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Edward is a 30 year veteran of the auto industry. He has sold for and managed dealerships both in Canada and the US. Most recently involved with BMW, Mercedes, Porche, and Audi stores in Florida. He has two siblings attending Florida colleges in medicine and engineering. Ed recently married a wonderful lady from Minneapolis. He enjoys music, theater, cooking and fine wines. He loves traveling, especially to his native home of Italy. He wants to be involved in local events and would like to make the beautiful city of Des Moines his permanent residence.
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Jean has been with BMW of Des Moines for ten years, and she has twenty two years of auto dealership management experience.
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David started his automotive career in 1970. He has been with BMW of Des Moines for nineteen years. He has received numerous awards from manufacturers over his more than forty years in the business, including: BMW Honors, Mercedes-Benz Master Certification, Profiles in Achievement, and Presidents Club.
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David Rice
David started in the automotive industry with Jordan Motors in 1994 at Acura of Des Moines. He enjoyed over ten years of working in sales with luxury cars in Des Moines and earned a lot of clients and friends in the process. He has always put the customer first and earned a few awards along the way, including being recognized as Acura's #1 sales person in customer satisfaction in 2003. He has held numerous sales and management positions within the organization, including managing at the Johnston and Ames locations prior to joining European Motorcars. He has been Sales Manager with BMW and Mercedes-Benz of Des Moines since April of 2009. He really enjoys being able to represent these fantastic products, working with past clients He has known for many years and those who are new to these brands.
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Scott is originally from Missouri Valley, Iowa. He has been with BMW of Des Moines since May of 2010. Scott currently holds the following certifications: BMW Certified, Mercedes- Benz Certified, Ford Certified, Kia Certified, Mitsubishi Certified, Suzuki Certified, and Saab Certified.
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Chris has been with BMW/Mercedes of Des Moines for 20 years. He is originally from Iowa.
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Steve has been with BMW of Des Moines for 18 months. and is originally from Grinnell, Iowa.
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Joe has been with BMW for 2 years. He is originally from Iowa City. He is a certified car fanatic. He loves everything from old classic cars, muscle cars, to the two best car brands in the business, BMW and Mercedes Benz.
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Born and raised in Des Moines, Sherry graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelors of Science in Apparel Merchandising, Design and Production with a secondary in Consumer Behaving and Marketing. While traveling abroad extensively she received a certificate in European Apparel Design and Merchandising from the London College of Fashion. After 5 1/2 years of retail management she found herself shopping again. She joined European Motorcars, in 2009, not only as a client but as an exciting and challenging new career. As the internet manager she enjoys assisting customers nationwide acquire their dream vehicle. She spends her free time with her American Bulldog, Tank, as well as friends and family.
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Alison has been with the company Since February of 2000. She is originally from West Des Moines, IA. She is Mercedes-Benz Star Certified and will achieve Master Certification in September of 2011. She is a member of the Iowa Chapter BMW Car Club of America, and is currently on the Chapter Board of Directors as the Social Events Coordinator.
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Shawnie Denucce
Marketing Director
Shawnie joined European Motorcars of Des Moines in January of 2011. Prior to that she was with Mercedes-Benz of Fort Lauderdale for 10 years. She was born and raised in Iowa, but spent the last 10.5 years in sunny Florida. Shawnie says "Iowa is a little colder and the lakes are not the ocean. However, my family is here and I missed the place I call home. I am happy that I have returned to Iowa and to luxury automobiles." She has also worked within the service, parts and accounting departments for Mercedes Benz. Shawnie has achieved and maintained the Master Certification Level for Mercedes-Benz.
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Jonathan Ewing
Sales and Leasing Consultant
Jonathan started working for the dealership in June of 1999 as a car wash porter while still in high school. Through the years He has held many different roles at the store including detailing, inventory management, and now sales. It would be safe to say that he has done every job in the place. His whole life has centered around Des Moines. He is a graduate of Valley High School and later attended Grand View College, where he majored in Business Management and Marketing. He has won multiple awards for sales person of the month, as well as recognition for the top dealership performer in fourth quarter of 2008 and again in fourth quarter 2010. His career has influenced one of his favorite hobbies, which of course is cars. Over the past several years he started collecting cars he loved from his youth. One of his favorite things to do is maintain and personally detail his fleet on a regular basis.
