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Click on one of the people below to find out more information.
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- Chris George
- General Manager
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- 619-444-7200
Chris George… what to say? He's our leader, our visionary, our mentor…
But more importantly, he's krunk, he's dope, he's fresh and he will dab on all you haters.
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- Tami Ashland
- Executive Agent
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- t.ashland@goteamec.com
- 619-444-7200 ext 1504
Tami Ashland, the most organized person I know - she has this unique ability to bring a semblance of order and grace to a chaotic and rapidly changing system. She sometimes reminds me of grease too - because things tend to run smoother and quieter when she's around.
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- Gerry Rich
- General Sales Manager
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- g.rich@goteamec.com
- 619-444-7200
Gerry Rich is our super talented General Sales Manager
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- Armen Arakelian
- Service Director
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- a.arakelian@teamkiaofelcajon.com
- 619-444-7200 ext 1101
Armen is a great guy, he has worked here 8 years.
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- Cody Stoecker
- Finance Director
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- Bradley Hanson
- Parts Manager
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- 619-444-7200 ext 1151
Brad Hanson is one heck of a Parts Manager, but not the easiest guy to write a Biography for. But I do know he likes rock music. So I will leave an interesting tidbit about "War Pigs" here and call it a day.
War Pigs: War pigs are pigs reported to have been used in ancient warfare as military animals, mostly as a countermeasure against war elephants. According to legend, Alexander the Great learned about this "secret weapon" against war elephants from Porus in India.Pliny the Elder reported that "elephants are scared by the smallest squeal of the hog". Historical accounts of incendiary pigs or flaming pigs were recorded by the military writer Polyaenus and by Aelian. The siege of Megara in 266 BC was broken when the Megarians doused some pigs with combustible pitch, crude oil or resin, set them alight, and drove them towards the enemy's massed war elephants. The elephants bolted in terror from the flaming, squealing pigs, often killing great numbers of their own soldiers by trampling them to death.
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- Michael Pridgeon
- Used Car Director
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- m.pridgeon@goteamec.com
Mike Pridgeon, Used Car Manager. This guy…. What can I say about this guy?
You ever meet someone and you are just in massive awe of them? They are taller than you. Better looking than you. Smarter and funnier than you… Well I bet that's probably what Mike thought when he met me. AHAHAHA! BURN!
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- Tommy Lee Roderick
- Sales Manager
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Tommy's got a haircut you can set your watch to. I'm told he has a long storied military career, but my knowledge of previous wars pretty much starts and stops with Cupcake Wars on the Food Network and possibly the flannel insurrection in the late 90's.
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- Hootan Hosseini
- Sales Manager
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- h.hosseini@teamkiaofelcajon.com
- 619-444-7200 x1222
Languages spoken:
Farsi & English
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- Johnny Luttrell
- Assistant Sales Manager
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- Bashar Qustanteen
- Assistant Sales Manager
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- 619-444-7200
Languages spoken:
Arabic & English
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- Javier "Javi" Valdes
- Assistant Sales Manager Team A
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In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as salesmen of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team.
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- Gerald Ventura
- Finance Manager
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We call Gerald Ventura "Ace Ventura" because he once served over 10 Aces consecutively in a co-ed intramural Junior varsity Tennis league. Also, he once was dealt a hand of four Aces during a underground poker tourney held at a senior convalescent home. And when he was in middle school, he was top of his class with all straight A's. Also, he hates Jim Carrey.
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- Bryce Jurries
- Finance Manager
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- 619-444-7200 ext 1302
Bryce can crack a walnut in his biceps - very strong guy. Which is an amazing skill, and also the main reason why I eat peanuts. I'm able to crack them open with my fingers!
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- Christopher Galazen
- BDC Manager
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- Alyssa Garcia
- Business Development Manager
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- 619-444-7200 ext 1603
Alyssa Garcia is the best! She is well liked here by everyone. Her main specialty is helping people connect with their spirit animal car. Very friendly too!
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- Miani Mahannah
- BDC Manager
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- Catherine Jones
- BDC Manager
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Catherine is our expert BDC Manager. We think she is just the greatest BDC Manager out there. Many people ask, "Hey what does BDC stand for anyway?" Well, lets answer that question right now. BDC is an acronym which means each of the letters represents a whole word. I'll give you a hint, the "D" stands for Development and the "C" stands for Center. Got it yet? OK, I'll just tell you. BDC stands for BDC Development Center. Its a little redundant and silly, but so is this biography. Why are you even still reading this? Who's the silly one now?
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- Jessica Titus
- Business Development Manager
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Jessica Titus is the bestest best there is. As a BDC Manager, part of her job is making sure your experience here at Team Mazda goes smoothly and without a hitch. Sometimes that takes some preparation. Buying a car can be stressful especially if you don't have perfect credit or the best financial situation. But there's no need to be nervous! We've been there before and we are specialists. But that's not to say we don't get nervous. Please check out the below video link with a short interview with our GM Chris George where he details the last time he was nervous.
CHECK OUT VIDEO HERE: CLICK HERE
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- Jori Quenga
- Business Development Manager
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- 619-444-7200
Jori "Jo-Jo" Quenga. A very high quality person and employee she has worked here for years in various roles that she has excelled at. She's a hell of a dedicated worker. Came into work once even though she was deaf in one ear. I don't even come to work when I got the rum rums in my tum tums.
