Nothing is more important than honoring our warriors. That was the theme Andy Linares, host of the 2019 New York Pest Expo and president of New York-based Bug Off Pest Control Center, reiterated throughout his 17th annual event on Nov. 8, 2019.
Around 400 pest management professionals (PMPs) from the tri-state area and beyond gathered at the George Washington Bridge Doubletree Hotel in Fort Lee, N.J., for the one-day event. More than 30 exhibitors participated in the New York Pest Expo, and coordinated with Bug Off to offer exclusive deals and prizes to the PMPs in attendance.
“We always keep it fresh with new speakers and great topics. Everyone has a wonderful time,” Linares said during his morning remarks to the crowd. “Six o’clock is going to come around and you’re going to wonder, ‘Where did the day go?’”
Kicking off the weekend before the 100th anniversary of Veterans Day, Linares organized a special introduction: The North Jersey Young Marines presented the colors and escorted Dr. Stan Cope, the event’s keynote speaker. Dr. Cope, VP of Technical Products and Services for Catchmaster and a retired Captain of the U.S. Navy, led the attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.
“We started the event in a beautiful fashion with young marine cadets,” Linares said. “It was a beautiful start to a wonderful day of training.”
(Editor’s note: See photos of the exhibitors at the event, here.)
The PMPs in attendance raised $1,100 for the Wounded Warrior Project, more than double what was raised at last year’s New York Pest Expo. Bug Off Pest Control will match the amount raised — and then the Wounded Warrior Project will match that, for a total of $4,400.
The day-long event was full of presentations from industry greats. Featured speakers included:
- Dr. Stanton Cope, VP of Technical Products and Services at Catchmaster
- John Murphy, Technical Support Manager at Liphatech
- Greg Baumann, VP Technical Services and Regulatory Affairs at Nisus Corp. (and a 2013 PMP Hall of Famer)
- Dr. Faith Oi, Associate Extension Scientist in Urban Entomology, University of Florida (and a PMP Editorial Advisory Board member)
- Lou Sorkin, BCE, consultant with Entsult Associates
- Thomas Powell, Technical Field Specialist with MGK
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- Bug Off Pest Control’s Andy Linares paid tribute to his late mother, Lucy Bilbao, who was a welcome presence at past events of the New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Attendees at the 2019 New York Pest Expo watching the North Jersey Young Marines present the colors and escort Dr. Stan Cope, the event’s keynote speaker. PHOTO: DANIELLE PESTA
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- Dr. Faith Oi, Associate Extension Scientist in Urban Entomology at the University of Florida, presenting at the New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: DANIELLE PESTA
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- Dr. Faith Oi, Associate Extension Scientist in Urban Entomology at the University of Florida (and a PMP Editorial Advisory Board member), talks to attendees at the New York Pest Expo during her presentation “Defending the Homeland Against Invasive Ants.” PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- The North Jersey Young Marines presenting the colors at the 2019 New York Pest Expo on Nov. 8, to kick off Veterans Day weekend. PHOTO: DANIELLE PESTA
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- Greg Baumann, VP Technical Services and Regulatory Affairs at Nisus Corp., during his presentation at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Dr. Stanton Cope, VP of Technical Products and Services at Catchmaster during his New York Pest Expo presentation: “Pest Management in the U.S. Department of Defense.” PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Lou Sorkin, BCE, shows off a cockroach among many other pests he brought to the 2019 New York Pest Expo for attendees to check out. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- John Murphy, Liphatech’s Technical Support Manager, presenting “The War on Rats – Winning Hearts and Minds” at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Lou Sorkin, BCE, Entsult Associates, presents “Destroy Missions – Notorious Arthropod Predators” at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: DANIELLE PESTA
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- Andy stands alongside the Wounded Warrior Project ladies who helped the event raise a total of $4,400 in combined donations from attendees, Bug Off and the Wounded Warriors donation match. PHOTO: Kim Geissel, AP&G
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- Around 400 attendees at the 2019 New York Pest Expo listened to six presentations from industry leaders at the 17th annual event. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Andy Linares, President of Bug Off Pest Control Center, talks to attendees about honoring warriors in the U.S. armed forces and our first responders during his introduction at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Dr. Faith Oi, Associate Extension Scientist in Urban Entomology at the University of Florida. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Andy Linares, president of Bug Off Pest Control greeted attendees at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: DANIELLE PESTA/PMP
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- Lou Sorkin, BCE, Entsult Associates, brought some friends with him to the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
See photos of the exhibitors at the event below and click on each image to enlarge.