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Ted Mathews
Sales and Leasing Consultant
Ted has worked for the dealership for over 2 years and has been a Des Moines resident to 18 years. He has been a car enthusiast since he was a kid. He drove the autobahn almost everyday for 3 years. He also drove Rally for 2 years in Germany. He loves high tech automotive systems. If it ticks, he likes it!
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Brad Sodergren
Sales and Leasing Consultant
Brad has been with BMW of Des Moines for 10 months. He is originally from Minnesota, and is married with two daughters. He is a certified BMW and Mercedes Benz sales and leasing consultant.
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Jim Weaver
Client Advisor
Jim has worked for BMW of Des Moines for a total of over 10 years. He was born and raised in Iowa. He is a multiple time winner of the BMW Profiles in Achievement, a 1999 attendee of the BMW Masters Academy, as well as being a member of the BMW Professional Council in 2002-2003 which recognizes the top 100 sales people/ sales managers nationwide. From 1998-2004 and again from 2007- present, Jim has been recognized with the Mercedes Benz Standards of Excellence award.
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Tony Kapsch
Sales and Leasing Consultant
Tony has been with the dealership for 8 years. He has won the BMW Podium Award 5 years in a row.
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Josh Hull
Sales and Leasing Consultant
Josh has worked for BMW of Des Moines for a year and four months. He is originally from Altoona.
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Terry Allen
Sales and Leasing Consultant
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Mary College
Service Coordinator
Mary has been with the company for 8 years. She is originally from Fairbanks, IA. Her father owned a Chevrolet dealership when she was growing up. She has always been around cars and racing.
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Don Foster
Service Technician
Don has worked for BMW of Des Moines for nine years.
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David Trachtenberg
Service Advisor
David has been with the company since May of 2011. He spent the last twenty five years as an account manager for United Airlines. He is a board member for the Iowa chapter of the BMW Car Club of America..
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Don Cook
Service Advisor
Don has worked for BMW of Des Moines for one year.
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Ryan Parmerlee
Service Advisor
Ryan has worked for BMW of Des Moines for ten months.
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Eric Hofer
Parts Advisor
Eric has been with the company for 5 years. He has lived in Ankeny, IA, Ames, IA, and Des Moines, IA.
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Tom Vinci
Parts Advisor
Tom has been with the company for 5 years.
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Tia Neil
Parts Shipping and Receiving
Tia has worked for the company for 3 1/2 years.
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Ervin Lidjan
Lot Attendant
Ervin has worked for the company for 6 years. He is originally from Bosnia.
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Elvir Klempic
Service Porter/ Lot Attendant
Elvir has been with the company for 2 months. He is originally from Tuzla, Bosnia.
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Jeremy Halda
Service Porter
Jeremy has been with the company for 1 year. He is originally from Des Moines, IA.
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Greg Andrew
Service Technician
Greg has worked for BMW of Des Moines for nine months. He is originally from South Carolina. He is an ASE Master Technician, an Advanced Level Engine Performance Specialist, BMW Certified, Mercedes-Benz Basic Certified, and a KIA Senior Master Technician.
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Garrett Ward
Service Technician
Garrett has worked for BMW of Des Moines for two months. He is originally from California, where he worked for Steve Thomas BMW. He is an ASE Master Technician/ Advanced Level Specialist,and a BMW level 2 technician. He is also an ALLDATA Certified Automotive Information Specialist, and received the Firestone Complete Autocare District Distinguished Service Award in 2007.
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Philip Santee
Service Technician
Philip has worked for BMW of Des Moines for eleven years. He is originally from Perry, IA. He is a BMW Master Technician, Macs Air conditioning Certified, as well as Hunter Road Force and Chassis Dynamics Certified.
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Nick Appletoft
Service Technician
Nick has worked for BMW of Des Moines for four years. He is a level 1 BMW Technician.
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Douglas Wieck
Courtesy Driver
Douglas has worked for the company for four and a half years.
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Dwain Swallow
Shuttle Driver
Dwain has worked for the company for five years.
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Roger Menneke
Shuttle Driver
Roger has worked for the company for ten years.
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Scott Symonds
Warranty Administrator
Scott has worked for the dealership for almost 28 years.
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Danelle Walker
Title Clerk
Danelle has worked for the dealership since August of 2009.
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Hillary Dean
Receptionist
Hillary has worked for the dealership since September of 2010.
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Elizabeth McInroy
Receptionist
Elizabeth has worked for the dealership since May of 2011.
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