
Vantaca Coast to Coast - TAMPA
Join us for Vantaca's Coast to Coast in Tampa on September 19th. Featuring expert-led workshops with CEU hours, panel discussions, and demos. This is a prime opportunity to network and gain valuable insights from industry leaders within the Community Association Management industry. This event is free to attend, but registration is required. We hope to see you in Tampa!
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🗓️ Date: Thursday, September 19th
📍 Location: The Rusty Pelican: 2425 N Rocky Point Dr, Tampa, FL 33607
What Can You Expect?
Throughout the afternoon you’ll hear from Vantaca's community management experts, and a state of the industry discussion with panelists from Vantaca, AvidXchange, Home Wise Docs, VIVE, and HOA Capital.
Following the afternoon’s sessions we’ll enjoy a networking happy hour and beautiful views of the Tampa Bay.
Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Feel free to come for part of the afternoon or the whole event!
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Agenda
12pm-1pm
Catered Lunch-N-Learn with Avidxchange


1pm-2pm
Product Demonstrations
2pm-3pm

Own The Meeting
One hour CEU course on running effective board meetings, covering preparation, audience engagement, and handling common challenges with expert techniques. Presented by Leslie Alvarez, CMCA, AMS, LSM, PCAM.

3pm-3:30pm
Break
3:30pm-4:30pm
Fiscal Fitness: Navigating Today's Economic Landscape
One hour CEU panel moderated by Leslie Alvarez and Dana Newsome (Vantaca), featuring panelists Jarret Tran (AvidXchange), Matt Gassen (HOA Capital), Connor Doyle (VIVE), Dave Baker (Home Wise Docs), and BD Snow (Vantaca).
4:30pm-6:00pm
Happy Hour
The Speakers
B.D. Snow is the Director of Sales Engineering at Vantaca, where he works with management companies around the country to tailor and deliver community management software solutions. With a background in association management and small business, B.D. has collaborated with hundreds of clients to refine Vantaca’s products. He bridges technical and sales teams to ensure solutions to deliver a better quality of life for clients. Outside work, B.D. enjoys looking for rocks and listening to migratory songbirds.
Leslie has been a community management leader for over 26 years. Throughout this time, she has literally managed every type of community association in multiple markets, has managed associations both directly and through a management firm, and has served in various leadership roles with management firms.
Leslie is committed to the community management industry and has a zest for improving the industry for the next generation of homeowners and managers. Her varied experience and life history has provided her with an ability to relate to most any manager and she firmly believes that an educated board member is our best ally in this industry.
In 2019 Leslie began consulting and serving as an expert witness for litigation involving associations. In 2022 she founded Community Association Consulting Experts, or Community ACE. And in 2024 she expanded her firm’s offerings to include full-service management to associations of all sizes providing boutique level services, with industry leading technology.
In addition to being licensed in the State of Florida as both a CAM and a CAM CE Provider, Leslie holds the CMCA, AMS, LSM & PCAM designations.
Dana Newsome is a highly energetic & equally passionate business development professional with 5 years of industry experience. He leverages a unique training background & extensive product knowledge to provide a personalized approach to each of his interactions. Dana currently resides in Wilmington, NC where he supports Vantaca’s continuous growth & expansion efforts across the country as their National Account Executive.
Jarrett Tran is a community association management professional who has served in the industry for 19 years. He has experience with apartments, condominiums, mixed-use properties, large-scale communities, single-family home communities, and townhomes.
Jarrett is a senior account executive at AvidXchange, selling to association management companies across The United States. AvidXchange is a SaaS company that streamlines accounts payable for community association management companies. Before joining AvidXchange, Jarrett was CAMS's Regional Vice President in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before his career at CAMS, he was the Vice President of Onsite Management for GrandManors, the Onsite Management Division of RealManage, based in Plano, Texas. Jarrett was part of a team that created the GrandManors concept in 2015 and grew it to serve over 20,000 homes nationwide in 2020. This journey with RealManage began while he was serving as an onsite manager for a 305-unit, mixed-use luxury mid-rise in Charlotte. He has managed North Carolina, Florida, California, Texas, and Colorado communities. In addition to being an industry professional, he served as the treasurer of Quail Hollow East Condominiums from 2012-2018 and is currently the president of Towns at Kestrel Village HOA.
Jarrett holds the AMS and PCAM designations recognized by The Community Associations Institute and a Florida CAM License. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
Matthew brings has a decade of experience in commercial lending with a family that owns a successful HOA property management company, providing HOA Capitol with the insight necessary to provide associations with the resources they need in the ever-growing lack of options in the HOA lending market. Matthew helped launched HOA after seeing a majority of HOAs are underfunded, but through customizable loans from lenders across the nation, associations can improve their communities and living spaces efficiently and without large due increases or fees.
Connor Doyle is the Chief Revenue Officer for Vendor Information Verification Experts (VIVE). He has more than 20 years of experience as an executive in the community association management industry, including a decade owning his own management company in Phoenix, AZ. Connor is a proud Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM), and a former member of CAI’s national faculty.
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