On May 12th, Automotive Industries Association (AIA) of Canada members will have the opportunity to honor industry leader Larry Jefferies, winner of this year’s prestigious AIA Distinguished Service Award. The Distinguished Service Award will be presented at AIA’s Aftermarket Conference for Executives (ACE) being held at the Hotel Omni Mont-Royal, in Montreal, Quebec. Jefferies, co-founder […]
AASP-MN Announces Board of Directors
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) announced its 2016-2017 Board of Directors. Carl Thomas, Lancer Service Auto Care, St. Paul , Bruce Tschida, Lake Marion Collision, Lakeville, and Dave Bock, Auto Value Parts Stores/APH, St. Cloud, have joined the Board of Directors. Other members of the Board include: Greg Kasel, Downtown Tire […]
BASF Names Christopher Kugler National Strategic Accounts Manager
BASF Automotive Refinish has hired Christopher Kugler as its new National Strategic Accounts Manager. Most recently, Kugler was the Director of Automotive Aftermarket at ILJIN USA, a producer of wheel bearings and other automotive components. Prior to that position, Kugler was the North American National Accounts Manager for Saint-Gobain (Norton) Abrasives in the collision repair […]
CSN Appoints National Insurance Director, Alberta Regional Manager
CSN Collision Centres announced two staff appointments. Trista Anger-Miklusek has been named CSN’s National Insurance Director and Kari Barton has joined the organization as Alberta Regional Manager.. In her new role, Anger-Miklusek will be responsible for the management and growth of CSN’s Insurance partnerships. Working closely with CSN’s operations and marketing teams, Anger-Miklusek will report […]
Greco Publishing Names Velocci Vice President/Creative Director
Thomas Greco Publishing Inc., publishers of New Jersey Automotive, New England Automotive Report, Hammer & Dolly, AASP-MN News, Wisconsin Automotive Report and the NORTHEAST Conference Journal has announced that the company’s longtime Art Director, Lea Velocci, has been promoted to Vice President/Creative Director. In addition to overseeing the layout and artistic design of the company’s […]
Equipment and Tool Institute Hires Rick Matz as Technical Manager
The Equipment and Tool Institute announced Rick Matz has joined the organization as the Technical Manager. Matz will help manage the ETI TEK-NET Library, including helping member companies understand the library and the data in it and seek information from OEMs when it is determined that the information the member companies need to design and […]
Nosek Named Senior Vice President of MOTOR Information Systems
MOTOR Information Systems announced the appointment of Jeff Nosek as Senior Vice President of Sales at MOTOR. The announcement was made by Tom Cross, Hearst Business Media’s Executive Vice President and Deputy Group Head – Transportation and Kevin Carr, President of MOTOR. MOTOR is a company within Hearst Business Media, a unit of Hearst. The […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Announces 2016 Trustees
The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced its 2016 Board of Trustees and Executive Committee. The Education Foundation is honored to have the following representatives on the Executive Committee: Chair: Stacy Bartnik, ITW Evercoat Vice Chair: Russ Hoffbauer, State Farm Insurance Treasurer: Jeanne Silver, CARSTAR Mundelein Secretary: Mary Mahoney, Enterprise Holdings, Inc. Trustee-at-Large: Tim Adelmann, ABRA […]
SCA Appraisal Appoints Two Field Operation Directors
SCA Appraisal Company announced that Rob Huebner and Mark Bewley have joined the Field Operations division, responsible for ensuring insurance customer expectations are met by the field network. Huebner will direct the Ohio Valley region and Bewley the Southwest region to bring total Field Operations team to eight under leadership of David Oyler, Vice President […]
Property Damage Appraisers Appoints New CFO
Jennifer Salazar has joined the Property Damage Appraisers (PDA) leadership team as chief financial officer. “Jennifer is the perfect addition to PDA’s family,” said Tom Dolfay, CEO of PDA. “She has experience across diverse industries including media, nonprofits, oil and telecommunications and in various roles such as accounting, IT, operations, planning and analysis as well […]