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Friday October 24
Greg Dehnke Joins CARSTAR to Direct Franchise Development
To take charge of the company's planned surge of growth, CARSTAR has announced that Greg Dehnke has joined its management ranks as the new Senior Sales Executive. He will be responsible for the development of all new franchise operators.“Sure, it’s gotten harder and harder to compete and survive in this industry," said CARSTAR CEO and Chairman of the Board, Dick Cross III. “That’s why we are generating more attention from other collision repair owners than ever before. They see CARSTAR as a total solution to help meet the growing demands we face as an industry.”
Dehnke was formerly with FinishMaster, Inc, a distributor of paint and associated products. As the Director of National Accounts, Dehnke was in charge of growing the company’s national and strategic account business. He was with the company for two and a half years, based at the Corporate Headquarters in Indianapolis.
Dehnke has a strong and successful record of sales team development, leadership, and key account management. Prior to FinishMaster, he held key positions at Texas Instruments as a Strategic Account Manager, at W.W. Grainger, Inc. as Vice President of National Accounts, and at SupplyForce.com. as Vice President of Sales.
“There’s only one company I would have considered making this career change for,” noted Dehnke, “and that’s CARSTAR. They are a first-class organization and I look forward to building upon their outstanding reputation.”
Dehnke helps to round out what Cross calls his “dream team” of senior management executives.
“I couldn’t be more pleased with our management team today. And we are truly blessed to have a sales professional of Greg’s caliber join our team. His expertise will add a key accelerant in the trajectory of our business,” Cross commented.
Dehnke’s initial focus will be to take over the direction of field sales operations where CARSTAR recently added eight additional stores in the past two months. With a strong outlook for a repeat performance in the coming months, Dehnke intend to build upon this momentum.
Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, CARSTAR is the largest group of independently owned and operated auto body repair stores in North America. The privately-held company currently has 280 stores in 27 states, and expects to double this number in the next four years.
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