Leading Experts in Brake and Friction Components Experts

Michael Cain, President of MFC Consulting, serves the automotive industry working with some of the largest dealers in the country. Mr. Cain has more than 25 years of varied automotive industry experience developing marketing, sales and financial strategies. In addition, he has assisted dealers in...

Anjan Chatterjee is an OEM and Tier1 automotive consultant. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to Chanin Capital Partners as well as a consultant to a large number of financial and private equity institutions. He has been or is involved with most of the recent restructurings in the auto sector. Previously,...

Kent Childs is the President of Pack 2000, Inc, an automotive repair company where he has worked since November 1991. He also owns and operates Midas Auto Service shops with 21 locations throughout the Northeast and Midwest. Midas is a full service auto repair company. Mr. Childs has owned a total of...

Michael Coppola was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Advance Auto Parts until May 2007. He was responsible for authoring the company's marketing philosophy and created their strategic plan through 2010. Mr. Coppola held several senior roles at Advance, including EVP and COO from 2003 to...

Joe Eberhardt is the Owner of Oxnard MB LLC which operates Mercedes-Benz/smart of Oxnard in Southern California as of late 2008. He also advises multiple companies with a focus on strategy development and alternative drive trains (hybrid, electrical) development and application. From 2003 to 2007, he...

George Greene is National Sales Manager U.S. & Mexico at Mas Industries, where he has worked since August 2008. Mas Industries is a chassis importer out of Canada. Previously, he served as VP of Sales and Marketing at AutoPartSource from 2005 to Aug 2008. AutoPartSource is an aftermarket undercar...

Douglas Hall was the Vice President of Lear Corporation's General Motors Division from 2003 until January 2006. Mr. Hall was responsible for all profit/loss management for 29 vehicle platforms and 41 plants representing $2.9B in annual revenue. He oversaw all aspects of Sales, Program Management, and...

Michael Kowalski is currently a self-employed Consultant providing consulting services on the state of the automotive industry in general and on light vehicle brake system design with a particular emphasis in performance. Recently he has followed developments in the restructuring of the automotive industry...

Mike Laisure is the CEO of Fluid Routing Solutions, where he has served since June 2007. Fluid Routing Solutions is a Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive supplier that designs and manufactures fluid and fuel handling systems. The company was formerly known as Mark IV Industries, recently acquired by an affiliate...

Wolfgang Rohroff serves as an Independent consultant. Mr. Rohroff consults on any aspects concerning OEM as well as tiered suppliers and the automotive landscape in general. He consults on M&A activities. He has extensive experience working with financial institutions, banks as well as automotive clients...

Tulip Shah is a Senior Automotive Executive, President, and Founder of Keystone Strategy Advisors, an automotive consulting firm. He has more than 18 years of experience in the automotive sector, including OEM and Tier I, specifically at GM and Delphi. He held senior level positions in sales management,...