The 2025 PDR College Advanced Skills Seminar was held October 8–11 at Anson PDR in Burleson, Texas. The four-day event brought experienced technicians together for advanced repair, hail, blending, estimating, insurance, sales, and retail-operation instruction.
Event facts
- Dates: October 8–11, 2025
- Venue: Anson PDR
- Address: 5600 Highpoint Parkway, Burleson, Texas 76028
- Format: four days, with selected hands-on opportunities
- Audience: seasoned working PDR technicians
- Meals and related event: lunch was included each day; the final day led into an Anson open house with tool demonstrations and networking
Instructors and topics
The published event program named:
- Brice Kelly: complex repairs and high-level repair thinking;
- Jay Ma: advanced repairs and social-media presence;
- Billy Walkowiak: insurance policy and customer-advocacy issues;
- Paul Kordon: pricing strategy;
- Žan Vidic: competition-proven repair strategy;
- Shane Jacks: blending and speed on hail rails;
- Keith Cosentino: retail sales, mindset, and brick-and-mortar operations.
The broader curriculum included lateral tension, difficult damage, faster hail and door-ding workflow, pricing, insurance claims, sales, and hands-on opportunities to try selected techniques.
Why this occurrence matters
The 2025 event shows the seminar's current model clearly: accomplished specialists teaching the repair and the business in the same room, with experienced attendees contributing their own field knowledge.
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