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- Cody Bostian
- BDC Manager
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- Zoey McClain
- Receptionist
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- Adam Wolf
- Interwebs consultant / Inventory Manager
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- a.wolf@teamkiaofelcajon.com
- Awesome
- Determined
- Also
- Magnificent
- Worker
- Optimistic
- Legendary
- Fun worker
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- Alain Sebazco
- Sales and Leasing Consultant
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Alain is a great guy! We all like him a lot. He is super polite and trusting. Sometimes we have to tell clients that he is actually a former Cuban Para-Military Sniper assassin just so they don't try to take advantage of him!
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- Blake Hitt
- Sales Consultant
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- Emmanuel Garcia
- Sales Consultant
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- Greg Banach
- Sales and Leasing Consultant
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- 619-444-7200
This is Greg "Bob" Banach. He's great. We started calling him Bob because when he was hired we already had a Greg working here - So he became Bob. Then the first Greg left. Bob asked if we could call him Greg now that he is the only one. We said no, because we just hired a new guy whose name happens to be Bob, and we were planning on calling him Greg. And there can't be two Gregs, obviously… that would just be silly.
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- Ishak Tayebi
- Sales Consultant
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Ishak is a fine gentleman and well liked. I think he's great because once I posted something on the company's internal Facebook page and he went ahead and liked it. That really meant a lot to me. To Ishak and the the other guy (...Me) who liked my post - You're the real stars! Shine on you crazy diamonds! (Thank you, I will.)
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- Jennifer Keys
- Business Development Manager
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- j.keys@teamkiaofelcajon.com
- 619-444-7200
Jens a great gal and has a huge heart, loves pets too. I remember one day a small white dog wandered into the dealership with no tags and no collar. Because it was just a dog and had no means to buy a new or used car, there was a lot of talk about throwing the dog back on the street, or enrolling it in a dog fighting academy, or selling it on the dark web for a little extra scratch…. but NO, said Jen. That's a dog, with a pure soul, and it deserves an owner with the same! So she took the dog home, and has cared for it since. True story, according to my memory.
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- Keelan Willison
- Sales Consultant
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- Paul Tatum
- Sales Consultant
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- Joel Canales
- Sales
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- Paul Thompson
- Sales Consultant
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- William Turbitt
- Sales Consultant
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- Stephanie Cain
- Lead Receptionist
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- Kelly Fagan
- Receptionist
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- Jaiden Pelley
- Receptionist
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- Rhonda Ruthenberg
- Office Manager
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- 619 444 7200 ext 1501
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- Debra Bejar
- Accounts Payable
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- Georgina Payan
- Contracts Clerk
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- Breanna Garcia
- Warranty clerk
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- 619-444-7200
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- Sabrena Aguilar
- Admin Assistant
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- Shelby Ruthenberg-Smith
- Inventory Clerk
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- Zackary Wolfe
- Service CSI
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- Vanessa Tavizon
- Receptionist
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- Karli Medina
- Customer Service Investigator
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A dedicated CSI forensic investigator at the El Cajon Customer Service Lab. Dedicated to solving customer service issues.
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- Cecily Paine
- Service BDC
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- Adrian Garcia
- Used Cars
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- Javier Alvarez
- Parts Counter
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- Sergio Naranjo
- Parts Counter
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- Veronica Rice
- Service Greeter
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- Dennis Bye
- Service Advisor Extraordinaire
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- 619 444 7200 ext 1103
Dennis Bye is currently a Service Advisor Extraordinaire, but his first job here at Team Kia was in Quick Lube. We've been proud to support him and his work over the years. Things didn't go as well for Dennis when he was trying to be an astronaut at Kennedy Space Center. They were not very supportive. They would say things like "You're not qualified" and "Why are you naked?" and "I CAN'T CATCH HIM HE'S COVERED IN BABY OIL"
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- Jessica DeJurnett
- Service Advisor
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- 619-444-7200 ext 1102
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- Solcamire Castro Hernandez
- Service Advisor
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- William Carrasco
- Lead Mazda Technician
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- Spencer George
- Service Technician
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- Jonathan Schaffer
- Service Technician Team Leader
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- 619 444 7200
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- Aaron Johnson
- Service Technician
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- 619 444 7200
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- Duc Danny Du
- Service Technician
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- 619 444 7200
Languages spoken:
Vietnamese & English
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- Jesus Navarro
- Service Technician
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Jesus is our miracle worker! He can fix anything! Cars! Trucks! Car-Truck Hybrids that are part car and part truck and have hybrid drivetrains... He's so amazing he can actually walk on water! (but only when it's frozen).
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- John Sullivan
- Lube Tech Lead
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- Yoshua Garcia
- Express Technician
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- Isaias Ferrales
- Lead Lot Attendant
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- Billy Aquiningoc
- Lot Attendant
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- Connor George
- Lube Tech
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- Arnulfo Rodriguez
- Quick Lube Technician
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- 619 444 7200
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- Jared Clanton
- Service Team
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- Miguel Ramirez
- Express Service Technician - Assistant Team Leader
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- Antonio Williams
- Lube Tech
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- Pablo Ramirez
- Lube Tech
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- Vincent Zapata
- Quick Lube
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- Peter Romero
- Lube Tech
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- Nathan Romero
- Quick Lube
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- Nico Estrada
- Lot Attendant
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- Tyshaun Ponders
- Lot Attendant
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- Anthony Saucedo-Valadez
- Lube Tech
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- John Bankston
- PDI
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- Uriel Barrios
- Lube Tech
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