David has been an auto care dealer for over 30 years.  He grew up in the family business, working for his father.  At a young age, David purchased his father’s business and went on his own.  Over the years, David had multiple Shell Gas stations. He has been happily married for over 25 years to his wife, Tracy, and is the proud father of 5 children and a grandfather of 3.

In 2001, David got out of the gasoline business and bought an old closed BP station with three bays.  Within a short time, he added five more bays to Parkway Auto Care.  In 2009, David built an 8500 square foot store in a neighboring city from the ground up, producing over 1 million dollars in the first 12 months.  Then in 2012, he built a 10,000 square foot store again from the ground up in another neighboring city producing over 1.2 million dollars in just 12 months.  The three stores were Express Tire locations and grossed over 5 million a year.  David was elected and served a 2-year term on the NAPA National Auto Care Advisory Council from 2012-2013.

In search of a way to better manage labor hours, David created Labor Profit Management.  LPM is a web-based time management system for your business that has been featured in the June 2014 issue of Ratchet Wrench magazine and in the August 2014 issue of Shop Owner Magazine.  In June of 2013, NAPA launched Dave’s LPM solution nationally. Since then, David has been helping shop owners across the country create more net labor profits by having them measure and manage their labor dollars with his product.

David was a featured speaker at our national NAPA Expo event held in Las Vegas.  David presented five seminars to over 3500 people on how to manage your labor factor.

In 2016 David received an offer from the most prominent automotive chain in the industry and sold his three stores in September 2016. Once again, David had the opportunity to follow his passion for helping people in Automotive Industry.

It was creating Repair Shop Of Tomorrow Napa’s in-house Marketing and Coaching co.   This comprehensive program for our dealer network encompassing your marketing, SOP, and labor tracking, complete with accountability coaching, creates real-world results.