Leading Experts in Experts in the Automotive Council

Jake Belemjian is currently the President and Owner of Diablo Motorsports Inc., a recreational vehicle dealership. He has been in this role since 2000; previously he was a passive owner of the business since 1993. Diablo Motorsports owns two dealerships 10 miles south of Fresno, California. One dealership...

Steve Boutwell is currently a District Manager at Pomp's Tire Service in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he has worked since 1988. Pomp’s is a tire retailer and auto service provider in about 67 service centers, and is one of the three largest independent commercial tire dealers in the US. Mr. Boutwell...

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...

Joe Cappy was until October 2003, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group. Mr. Cappy was President & CEO of American Motors when Chrysler Corporation purchased the company from Renault and the Public in 1987. As Vice President at Chrysler, he was involved with the...

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...

Chris Davies is currently the CEO and Owner of Boats Inc. of Morehead City, NC. Mr. Davies has run Boats Inc., since its inception in 1972 and has full operational oversight of the business. Currently, they sell Robalo and Sundance brand boats as well as Bombardier and Yamaha salt water motors. Previously,...

John Donaldson is the President of Donaldsons Volkswagen-Subaru, a $50M new car franchise dealer in Long Island, which he has been operating since 1986. They sell and lease an average of 2300 new and used (80% new, /20% used) vehicles per year as well as parts and service. Mr. Donaldson's family has...

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...

Mark Fendley is the Continuous Improvement Manager for BMW AG, in South Carolina. Mr. Fendley has 10 years of executive experience with BMW and more than 20yrs of experience in Asian and European OEM manufacturing, supplier development, and engineering. He has expertise in Tier One supplier technology...

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...

Donald Herring is the owner of Don Herring and Associates, a company, which handles mergers and acquisitions, as well as sales of specific products to selected accounts. Mr. Herring has more than 40 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket. Prior, he has served as a Vice President of Customer...

Robert Hintz serves as General Manager and Owner of Engelhart Center in Wisconsin, a $12M per year powersports, trailer, and lawn care dealer. Mr. Hintz is also a Board Member of Wisconsin Powersports Dealers Association, a non-profit Wisconsin sports dealership association focused on building a cohesive...

Eric Holt has been the Owner of Allsport Polaris/Honda in WA since 1984. He has also been the Owner of Coeur d' Alene Polaris in ID since 1996. Mr. Holt is extremely familiar with all Polaris products including snowmobiles, ATVs, and Victory motorcycles and Honda ATVs, watercraft, and motorcycles.

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...

Thomas Laursen is currently Owner & Founder of Southlake Business Advisors, where he has worked since 2006. Southlake Business Advisors provides management advisory services, focusing on small to medium manufacturing companies in the furniture, bedding and automotive sectors. Previously, Mr. Laursen...

Allen Levenson is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Asbury Automotive Group. In this role, he leads sales, marketing, Internet, CRM, and public relations initiatives for the nation's 5th largest automotive retailer, a $5.7B company with over 120 franchises coast-to-coast. He was recruited...