TCIA Podcast

En el segundo episodio en español del podcast de TCIA, hablamos con el estimado Mauricio Gonzalez Muñoz tambien conocido como Mao Ropelombia, arborista, trabajador del cuidado de los árboles y escalador de competencia colombiano. Como Director de Formación e Instructor de arboricultura de la Escuela de Poda en Altura de La Casa del Arborista, y el único Embajador de habla hisp

In this episode of the podcast, we talk with one of our past Marketing Excellence Award winners, Jeff Wilson, about how Ronin got started at TCI EXPO and the importance of tradeshows in their marketing plan. Jeff is highly experienced with CPG, Retail, Semiconductor, Veterinary Hospital, and Product marketing communications. In addition to generating outstanding creativity, Jeff ha

On this episode of the podcast Jill Golden, Project Manager, Corporate Communications at The Davey Tree Expert Company, joins us to talk about Davey’s podcast and ongoing video series that led to them being selected as a winner of 2022 Marketing Excellence Awards. Jill Golden is a project manager in corporate communications for The Davey Tree Expert Company, an employee-owned cor

On this episode of the podcast Eric Petersen, President of Arborisk, joins us to talk about risk management, insurance, and what it means for your tree care business. After graduating with a Forestry degree from Univ. Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2003 and working as an arborist for a parks department, Eric joined his family’s insurance agency and began helping tree care companies g

In this episode, we are joined by Korey Conry to talk about his experience as a trainer. Korey Conry is a Field Safety Supervisor/Trainer at Mountain F Enterprises and has been in the tree industry for over four years. He found his home in the safety and training department onboarding helping develop the safety culture with new hires. He is a certified arborist and qualified TRAQ t

In this episode, we are joined by Katie Petrikas and Virginia Gregoire and talk about their involvement in TCIA's education space. Katie has been with TCIA for four years. She has worked in a variety of roles over that time, including member experience, where she developed a deep understanding of member needs and how to meet them. Katie leverages this knowledge to develop courses s

In this episode, we celebrate Women in Tree Care Month with Amy Tetreault and talk about her new role as Executive Vice President of TCIA. The Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) is a trade association of 2,300 tree care firms and affiliated companies worldwide on a mission to advance tree care businesses by developing standards of tree care practice, safety programs, and continu

On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Kristoffer Rasmussen, CTSP, QCL, Manager of Urban Forestry for the City of Dallas, to discuss the benefits the blended learning model of education that TCIA is utilizing.

On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Bill Hickman, Training Director of Heartwood Tree Service, to discuss the benefits of becoming an arborist apprentice. About Heartwood: For over 40 years, Heartwood Tree has cared for the trees of the Charlotte area and have expanded our services to Asheville as well as the Lake Norman area. As the first tree service company in Nort

On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Elizabeth Schulte, VP of Marketing at PlanIT Geo, to discuss how to enter the tree care industry with a love of technology. Elizabeth is the VP of Marketing, PlanIT Geo developers of TreePlotter Software. She is an experienced marketing, communications, and branding professional with a demonstrated history of working in the urban for