Michael Reimer to speak at HighLevel LIVE Manila

Retired firefighter and CRM Pros founder Michael Reimer will speak at HighLevel LIVE Manila on Aug. 8-9, 2026, as the event brings more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and agency owners to the Philippines. Reimer plans to show how Voice AI can help small businesses answer missed calls, book more revenue and automate customer response.

Why it matters: - Small businesses lose revenue when calls go unanswered, and Voice AI is being pitched as a direct fix for that missed-call problem. - HighLevel LIVE Manila will put one of the platform’s biggest Asia-Pacific events in front of 3,000-plus agency owners, SaaS entrepreneurs and business operators. - Reimer’s session is built around a deployable AI framework, not just a product demo.

What happened: - HighLevel named Michael Reimer a featured speaker for HighLevel LIVE Manila, set for Aug. 8-9, 2026, at the Manila Marriott Hotel at Newport World Resorts. - The Manila conference is HighLevel’s first major event in the Asia-Pacific region. - Reimer will speak alongside digital advertising pioneer Billy Gene and regional automation leader Cece Tan. - The event is expected to use one of the Philippines’ largest ballroom venues.

The details: - Reimer is the founder of CRM Pros and a winner of HighLevel’s $10,000 Innovation Award. - Reimer’s talk will focus on his Five Pillar Framework for deploying AI in real businesses without code and without technical complexity. - Reimer has personally architected more than 2,400 AI voice agents for companies in healthcare, legal services, home services, real estate and other industries. - Those AI agents are designed to answer calls, qualify leads and book appointments without human intervention. - Reimer said a missed call can mean a missed customer, and that business leads can lose conversion potential quickly after five minutes. - Reimer spent 30 years as a firefighter, trained international rescue teams and worked security details at the White House. - On Sept. 11, 2001, Reimer responded to Ground Zero in New York City and lost six close friends that morning. - While still working as a firefighter, Reimer built a company that grew to 300 employees. - Reimer later founded International Marine, a marine technology company that serviced mega-yachts for high-profile clients. - Reimer gave International Marine to his employees rather than selling it after seeing what AI and automation could do for business operations. - Reimer said the employees who helped build the company deserved a path forward. - Reimer also created an AI Voice App that detects distress sounds from pets and alerts their owners. - That app won HighLevel’s $10,000 Innovation Award at the LevelUp Summit in Dallas, Texas, against hundreds of submissions from developers worldwide. - Reimer is also the best-selling author of Starting an AI Agency (A Complete Guide) and created the AI Agency Accelerator program. - Reimer said the AI Agency Accelerator has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs launch AI-powered service businesses. - Full event details and the complete speaker lineup are available here.

Between the lines: - HighLevel is using Manila to signal deeper expansion in Asia-Pacific, where the Philippines has the second-largest concentration of HighLevel Certified Admins after the United States. - Reimer’s background in emergency response gives his AI pitch a practical angle: fast response, no missed handoffs and systems that work under pressure. - The pet-safety app helped position Reimer as an applied AI builder, not just a speaker about automation.

What’s next: - Reimer will deliver a session that walks attendees through the system he uses to place AI services into businesses across industries. - Attendees are expected to leave with a working framework they can deploy rather than a broad motivational message. - HighLevel LIVE Manila is the second stop in the 2026 HighLevel LIVE Global Event Series, following a conference in New Delhi, India, where Reimer also spoke alongside Neil Patel.

The bottom line: - HighLevel is betting that Reimer’s blend of crisis-response experience and AI execution will resonate with entrepreneurs looking to turn missed calls into booked revenue.