SIMA announces first Advanced Snow Managers

By Brian Birch, CAE
An industry first has been achieved! Several individuals have attained Advanced Snow Manager status in June and July of 2014 since the completion of the final ASM course, Ice Management, in June.

These individuals have earned the newest designation for operations management personnel in snow and ice:

• Mike Czeschin, ASM, BSR Services Inc. - St. Louis, MO 
• Nicholas Mossotti, ASM, BSR Services Inc. - Maryland Heights, MO 
• Travis Graham-Wilkes, ASM, Graham Landscape Limited - Innisfil, ON 
• Judy Maciorowska, ASM, Snow Systems, Inc. - Wheeling, IL
• Edith Snyder, CSP, ASM, A Growing Commitment, Inc. - Freehold, NJ 
• Mike Dalessio, ASM, Mikey D's Lawn Care LLC - Sommers, CT
• Adam Elleman, ASM, Snow Systems, Inc. - Wheeling, IL 
• Aaron Williams, CSP, ASM, ULS Maintenance & Landscaping - Rocky View, AB 
• Judy Hooper, ASM, Turf Plus, Inc. - Guelph, ON
• Jackie Kemp, ASM, BSR Services Inc. - St. Louis, MO
• George Melchior, ASM, NAVFAC, PWD Maine - Portsmouth, NH
• Scott Derector, AEL - Edison, NJ 

The ASM program provides comprehensive training for any organization that manages or removes snow. Courses are self-paced and end with a quiz to verify knowledge learned. Once the quiz is successfully completed an official certificate is awarded and sent by SIMA. Any individual who earns all four certificates is awarded the ASM designation. All courses are available online through SIMA’s Resource 24/7 training center at www.sima.org/resources.