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Expert One Price Dealer with a Driving Passion for More. I spent years dreaming about getting an advanced degree in order to teach American Political Development. It's a fascinating subset of American History that answers a question: why did our experiment in Democracy work? At one point I thought I was going to spend my life teaching and writing political history, but something happened along the way: I needed to make money. Seriously, I had a mortgage. And, in truth there's no competition in teaching history. I just didn't see a lot of passion to win from my friends in the faculty lounge.So I sold cars. I loved selling cars! More importantly, I'm great at selling cars and I love having something to chase so I threw myself into it, but really I'm a problem solver and there's nowhere near enough challenges in a car deal to satisfy me forever, so I ended up in special finance. A mentor of mine looked at me and said, "that guy has almost unlimited capacity for these brain damage deals" and he put me in charge of special finance for a dealership. It turns out I did have an unlimited capacity for tough deals! It also turns out that Special Finance is just a combination of two of my favorite things: selling cars to people who really needed them and math. In short order, I ended up in charge of Special Finance for a Dealer Group. But there are always more problems and greater challenges at the next level, so I kept growing and eventually, I found myself running a dealership.Today, it's a passion for mastery and autonomy and a driving sense of purpose that keeps me going. I find that the challenges and the problems of dealer life are almost always solved with a clean inventory, great digital and local process, and a lot of passionate people out to win with you. In any dealership the bottom line on a Financial Statement is the ultimate measure, but nothing's more fun than winning. Chase market share, build a better inventory, adapt to what comes, build a better digital process, stay ahead of the competition, find and develop great people; these are the things that get me out of bed in the morning. I like money, but I love the feeling that comes with building a committed, passionate, driven team that's in it together.

Listed skills include Sales, Automobile, Business Planning, Sales Management, and 17 others.