Dealer Ownership Platform Leadership Multi-Location Growth
Over more than 35 years in automotive, I have owned, operated, acquired, scaled, integrated, and sold businesses ranging from franchised dealerships and independent operators to multi-location, private equity-backed platforms.
My experience includes franchised dealer group ownership, executive management, platform general management, serving as COO of an independent repair platform, and serving as vice president of a national independent dealer organization.
I have carried full P&L responsibility across operations, acquisitions, real estate development, organizational structure, leadership development, performance improvement, and multi-state expansion.
Today, through CarMinds, I work with dealership and independent shop owners whose businesses may be profitable, but still depend too heavily on the owner or a small number of key people.
The work is practical: strengthen leadership, improve operating visibility, build accountability, and create a business that performs more consistently with less dependence on any one person.
Hands-on leadership through market cycles, ownership transitions, acquisitions, expansion, operational schange, and platform growth.
Experience earned at every level - from the sales floor to ownership, executive leadership, and private equity-backed platforms.
Led expansion, acquisitions, integration, facility development, and operating standardization across multiple locations and markets.
Led coast-to-coast operations, driving cross-department performance improvement and nationally recognized results - including nore than 5,000 5-Star customer reviews.
The operating details differ, but both paths require stronger leadership, clearer visibility, disciplined execution, and better options for what comes next.
For owners strengthening profitability, management depth, operating discipline, succession, and a business that can scale, sell, or run without them.
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