Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Jacob Kulzer, vice president of operations, North America at Ecolab, was presented with the 2025 David Cooksey PestVet of the Year Award at NPMA's Legislative Day.

Sydney Crawley, principal vector scientist, Rentokil Terminix, shared updates on Rentokil Terminix and the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit’s joint effort against dengue fever-carrying mosquitoes swarming the U.S. territory, collaborative research efforts with the CDC and thinking ahead to leverage technology for more sustainable pest control practices.

Justin McCauley, CEO of McCauley Services in Benton, Ark., was named NPMA's 2025 Policy Person of the Year at Legislative Day in Washington D.C. PCT interviewed McCauley on the meaning of earning this award and his experience working on legislative issues in Arkansas.

PCT interviewed Christian Allan, owner, Tailor Made Pest Control, Lexington, Ky., at the UK Short Course. Allan shared how the company has doubled yearly revenues thanks to its recurring service model, wildlife service offerings and recent acquisition of Swat Team Pest Control.

American Pest President Kevin Poland shared how the company has grown over the last 100 years from acquisitions, putting a focus on employee training and being an Anticimex company.

In the following interview at PestWorld in Denver, Colo., Hoffman's Exterminating's Eve Pappas shared her goals on wanting to continue helping grow and scale pest control businesses and develop the next generation of leaders in the pest control industry.

At PestWorld 2024, PCT interviewed Evens Clerjuste, owner of Universal Pest Control, Princeton, N.J., on how he got started in the pest control industry, his journey on starting his own pest control company and the importance of clearly communicating with employees.

PCT published the 2025 State of the Termite Control Market Report, sponsored by BASF, in PCT’s February issue. In this video, Dr. Freder Medina, B.C.E., BASF technical market manager, discusses termite control treatment options, weather impacts on termite swarms, BASF products PMPs can use and more.

In the following video interview, Truly Nolen's David Schupp shared his first-hand experience treating an invasive termite species infestation and working with Florida state departments to solve the issue. That experience was chronicled in a February PCT feature.

PCT visited the Rentokil Terminix Innovation Center in Dallas, Texas, to tour the facility and interview team members about research being conducted in the labs and how they have welcomed pest management professionals (PMPs) into the center for continued training and collaboration.