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2008
VeriFacts
Outstanding Quality Award
Finalists Announced
Newport Beach, CA, October
23, 2008 —VeriFacts Automotive has just announced
the finalists for its annual ACE Awards (Achievement in Collision
Repair Excellence). ACE Award finalists are recognized for outstanding
quality of work. VeriFacts has established two ACE Awards to recognize
outstanding performance from individual technicians (The March Taylor
Technician ACE Award) and collision repair centers committed to
attaining higher repair quality as measured through the VeriFacts
Shop Coaching Program.
To qualify for an ACE Award, collision repair centers must have
participated in the VeriFacts Shop Coaching Program for at least
six months. Mark Olson, COO and co-founder of VeriFacts Automotive,
stated, “VeriFacts works with some of the best shops in the
country who employ some of the very best technicians in our industry.
Each year one of our biggest challenges is working with our coaches
to determine the list of ACE Award finalists from the nearly 5,000
techicians we see each month.”
According to Mark Claypool, Vice President of Operations, “All
the finalists were nominated by our coaches in each region and then
confirmed by our executive management team. We consider many different
factors when deciding on a finalist including teamwork, attitude,
shop coaching scores and quality levels.”
In the category of March Taylor Technician ACE Award, the finalists
include: Duane Alfrey, Body Craft, Rancho Cordova, CA; Kevork Artinian
Marco’s Auto Body- Monterey Park, CA; Arturo Atilano, Platinum
Coachworks, Covina, CA; JC Baccus, Caliber Collision Center- Chino
Valley, Chino, CA; Mark Bennett, Evergreen Auto Body, Issaquah,
WA; Rafael Bribiesca, Marina Auto Body, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey
Cope, LaMettry’s Collision, Maplewood, MN; Ed Denny, Myers
CARSTAR, Ottawa, ON Canada; Gustavo Marquez, Caliber Collision Center,
Fresno, CA; Ference Mihaly, Concordia CARSTAR East, Ottawa, ON Canada;
Charlie Miranda, Big Sky Auto Body Palo Verde, Tuscon, AZ; Desmond
Nelson, OAC CARSTAR, Mississauga, ON Canada; Javier Ordaz, Fletcher
Jones Motor Cars, Newport Beach, CA; Bob Parvaneh, Marco’s
Auto Body, San Gabriel, CA; Ben Perez, Caliber Collision Center,
Cathedral City, CA; Jon Pray, A&B CARSTAR, St. Joseph, MO; Richard
Towles, Camden Auto Body, Baltimore, MD; Shawn Tranter, Hi-Tech
Collision, Lake Forest, CA; Paul Uribe, EMC Collision, Fremont,
CA; Joe Wieczorek, Northwest CARSTAR, Omaha, NE; Masato Yuno, Apex
Auto Body, Huntington Beach, CA.
In the category of Repair Center ACE Award, the finalists are:
Anaheim Hills Auto Body, Anaheim, CA; ARA CARSTAR, Everett, WA;
Bell Road Toyota, Phoenix, AZ; Big Sky Auto Body Palo Verde, Tucson,
AZ; Body Craft, Folsom, CA; Brighton Collision Center, Chandler,
AZ; Caliber Collision Center- Chino Valley, Chino, CA; CARSTAR Riverside,
Kansas City, MO; Centre Point Collision, Santa Clarita, CA; Collision
Clinic CARSTAR, Edmonds, WA; Concordia CARSTAR East, Ottawa, ON
Canada; DC Autocraft, Burbank, CA; Drew Auto Center, La Mesa, CA;
EMC Collision, Fremont, CA; Fletcher Jones Motor Cars, Newport Beach,
CA; Henson & Son Collision Repair, Escondido, CA; Holmes Body
Shop, Riverside, CA; LaMettry’s Collision, Eden Prairie, MN;
Marco’s Auto Body- Monterey Park, CA; Marco’s Auto Body-
San Gabriel, CA; Marina Auto Body, Los Angeles, CA; Metro Auto Rebuild,
Tacoma, WA; Platinum Coach Works, Covina, CA; Schaefer Autobody,
Webster Groves, MO; Skill Craft, Huntington Beach, CA.
The winners will be revealed Tuesday, November 4th at the 2008
Collision Industry Awards Luncheon, held in conjunction with the
International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE).
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