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- Preston Carruthers, Sales Representative with NPD Products Ltd., talks about the latest products with a New York Pest Expo attendee. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Jonathan Davis, the pest management territory manager for Syngenta, talks about Advion with New York Pest Expo attendees. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Barry Pitkoff, Liphatech’s Northeast District Sales Manager, talks about the company’s newest bait options. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Karen Boniface, Senior Sales Specialist with BASF, discusses Alpine WSG Insecticide. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Cameron Wheeler, ZappBug’s President, exhibited at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Tommaso Garavaglia, business development manager for Polti, demonstrating the Cimex Eradicator at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Craig Martelle, the Northeast Sales Manager for J.T. Eaton, demonstrates the product along with a PMP magnet! PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Jeff Shaw, a partner with Wildlife Control Solutions, at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Will Poston, CEO of MattressSafe, showing off the BodySafe Inspection Suit at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Don Kaufman, the Midwest Regional Sales Manager with Pelsis. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Filipe Ferreira, the Northeast Regional Sales Manager with Pelsis, shows off the B&G sprayer. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- The Sterifab team of Spencer Goldrich and Mark House at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Brian Cooney with MGK discusses CrossFire and . Decimari with New York Pest Expo attendees. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Vicki Holst, Reneotech Territory Rep, discussing Ecoraider with an attendee at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Karen Boniface, Senior Sales Specialist with BASF, discusses some of the company’s latest product offerings. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Pat Ryan with PDM, representing Rockwell Labs, Burrow RX, Birchmeier, Epic and Flock Free, at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Casey Prewitt, the National Sales Manager with Neogen, talks about some of the latest products in the SureKill line. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Kevin Connally, Northeast Area Sales Manager with Bayer, stands with New York Pest Expo attendees. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- John Phil, Senior Technical Sales Representative with Bell Laboratories, discussing Bell’s newest sensing technology. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Senestech’s Brandy Pyzyna, VP scientific operations along with Cameron Rains, Field Application Specialist, share insights about ContraPest with an attendee at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Gabriel Gliwa, a new Regional Sales Manager for Zoecon Professional Products with Central Life Sciences. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Ka Tsu, Director of Sales with ServicePro, gets ready for some great networking at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- PMPs booth at the 2019 New York Pest Expo displaying our latest issue and State of the Industry. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Ray Olschewski, ACE, Eastern Regional Technical Expert with Bird Barrier of America, at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- David Cook with Cryonite USA demonstrating the product at the New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Attendees at the New York Pest Expo visited the New York Pest Management Association booth for information on upcoming regulatory matters. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Harry Bryan, Area Sales Manager with Nisus Corp., talks with an attendee at the New York Pest Expo about Niban. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Frank MacDonald, president of Select Insurance, makes an appearance at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Mary-Shea Murphy, the Business Development Manager with Atrix International, demonstrates one of the company’s ultrafine filtration vacuums. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Casey Prewitt, Neogen’s Director of Sales, at the New York Pest Expo, talking with an attendee. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Joseph Belcher, Western US sales manager with Kness Manufacturing, shares information about the company’s release of Krittersense. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- The Catchmaster crew of Kim Geissel, Northeasten US and Eastern Canada Regional Manager, stands alongside Chris Ernst, the Director of Brand Strategy. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Brian Cooney with MGK discussing some of the company’s latest product offerings. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Vectronate’s Jonathan McCarthy with Walter Garvey showing off the Vectorfog. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Will Poston, CEO of MattressSafe talks with an attendee at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
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- Andrej Branc, PelGar International’s Americas Business Manager, discussing RodentStop at the 2019 New York Pest Expo. PHOTO: MARTY WHITFORD
About the Author
Danielle Pesta is the senior digital media manager at North Coast Media, the parent company of PMP magazine. She can be reached at dpesta@northcoastmedia.net.
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