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Quality Collision Group Names Steve Sikes Chief Revenue Officer

October 7, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Quality Collision Group (QCG) has named Steve Sikes chief revenue officer, putting him in charge of the McKinney, Texas-based consolidator’s partnerships with automakers and insurance carriers. QCG operates more than 100 OEM-certified collision repair centers in 13 states. “QCG has reached an important point in its growth, and bringing Sikes into this role gives us […]

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CAPA Adds Consumer Representation to Technical Committee

October 6, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

The Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) elected two members from the consumer interest category to its Technical Committee, the nonprofit crash parts standard-setting and certification organization announced Oct. 5. Joining the committee are Chris Small of Warren Tech and Nick Wellik of Des Moines Area Community College, both of whom come from automotive service technology […]

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Quality Collision Group Promotes Mario Sano to Lead Eastern Operations

October 2, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Quality Collision Group (QCG) has promoted Mario Sano to executive vice president of operations – East, placing the brands in the McKinney, Texas-based consolidator’s nine-state Eastern Division under a single executive. QCG operates more than 100 OEM-certified collision repair facilities in 13 states. The promotion follows QCG’s Sept. 21 appointment of Nino Sgro as executive […]

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CrashBay Adds Sabrina Thring as Investor, Adviser

October 2, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

CrashBay said Sabrina Thring, former president of Driven Brands Collision Group, has invested her own capital in the company and joined it as a strategic adviser as it works to scale its programs for insurance carriers, fleets and collision repair facilities. The company did not disclose the size of the investment. Thring is the second […]

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The Hartford Names Mo Tooker CEO as Christopher Swift Moves to Executive Chair

October 1, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

The Hartford Insurance Group (NYSE: HIG) board of directors has named President A. Morris “Mo” Tooker the insurer’s next CEO, succeeding Christopher Swift, who will become executive chair of the board. Both appointments take effect March 1, 2027. Tooker will join the board Oct. 1, 2026. Swift, who has been CEO for nearly 13 years […]

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Changing and Saving Lives Foundation Names Wolf Chairman, Thring Treasurer

September 29, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Tom Wolf and Sabrina Thring will lead the Changing and Saving Lives Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable arm of the National Auto Body Council (NABC), as chairman and treasurer following the retirements of Don Porter and John Winchell from those posts, the NABC announced Sept. 28. Both take on the foundation roles in addition to the […]

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Quality Collision Group Names Nino Sgro to Lead Western Operations

September 21, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Quality Collision Group (QCG) has named Nino Sgro executive vice president of operations – West, placing one executive over operations in all of the McKinney, Texas-based consolidator’s western markets. QCG operates more than 100 OEM-certified collision repair locations in 13 states. The appointment continues a build-out of QCG’s senior leadership. It follows the company’s naming […]

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Axalta CTO Robert Roop Receives 2026 PCI Lifetime Achievement Award

September 17, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Robert K. Roop, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Axalta Coating Systems, has received the 2026 Paint & Coatings Industry Lifetime Achievement Award, presented Sept. 16 at the Coatings Trends & Technologies Summit in Lombard, Ill. Roop leads a global organization of about 1,300 scientists, engineers and technical professionals across 21 product development […]

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Nasdaq Chief Economist Mackintosh Returns to Keynote November 2 MSO Symposium

September 15, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

An economic outlook session opens the Las Vegas program held ahead of the SEMA and AAPEX shows. Phil Mackintosh, chief economist and senior vice president at Nasdaq, will deliver the keynote address at the 15th annual MSO Symposium on Nov. 2 in Las Vegas. The Automotive Service Association hosts the one-day conference, which takes place […]

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Brandon Eckenrode Named Executive Director of LoveTrades Foundation

September 15, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

The LoveTrades Foundation has appointed Brandon Eckenrode executive director, the Laramie, Wyo., nonprofit’s board of directors announced Sept. 14. LoveTrades raises money for students at WyoTech, whose Laramie campus runs a collision/refinishing technology program, and for students in Laramie County Community College and University of Wyoming career and technical education programs. “Brandon’s passion for technical […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, People, Scholarships, Wyoming, Wyotech

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