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Colin Comer is the Founder of Colin’s Classic Automobiles. His extensive range of automotive knowledge, and over 35 years of experience, has made him one of the foremost experts in the collector car hobby. As an author Colin’s written numerous critically acclaimed and award-winning books, his most recent is titled Shelby American 60 Years of High Performance, published by Motorbooks and co-written by Richard J. Kopec. 

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Mike Spagnola is the CEO of the Specialty Equipment Market Association known as SEMA. In addition to running the SEMA Garage - Product Development Center in Diamond Bar, CA, Mike manages the SEMA Garage near Detroit, Michigan, where advanced testing for advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and emissions take place. Mike has also served for 6 years on the SEMA Board of Directors.

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Simon Fisher grew up in Surrey, England, not far from Tilburstow Hill, scene of some of S.F. Edge’s early competition success. His passion and ownership of elderly cars in England including two Napiers while his Alvis Firefly spent many years with him in Nairobi. Today Simon will share his book S.F. Edge: Maker of Motoring History published by our friends at EVRO Publishing. It’s a fascinating story about an even more fascinating man, Selwyn Francis Edge.

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Pandora Paúl is the Curator at America’s Automotive Trust and LeMay America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington. Pandora was part of the team at the San Diego Automotive Museum, creating award-winning exhibits. She served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Automobile Museums. 

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Bobbie DuMelle is the Executive Vice President of CTEK and has over 25 years in the automotive and battery industry. CTEK is the global leader in battery maintenance products for cars, trucks, power sports, and more. 

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Bill Crawley is the founder and CEO of Lithium Auto Elixirs, a company that makes uniquely formulated detailing products. He took what he learned about 'formulating chemicals and starting brands' and proceeded to ruin every saucepan in his house, perfecting the products that would become Lithium Auto Elixirs. 

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Fireball Tim is a true legend in the car design world, having designed vehicles, set, props, weapons, costumes, and more for over 400 of Hollywood’s biggest films including Batman, Knight Rider, Jurassic Park, and Monster Garage. 

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Joey Pomerenke is the Director of Consignments at CLASSIC.COM. He spent his early career in marketing leadership roles at venture-backed technology startups. Joey founded an agency that worked directly with over 100 technology startups on growth initiatives and after selling his last company, he combined his expertise in marketing and PR with his passion for automobiles -- founding a successful automotive marketing company that landed on the Inc 500 list of fastest growing private companies in the US in 2021. He’s an avid collector with an eclectic selection of cars in his stable. Joey joined CLASSIC.COM in October 2022 to launch their new CLASSIC.COM Pro initiative.

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Jim Ciardella  met Brian Burnett, owner of Ferrari of Los Gatos, and over the years learned about that iconic dealership via Brian’s Stories. This led to Jim authoring a book titled The Dealer, the untold story of how one California dealership fueled the rise of Ferrari cars in America, published by Prometheus Books. It takes us back to 1975 and the no-fear attitude of an endless passion for classic cars, and operating unlike any dealer before, making owning part of the Ferrari mystique possible.

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Bill Reidy is the Vice President of Sales at Handwrytten, global leader in handwritten notes and creators of robotic writing machines that mimic actual handwriting helping auto dealerships to enhance customer experience through personalized notes for various occasions. 

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Divya Sangameshwar is the insurance expert and spokesperson at ValuePenguin and has been sharing industry statistics about insurance since 2014. Today she’ll share her State of Auto Insurance Report and more about the automotive insurance industry in the new year that will affect you. Divya is passionate about helping Americans understand their insurance and its impact on their finances.

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Aileen Santiago is a 17 years old, high school Junior at Design and Architecture Senior High in Miami, Florida. Aileen is the Grand Prize winner of the RPM Foundation’s Design Without Limits Competition sponsored by Prometheus. The competition took place at the Motorcar Cavalcade in Miami, where she presented her design to four established automotive design judges. The students were tasked to design a vehicle for the driving experience, focusing on styling and performance with no restrictions on fuel efficiency or aerodynamics.

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David Voxlin is Director of Behavior Change and Sustainability at SKIM, a global decision behavior research consultancy. Skim recently conducted research into consumer attitudes, emotions, and knowledge as to what may be holding back mass EV-adoption. Their results identified the gaps in people’s understanding which are surprising to many in the industry. 

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Crispian Besley is a first-time author with a lifelong interest in cars and passion for motor racing. He’s done some racing himself and more recently enjoys historic single seat race cars including a Cooper F1, as well as Brabham, and Surtees F2 cars. Crispian’s main focus has been racing Historic Formula Junior which he has raced all over Europe, in New Zealand and America in a variety of cars which include, Gemini, Lotus, Osca, Elva and Cooper. Today he’s here to share his first book, Driven To Crime: True stories of wrongdoing in motor racing, published by EVRO Publishing.

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Shelby Edwards is the General Manager of Constellium’s Automotive Structures business in North America. Shelby became the Plant Manager for the Automotive Structures facility in Van Buren, Michigan, as a Tier 1 supplier of machined and assembled extrusion components to automotive OEMs. 

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Devon Pastor-Guzman is TechForce Foundation’s Social Media Content Creator. He is a key contributor to TechForce’s online platform keeping us up to date on how the Foundation is supporting the automotive industry. At only 19 years of age, Devon has a life-long passion for the automotive world with a focus on motorsports. 

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