon professionals came in from all the world.

Rod Puzey and Renny Doyle at Mobile Tech Expo

A special kudos to Renny Doyle who received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his impact on the Auto Recon Industry. I took the time to attend his training session today “Synergize Your Success”. Here are a few tidbits from Renny:

• “Are you the most recognized in your industry? If not become that person”
• “Build your family empire before your business empire!”
• “What are your priorities? “. He showed a picture of a man fleeing a sinking boat with the caption “My girl can swim and my boat has insurance”
• “How are you staying connected to your customers?”

I also enjoyed Mike Phillips’, of AutoGeek, presentation on “Isolated Scratch Removal”. Excellent tips and techniques for damp sanding and how to quickly remove all traces of the sanding procedure.

A special thank you to Burt McDowell, Nate McDowell and Kelly Vasquez of McDowells Specialty Repair. They presented with Rod on “Driving Your Business To The Next Level” using our software ZenTouch as one of the key components. We had great attendance and a very engaging audience. Thanks to all those who attended.

Looking forward to tomorrow.

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Jody Sedrick
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Zenware is a Boise Idaho based company that specializes In custom mobile software development, custom iOS development, custom Android development, ipad software development, iphone software development, custom web development, web hosting and Saas based work order management software.

Unless you’ve been living in a hole you know Hurricane Sandy ravished much of the north eastern seaboard. Particularly ravaged by Sandy were New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.  One of our customers, Certified Electrical (http://www.cei-ny.com) not only weathered the storm but are now involved in the largest inspection endeavor they’ve undertaken.

Before power can safely be turned every building has to be inspected in the Suffolk County, NY area. Anthony Ceriello owner of Certified Electrical told me, “There are over 20,000 homes in the immediate area that have to be inspected before electricity can be turned on. All of our guys are scrambling to complete these inspections amidst taking care of their own homes.  Getting fuel to drive around town is a challenge and with a Noreaster bearing down on us the urgency is even more critical.”

The ability to conduct inspections with a mobile device has been critical to inspecting every home. With limited or no cellular coverage, working independent of a connection has been essential to the inspection process.  Inspections are created on the fly using a tablet device and ZenTouch as inspectors literally go house to house. ”The devastation is unbelievable! The extreme environment we are working under is incredible.”, commented Anthony.

Tenants are understandably anxious to get power restored as over 3.5 million have been without power since Hurricane Sandy hit October 29th . Once inspections are completed tenants receive a certificate, printed on special county approved green paper, authorizing power to be restored. This mobile generated certificate serves as the golden ticket to a warm sanctuary while rebuilding a home and community.

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Jody Sedrick
Follow me on Twitter: @jodysedrick and @zenewareinc
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For the past couple of weeks my team has been working on a brand new iPhone application for a client. The premise behind the application is to remind you that you have a shopping list not based on time, but rather based on your location.

The app is ideal for the busy mom, student or professional who is out and about.

The application works like this:

1. Create a shopping list.
   Your list can be for groceries, hardware supplies, electronics what ever.
2. Assign items to a store
   As you add an item to the list you can assign it to a store. The app provides built-in integration Google Maps enabling you to search for stores by name based on your current location.
3. Conduct business as usual
   Drive around town as you would normally through the day. The app doesn’t even have to be initiated as it works in the background. When you are in the vicinity of a store that has assigned shopping items a visual and audio alert will inform you that you are in the vicinity of the store and ask you to open or ignore your list.

It’s really that simple. The application is fully location aware based on the GeoFence parameters that you configure in the settings. Now when you are within 1 mile, 1/2 mile or even in the parking lot you can be notified that you have a shopping list.