As Jeff joins the NESPA team as Industry Trainer, learn more about our plans for upcoming education programs.

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In this episode, Dominick sits down with Julie Kazdin, president of NESPA’s Board of Directors. Julie shares how leadership lessons learned working with NESPA and our Long Island Chapter have impacted her company, Kazdin Pools & Spas. They discuss the challenges and the rewards of taking on leadership for a volunteer organization and how our volunteers have always been the key to NESPA’s success. 

In this episode, Dominick chats with Chuck Rienzi, founder of Aquatic Artists. After years of working in the landscape business, he evolved into creating ponds for his clients. As the business grew, Chuck found the company's niche, focusing exclusively on natural stone water features.    This focus came in place in 2005, and now he works on 50 to 60 projects a year with pool builders in 4 states. Chuck believes his most significant achievement over the last 17 years is having the same core team from the beginning. Chuck also shares why he makes a point to enter NESPA's Outstanding Achievement Awards each year and what it means to his team when they win.

In this episode, Dominick catches up with Jesse Lubar, CEO of OMG National. OMG works with nearly 10,000 small businesses to help them navigate the near-constant evolution of internet marketing. As a NESPA partner, OMG has worked with pool companies to improve their lead generation. Jesse walks us through how a small business can reimagine its marketing mix to maximize the possibilities that digital marketing offers in today’s marketplace.

In this episode, we visit Loop-Loc headquarters in Hauppauge, NY.  Frank Vingerhoets, Director of Professional Services for Loop-Loc, shares how Loop-Loc has evolved since the 1970s and how he found his way into the swimming pool industry through the company.  Frank walks us through how products have progressed to address the complexity of today’s swimming pools.  Learn how the company brings together hand-crafted work with advances in technology.

We check back in with Tom Flint of Thomas Flint Landscape Design and Development in this episode.  With nearly 20 years in the industry and 10 years as a NESPA, Tom shares how he stays inspired to tackle new projects and how his company has evolved with the support of his peers at NESPA.  Year after year, Tom enters NESPA’s Outstanding Achievement Awards as a way to push himself and his team to do better.  Beyond taking home the gold himself, he is always impressed to see what everyone else has been up to each year.

In this explosive episode, Dom is joined by Steve Barnes – Director of Science and Compliance for AquaStar Pool Products.  You probably know Steve from his years teaching at the Pool & Spa Show, but did you know he spent 30 years as a pyrotechnician – creating and executing full-scale firework displays.  Steve is a 38-year veteran of the pool & spa industry, chairs the PHTA Technical Committee, ANSI/APSP-16, the Federal VGB Pool & Spa Safety Act drain cover standard, and ANSI/APSP/ICC-15 Standard for Residential Swimming Pool Energy Efficiency.  

Steve not only walks us through the May 2021 updates to the VGB Act but brings us back to where this all started in 2007 and the chaos created by the initial implementation being retroactive.   Learn more about what the new changes mean for your business and how you can stay in compliance with federal regulations.  

In this episode of New Depths , we tackle marketing fundamentals for pool pros with Brett Abbott.  A regular presenter at The Pool & Spa Show, Brett has focused his consulting business exclusively in the pool and spa industry for over 15 years.  Brett shares insights on the essentials you need in your marketing program to position your company for long-term success. Dominick and Brett talk about how to determine what your company’s story is and how to communicate that to your current customers and potential customers.