Join us for the next Sector Forum Technology & Innovation, chaired by Fred de Ryckman de Betz, featuring guest speaker Hunter Webb, Landlord, alongside a panel discussion with some of the winners of the SSA UK 2026 Innovation Awards. We’ll also be exploring the evolving role of micro-sites and how they compare with traditional larger facilities.
Fred is the Chair of our Technology and Innovation Sector Forum, which is immensely popular and engaging. Having founded his own self storage business in 2008, Fred has experience in every part of the business from financing, site finding & viability assessments, through construction to operations. Under Fred’s leadership, the business he founded won numerous awards, including several industry awards, for a variety of initiatives, including innovation. A former director and Chairman of the SSA UK (and Vice President of FEDESSA), Fred has spoken at numerous conferences both at home and abroad on a variety of topics. The business he founded was the first in the UK to introduce online check-in & account management in 2016, and the first to introduce electronic locks throughout a store in 2020. Join our well-liked, well-regarded thought-leader and innovator as he continues to explore new opportunities for growth and innovation in the self storage space.
Hunter bought his first self storage facility at 17, built custom tools to automate it, and sold it for $1M at 19. He's a GenZ storage manager, expert in Machine Learning & LLMs, and his dream is to make EU self storage more profitable and innovative than the US within 10 years. He is the Founder & CEO of Landlord storage software, where he helps owners achieve 100% automation so they can focus on buying more properties.
