Experience

Kansas City Automotive Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  The Kansas City Automotive Museum embraces the unique and diverse stories of Kansas City, while educating young and old, and celebrating the culture, artistry, industry and innovation of the automobile. Since opening, the Museum has become a recognized and popular establishment within the car community and has grown to be a meeting place for car enthusiasts, historians and visitors to Kansas City. The Museum rotates over 100 vehicles a year, and consistently showcases a collection of nearly 40 cars at any given time. In addition, the Museum hosts more than 30 community events throughout the year.The future home of the Kansas City Automotive Museum sits at 31st Street and Southwest Trafficway near downtown Kansas City, MO. Sharing the same skyline as the iconic Kansas City Scout statue, the Museum has an opportunity to be one of the premier automotive museums in the country. Currently, the site is home to “The Underground - Kansas City’s Car Collection”, where vehicles are stored and displayed in a safe and convenient location.Our mission is to entertain and educate all generations through the preservation, promotion and display of Kansas City’s rich automotive heritage.Our future vision is to expand our mission to include the entire Midwest.



ADD-USA, Inc.

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Sales-North America

  • Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

  Responsible for all sales in the North American market.Manage, coach, train, recruit, and hire North American sales staff.Responsible for the North American product roll out of the PRT brand of ride control.Negotiate and achieve group approval at the major automotive buying groups.Develop all aspects of the marketing plan for the PRT brand.Present North American market trends and sales targets to executive management.Train representative agencies on the PRT brand.Research and develop new customers at the OEM, OES, and aftermarket levels.Represent the company and brand at industry shows.Position eliminated due to COVID-19 downsizing.



Engine Pro

• United States
• Automotive

• President

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2019

  Manage group headquarters and personnel.Full financial responsibility.Negotiate with our overseas manufacturers for the Engine Pro brand.Develop new product programs and marketing roll out programs.Prepare annual budget for the Board of Directors.Recruit new shareholders internationally.Oversee our warehouse and production facility in Kansas City, MO.Conduct and present to all shareholders at our annual group meeting.Lead the member based Board of Directors, Marketing and Product Committees.Recruited by ADD-China, left Engine Pro to pursue opportunity with an International company.



Shinn Fu Company of America

• National Sales Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2018

  Established and maintained high level relationships with business decision makers at major corporations with multiple locations, including O’Reillys, Snap-On, Balkamp, and the Federated Buying Group.Lead, direct, and coach 4 Regional Sales Managers and 5 Sales Coordinators.Prepared proposals and contracts to present to decision makers.Prospected and secured new accounts while growing sales revenue of existing accounts.Managed outside manufacturers sales representatives in multiple territories.Developed and implemented strategic sales plans while achieving corporate goals.Provided forecasting and set performance based goals accordingly.Report to the COO/CFO and Executive Vice President based in Kansas City.



Automotive Distribution Network

• United States
• Construction

• Business Development Manager

  • Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

• Senior Product Manager

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2016



Automotive Parts Associates

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Program Development

  • May 2000 - Jun 2015