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In Episode #45 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, guest Bruce McDowell discusses changes in the automotive repair industry and what his contributions to the Technician.Academy blog have been. McDowell is an ASE Certified Service Advisor for Garber Diesel Service in Versailles,...
Episode #44 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series provides an energetic discussion with the 2018 Automotive Technology Outstanding Student award recipient, Jaxen Stewart. Stewart is in his third year at Pittsburgh State University. He grew up immersed in the automotive repair industry...
Episode #43 of Technician.Academy’s podcast delivers a rich conversation with technical training expert Chris Chesney. Chesney is the Senior Director of Customer Training for CARQUEST Technical Institute (CTI) and Advance Professional as well as a contributor to MotorAge Magazine. Chesney...
Episode #42 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series provides an in-depth discussion with automotive industry expert Ron Haugen. Haugen is the owner of the 14-bay facility Westside Auto Pros in Des Moines, IA, a shop recently honored by Ratchet+Wrench for being one...
In Episode #41 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, Top Alcohol driver Megan Meyer of Randy Meyer Racing and Megan Meyer Racing hops on the mic to talk about her team’s success in 2018, what can be expected for the 2019 season,...
Episode #40 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series provides an expansive discussion with automotive industry expert Donny Seyfer. Seyfer is a contributing editor to Babcox Publications and a contributor to Autobody Repair News, MotorAGE, and AutoInc. Magazine. Seyfer is also a co-owner...
In episode #39 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, shop owner Jeff Buckley discusses training and how the automotive repair industry is represented in society. Buckley owns My Father’s Shop Certified Automotive Repair in Midlothian, Texas. He is an active member in...
Episode #38 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series delivers an intelligent discussion with John Gardner, host of Tech Garage and Motorhead Garage. On top of hosting the two Velocity channel programs and Advance Auto Parts Automotive System Training, Gardner is an automotive...
In Episode #37 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, host Richard Young and guest Brandon Steckler discuss technician training and how to reach the new generation of technicians entering the industry. Steckler is an experienced technician who writes for MotorAGE Magazine, conducts...
In Episode #36 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, Summer Miller returns to the mic to discuss where she’s been since her first Technician.Academy podcast appearance after winning a 2016 Women in Auto Care Scholarship. In this podcast, Miller describes the impact...
In Episode #35 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, guests Audra Fordin and Julia Lee stress the value of developing your own technicians in today’s repair shops and how important it is to pursue an automotive career if you have a passion...
In Episode #34 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, shop owner and technician, Rusty Flake, gives advice to young people who are interested in the automotive repair industry and explains different career paths that a student can take within the automotive industry....
The 33rd episode of Technician.Academy’s podcast provides an enlightening discussion with guest Matt Fanslow, the Diagnostic Technician/Shop Manager at Riverside Automotive in Red Wing, Minnesota. Fanslow specializes in providing advanced Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO) training to current technicians and desires...
In episode #32 of Technician.Academy’s podcast, guests Jon Ross, Adam Karch, and David Charney provide insight into the automotive programs at Parkland College and the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow teams associated with the institution. The three are instructors at Parkland...
In the 31st episode of Technician.Academy’s podcast, host Richard Young invites shop owner Dan Williford to discuss the issue of trained personal shortages and how the automotive industry can attract new talent. Williford grew up in the automotive industry and...
In Episode #30 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, Richard Young talks with the 2017 Women in Auto Care’s Female Shop Owner of the Year award recipient, Carolyn Coquillette. Coquillette is the owner of Luscious Garage in San Francisco, CA and is...
In the 29th episode of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, Richard Young talks with Founder and CEO of SI AutoPro, Jorge Antico. Antico was a 10-bay auto center owner for four years and recognized a need for shops to develop competitive advantages...
Episode #28 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series provides an enthusiastic conversation with Suffolk Community College student, Antoinette Jackson. Jackson is a recipient of the 2017 Women in Auto Care Scholarship and will be graduating in May 2018 with an Automotive Technology...
The 27th episode of Technician.Academy’s podcast series provides an enlightening discussion with the President and GM of MotoRad America, Matt Buchholz. Buchholz had humble beginnings in the automotive industry, starting as a lube technician then transitioning to the bay where...
In Episode #26 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, podcast guest Jake Tully, winner of the 2017 ASE Technician of the Future Award, discusses why he decided to dive into the automotive industry in the first place and what his thoughts are...
In Episode #25 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, podcast host Richard Young and CEO of Technician.Academy Shawn Collins discuss their favorite topics of 2017 and other points of interest from the first twenty-four podcasts. Richard and Shawn express their excitement for...
Episode #24 with Kyle Byrne – Understanding Shortages in the Automotive Industry In the 24th episode of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, 2017 Auto Care Association Impact Award recipient, Kyle Byrne, discusses the honor of receiving such an award, why he got into...
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In Episode #22 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, Professor of Automotive Technology at Jefferson College, Gerard Uhls, discusses his program at Jefferson. He shares his thoughts on why a trained technician is so important, why the industry has such a shortage...
The 21st episode of Technician.Academy’s podcast series provides a lively discussion with Shari Pheasant, a professional that’s been in the game for over thirty years. Pheasant is a shop co-owner, has founded several organizations and written a book titled “24...
In Episode #20 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, Cassy Marsh, assistant product manager at Carter Fuel Systems discusses what led her to pursue a career in the automotive industry. Cassy gives her thoughts on aftermarket manufacturers and why it is important...
In the 19th Episode of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, Eric Cook, better known as “Eric the Car Guy”, talks about his presence on YouTube, the motivation behind his YouTube channels as well as viewer demographics, and the importance of technician training...
In Episode #18 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, Debbie Nol, Business Manager at Arie Nol Auto Center, discusses her shop and how she got into the automotive business. Nol originally joined her husband in running the family business in 2000 with...
In Episode #17 of Technician.Academy’s podcast series, Fixed Operations Manager for Romain Crosspoint, Larry Renschler, discusses with CEO Shawn Collins the value of a trained technician and the issues people are having with locating quality employees. As heard in the...
Episode #16 of the Technician.Academy podcast series revolves around the real problem of technician shortages and what can be done to possibly remedy this issue. The podcast features Nick Barton, a shop owner of 10 years who’s very well-respected amongst...
Episode #15 of the Technician.Academy podcast series features Rick Escalambra, a retired professor of Automotive Technology at Skyline College in San Bruno, CA for thirty-one years. He coordinated one of the largest and finest automotive programs in the state of...
Episode #14 of the Technician.Academy podcast series is an information-filled podcast which features Bill Lieb, an instructor at Fort Osage Career and Technology Center. Bill was recognized at the Vision Hi-Tech Conference as the 2017 Educator of the Year. Bill...
Episode #13 of the Technician.Academy podcast series features Chris Reynolds, Coordinator/Associate Professor of Automotive Technology at Lewis and Clark Community College. Chris talks in depth about how his own education along with his 10+ years experience as an automotive technician...
In Episode #12 of the Technician.Academy podcast series, Richard talks with Mike Davidson, published author and owner of Parkway Automotive in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mike has been honored to be the NAPA/ASE Technician of the Year in Arkansas for 7...
