My career started in 1976 at Matthew Hargreaves Chevrolet in Pontiac Michigan as the Used Car porter. I performed this position until the fall of 1977 where I took a position as a Body Shop technician at Fredricks Collision in Pontiac Michigan. I became a working partner in 1978. In 1980 while operating my Body Shop in Pontiac Michigan I received an opportunity to join Pat Moran Oldsmobile GMC in Rochester Michigan. I was hired as the Body Shop Manager at the age of 24. Pat Moran was a great mentor who took me under his wing showing all sides of a new car dealership operation. He also introduced the financial statement and the impact all departments had on the financial success of the dealership. This inspired me to set no boundaries for my own career.

As a Service Fixed Operations Director in winter wonderland state of Michigan for over 40 years. My experience has not been limited to one vehicle brand.

 Since that time I have achieved tremendous results in sales, gross profit, expense control, customer satisfaction and employee relationships. These accomplishments have been achieved through coaching and mentoring employees to strive for excellence.

I have always enjoyed the game of ice hockey ever since being a child. I played the game and coached my son's ice hockey teams throughout their youth.  I became an ice hockey referee 1990 and today I am still active in the sport.

I was lucky to find my best friend Zoe and married her in 2009. We have 3 daughters and one son amongst us. Our biggest joy is our 8 granddaughters aging from 17 years old to 2 years old.

I love, love, love to travel. Experiencing different cultures and foods across the world is so amazing. Stop by and let's talk food, tell me a great place to go, I am always down to try something new! The other thing that I love is the water, if you have a great place to kayak, please share, my most recent exciting kayak adventure was in Lake Superior, if you love kayaking it comes highly recommended!