Engineer by training. Mechanic by trade.
Mike pairs a university degree in engineering with more than 20 years in the automotive industry and over a decade of repairing cars with his own hands.
Twenty years around cars, from the factory side to the service bay
Mike has spent his career in the car business. He has repaired vehicles, sold auto parts, handled international import and export, and worked in business development.
In Ukraine he worked with Ford, Volkswagen, Kia and Hyundai. He also spent more than five years in business development for automotive lubricants at Shell.
His engineering background goes past the classroom. His scientific research focused on making internal combustion engines more efficient and on improving how engines are lubricated.
For more than ten years he has worked as a hands-on mechanic, specializing in diagnostics, maintenance and repair of Japanese and European cars. Today he runs Mike Auto Mech in Novato.