I am the proud son of both Polish and Cuban immigrants and a member of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD). Over the course of a distinguished 28 year career in the automotive industry, I have developed administrative, customer service, interpersonal and communication skills that are unique, effective and innovative. I am a team builder who stresses education and loyalty as the cornerstones of a successful organization. I search for pragmatic solutions to complex matters which generally results in the ideal marriage between growth and cost effectiveness. I offer outstanding presentation and cross-cultural team management skills. I am a high-energy, results-oriented leader with entrepreneurial DNA and drive. SKILL HIGHLIGHTS Bilingual, Spanish Customer Experience & Service Project & Administrative Leader Facility Management Branding & Business Development Public Relations Acquisitions Business Management Organizational Restructuring and Change Advertising & Marketing, Cross Cultural Start-Ups Employee Relations and Human Resources Public Speaking & Training Budgeting Expertise, Expense Control CORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS * I have been in the automotive industry for 28 years, owning and managing automobile dealerships generating approximately $1 Billion in annual revenue, 20 thousand vehicles sold per year, and employing approximately one thousand energetic team members. * I have owned, managed and overseen the construction of our real estate holdings of multiple properties totaling approximately $250 million in aggregate asset value. * I have had the opportunity to work closely with the Mayor of Los Angeles in developing tax reform that has resulted in the reduction of city business taxes, the creation of jobs and business expansion within the automotive sector. * As Chairman of the Preferred Automobile Dealers Self Insurance Program (PADSIP) we were able to offer our 160 automobile dealer member/partners alternative worker's compensation options while saving millions of dollars in insurance costs during a period of extraordinary escalating premiums in California. * While the automotive industry suffered serious contraction during the Great Recession, we were not only able to survive, but also positioned ourselves for substantial post recessionary growth as well as the expansion of our real estate holdings. * I have been in the automotive industry for 28 years, owning and managing automobile dealerships generating approximately $1 Billion in annual revenue, 20 thousand vehicles sold per year, and employing approximately one thousand energetic team members. * I have owned, managed and overseen the construction of our real estate holdings of multiple properties totaling approximately $250 million in aggregate asset value. * I have had the opportunity to work closely with the Mayor of Los Angeles in developing tax reform that has resulted in the reduction of city business taxes, the creation of jobs and business expansion within the automotive sector. * As Chairman of the Preferred Automobile Dealers Self Insurance Program (PADSIP) we were able to offer our 160 automobile dealer member/partners alternative worker's compensation options while saving millions of dollars in insurance costs during a period of extraordinary escalating premiums in California. * While the automotive industry suffered serious contraction during the Great Recession, we were not only able to survive, but also positioned ourselves for substantial post recessionary growth as well as the expansion of our real estate holdings.
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