Stephen Lea Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Manage the Toyota Certified Collision Center (TCCC) Program in the Gulf States Toyota Region (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi).

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for growing Toyota wholesale and collision parts sales within the GST Region. Accountable for increasing needed parts stock while reducing idle Dealer inventory. Provide ongoing support for the Toyota Certified Collision Center network and other collision shops.

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Deliver technical sales support of complex products and services through both direct and distribution channels. Represent PPG to both current and prospective customers and mobilize PPG resources as required. Provide financial analysis of both distributor’s and end-user’s operations to insure their profitability and productivity goals are met. Plan.

Houston, Texas Area

Spearheaded a major Capital Improvement project where I utilized my Lean Manufacturing experience to redesign the existing production process in order to increase plant capacity, eliminate redundancy, and dramatically improve operator safety.

Sugar Land, TX

Co-Founder of this successful entrepreneurial start-up business building innovative Internet solutions which enabled businesses to increase revenue and improve bottom-line profitability through increased efficiency. Lead all business development, marketing and customer service efforts for this private company.

Continuously improve the vehicle reconditioning process. Developed the Recon-in-a-Box program for rapid faclity start-up by standardizing layout, equipment, staffing, and SOPs.

Houston, Texas Area

Lead an enginering team in the detailed design of 3 natural gas compressor stations [$27 MM (TIC)] in Northwest New Mexico. Each station included shop-fabricated skids for the engines, compressors, filters and pressure vessels, piping, instrumentation and prefabricated buildings. Received praise from both the customer and the general construction.