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12307 TU16C - Successful Service Center Owners Discuss Overcoming the Challenges of 2010

Course Code: TU16C Presenter(s): Eddie Butler, Charlie Elder, John Francis, Vernie Menke, Betty Jo Young Event Type: Conference Session (3-hour) Tracks: CARS Management

Description:

Join our panel of “Top Shop” owners from around the country as they engage with each other and the audience in a lively discussion of what worked and what didn’t during a difficult and demanding year.  This will not be a discussion of “pie in the sky” theoreticals.  These are real live shop owners who have confronted the same tough challenges you face every day.  Ask anyone who attended last year’s panel and they will tell you it truly was time well spent!  So, come and spend the afternoon with us and position yourself for future growth and profits with real-life solutions.  Come ready to participate and learn.

Presenter(s):

Eddie Butler Facility Owner Butler Automotive North Augusta SC United States Charlie Elder Specialty Shop by Vehicle System Ray Gordon Brake Service Tallahassee FL United States Charlie Elder is a shop owner in Tallahassee, Fl. where he, his wife Joanie and son Jeff operate two undercar service centers and an undercar parts warehouse. Charlie has been in the auto repair, service and parts industry since 1968 and a shop owner since 1972. He joined ASA in 1976 and has served in many positions on a local, state and national level and is currently serving on the government affairs committee. His business has won several awards including Tallahassee Small Business of the Year, Undercar Digest Top Shop in the Southeast, ASA Alpha award, Florida ASA Paragon award and ASA Florida Member of the Year. Charlie has been a speaker, panelist, and moderator at numerous automotive events. John Francis Facility Owner Francis Automotive Services West Chester PA United States Vernie Menke Menke's Automotive Repair Newburgh IN United States Betty Jo Young Youngs Automotive Center Houston TX United States