My strong poi nts and expertise are fixed operations, sales training, management, expense cont rol and advertising for the industry. Arrowhead Advertising From 08 / 04 to 01 / 08 specializing in creating concepts specifically for the automotive industry. Camelback VW-saab-subaru from 09 / 95 to 04 / 99 Managing Owner Managing owner of this Limited Liability Company with two partners.
My strong poi nts and expertise are fixed operations, sales training, management, expense cont rol and advertising for the industry. Arrowhead Advertising From 08 / 04 to 01 / 08 specializing in creating concepts specifically for the automotive industry. Camelback VW-saab-subaru from 09 / 95 to 04 / 99 Managing Owner Managing owner of this Limited Liability Company with two partners.
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My strong poi nts and expertise are fixed operations, sales training, management, expense cont rol and advertising for the industry. Arrowhead Advertising From 08 / 04 to 01 / 08 specializing in creating concepts specifically for the automotive industry. Camelback VW-saab-subaru from 09 / 95 to 04 / 99 Managing Owner Managing owner of this Limited Liability Company with two partners.
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I have been in the automotive industry for over Thirty (30) years. My strong poi nts and expertise are fixed operations, sales training, management, expense cont rol and advertising for the industry.
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A division of Larry Miller Auto Group From 11/09 to Present Handling all aspects of automotive advertising for Larry H Miller's six (6) vall ey dealerships. Wholesale Broker From 01/08 to 7/09 Bought and sold vehicles for automobile dealers in Phoenix. Arrowhead Advertising From 08/04 to 01/08 General Manager - Automotive Division Specializing in creating concepts specifically for the automotive industry. Work ing with clients from concept to final product, including presenting advertising budgets tailored for bottom line results ranging from $20,000 per month to $200 ,000 per month. Direct mail piece creation and demographics tailored to the clie nt needs. The Berge Group From 04/99 to 02/02 General Manager - Corporate Manager General Manager of Bell Lexus for two (2) years. Moved to Corporate Manager for all five (5) stores in the group working for Mr. Berge exclusively. Helped othe r store managers with special projects and establishing departmental procedure t o streamline productivity. Handled confidential business for Mr. Berge, includi ng acquitions and property development. Recruited and placed top management in e ach store. Camelback VW-Saab-Subaru From 09/95 to 04/99 Managing Owner Managing owner of this Limited Liability Company with two partners. Took a run down, low moral dealership with a bad reputation and re-staffed with good people , organized the business flow by placing procedures and systems in all departmen ts. Stressed CSI and SSI and trained extensively. Achieved the status of the s econd-largest Volkswagon dealership in the Southwest, with CSI in the high 800's ranking at the top in the Southwest region. Personal History I have put this together to give you some idea of who I am and where I've been. I also have enclosed my resume that covers the most recent ten years. I have been in the automotive industry since I was 19-years old and going to col lege. I began as a lot attendant ('Porter' as they were called then) but that l asted only one year as I was drafted into the Army. The next two years were all military service and I didn't get back to the auto industry until I was 23-year s old. I went to work for Burt Toyota in Englewood, Colorado as Finance producer. I wa s married to my first wife then and we had just been blessed with a baby boy. I stayed with Burt for a few years when World Service Life moved me to Kansas Cit y to be Finance Director for Van Chevrolet in Shawnee Mission Kansas. This is where I spent the bulk of my car years. I learned the business, front t o back, top to bottom. As it turned out I had a real knack for Fixed Operations and Used cars. I also found myself with the ability to sell just about anything to anyone. I moved through out the store, taking on nearly all positions which gave me the experience and education I needed to thoroughly understand the busin ess. I eventually partnered with another gentleman and opened my own dealershi p, Blue Ridge Motors in 1976. We carried VW, Mazda and added Porsche and Audi a fter the first year. This was a successful business for me for several years un til we sold the store in 1984. From here, I moved back to my hometown of Enid, Oklahoma and bought a Chrysler d ealership. One year later I bought the Dodge dealer out and combined the two. T his was completely the wrong move as within the coming 13-months the oil industr y took a nose dive. This resulted in a critical recession in Oklahoma. Much li ke today, businesses were closing; banks were being taken over and closed by FDI C, farming and cattle industries came to a screeching halt. Somewhere in the mid dle of all that, I ended up in a divorce. OK, so maybe moving back home was tem porary insanity and certainly felt like a black cloud for a while. So, with my tail between my legs, I moved with my son back to Kansas City where they were st ill selling cars! I formed my own wholesale business and was prosperous for the next four years. I met my current wife (she would know exactly when it was) during this period. W e attended a family reunion (her family) in Phoenix and we fell in love with the terrain and the weather (no ice storms). In 1991 we found ourselves moving to Arizona. I gained employment with Powell Volvo-Mazda as a General Manager and wo rked there until I bought Camelback VW, Saab and Subaru. This is where my resum e picks up the history. My son also came with us and currently (an old man himself) manages a Fletchers automotive center. He is very successful and credits me (Ha) with teaching him F ixed operations. I have a beautiful granddaughter who will soon turn twelve but thinks she is twe nty. She is an A/B student in school and belongs to our church's' youth group. My wife and I have been married for 19-years and loving life. She is an amazing person with a huge heart. In addition to working full time, she has a host of volunteer activities that keep her busy. She is on the board for the Maricopa C ounty Foster Care Review that is a county appointed task force that reviews the case of each child who is in Foster Care on a regular basis. In addition, for t he last four years she has been a CASA volunteer for the Juvenal Court System. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. She is assigned by the court, a child who is in the foster care system and it is her job to make sure that ch ild is being taken care of by the foster parents and the CPS system, She also h as to attend the case's court hearings and report to the judge anything that she feels is lacking, remiss or unsafe for that child. She kind-of makes sure that CPS and the foster parents do their job adequately. She doesn't stop there. S he also teaches a youth Religious Education class at our church. I also have volunteer activities...I am a Eucharistic Minister and Usher at our church and I help out at St Vincent De Paul a few times each month. And, of cou rse, my other activity is GOLF! I love dogs and yard work. No health problems. My personality says 'persistence' and I prefer to stay busy and love challenges . I am terminally organized and deliberate. We are really just a simple, down to earth, family oriented household. Our mott o is, 'We are only here to be truly helpful'.