The Dyers
Will & Tatiana Dyer
Title: Owner / Dealer Principal
Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL
Years in the auto business: 6 years
Most memorable experience: Becoming a part of the Vero Beach community
Hobbies: Cars, Fishing, Boating, Travel, Running, Experimenting in the Kitchen
John Dyer
Title: Internet Sales Manager
Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL
Years in the auto business: 2 years
Most memorable experience: Earning top monthly sales within my first 3 months in the auto business
Awards: GM Certified Internet Manager, Mazda Master Sales Consultant, Subaru Certified
Hobbies: Music, Boating, Fishing, Cars, and spending time with family and friends
jdyer@dyerauto.com
Sales Staff
Randy Caputo
Hometown: Fredericksburg, Va
Years in Business: 30+ years
Most memorable experience: Selling 5 vehicles in one day and 25 vehicle in one month.
Hobbies: Kids, Grand Kids, computers and Nascar.
rcaputo@dyerauto.com
Thomas Rowe
Thomas Rowe
Title: General Sales Manager
Hometown: Charleston, West Virginia
Years in the auto business: 6 Years
Most memorable experience: Every time you get recognized for a job well done.
Awards: Salesman of the month, GM Certified Sales, GM Certified Sales Manager, Mazda Certified Finance Manager, received GM Mark of Excellence award for the dealership in 2006
Hobbies: Love sports, Landscaping
trowe@dyerauto.com
John Sottile
Title: Finance Director
Hometown: Vero Beach, FL
Years in the auto business: 25+ years
Most memorable experience: helping a store deliver over 30 cars in one day
Awards: GM Mark of Excellence Award
Hobbies: Boating, Golfing, and Traveling
jsottile@dyerauto.com
Jim House
Title: Pre-Owned Manager
Hometown: Hackensack, NJ
Years in the auto business: 34
Joe Sanchez
Joe Sanchez
Title: Fleet Manager, Finance and Insurance Manager, Dealer Trades
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Years in the auto business: Almost 30 years
Most memorable experience: Building long term relationships with my clientele and their families
Awards: Legion of Leaders 7 times. Mark of Excellence since 2000
Hobbies: Baseball, classic movies, cooking.
setoneaton@hotmail.com
Angela Young
Title: Internet Sales
Hometown: Memphis, TN
Years in business: 6 years
Hobbies: Spending time with friends and at the beach.
ayoung@dyerauto.com
Mike Ciemko
Title: Sales Associate
Hometown: Miami, FL
Years in the auto business: 2 years
Most memorable experience: Top Sales Person after only 2 months in the car business.
Awards: Salesman of the month for the majority of the time in the car business
Hobbies: Fishing, Cooking (was in hotel and restaurant management and food sales for 20 years), Family Time
Misty Hennen
Title: Sales Associate
Hometown: Fredericktown, Missouri
Years in the auto business: 7 years
Most memorable experience: meeting new and exciting people; helping people acquire a new car of their dreams
Awards: Top Sales Person
Hobbies: Camping with my family, being outdoors, shopping with my daughter
Richard Kirsten
Title: Sales Associate
Hometown: West Orange, NJ
Years in the auto business: 10 years
Most memorable experience: I enjoy every sale
Awards: Gold Master for Honda, GM Silver, Hyundai Certified
Hobbies: Playing Poker
Rick Hector
Title: Sales Associate
Hometown: Cooper City, Fl
Years in business: New to the car business, but 16 yrs sales experience.
Most memorable experience: Selling a new Camaro, trading a Corvette Z06 and getting to drive both!
Awards: Salesman of the Month for May 1996, June 2005 and July 2005 for Pepsi.
Hobbies: Fine artist, playing piano and restoring a 1966 Pontiac GTO.
Chuck Stupp
Title: Sales Associate
Hometown: Middletown, NJ
Years in business: 32 yrs.
Most memorable experience: Being rated in the Top 5 Salespersons for Oldsmobile in the Tri-State area and Top 20 for the United States.
Hobbies: Racketball and basketball.
Moses Cantu
Title: Sales Associate
Hometown: Vero Beach, Fl
Years in business: 4
Hobbies: Baseball, Boxing and spending time with family.
Service Staff
Bill Donnelly
Title: Service Manager
Hometown: Waterford, Michigan
Years in the auto business: 25 Years
Most memorable experience: “Putting Bob Munni out (of fire)”
Awards: GM University, Mark of Excellence
Hobbies: Golf
bdonnelly@dyerauto.com
Sandy Ellis
Title: Service Advisor
Hometown: Catskill, New York
Years in the auto business: 28 Years
Most memorable experience: Giving birth to my child
Awards: #1 in Customer Satisfaction for 3yrs and 5 yrs consecutively
Hobbies: Sewing, Carpentry, Yard Work, Grandchildren
Carl Merrick
Title: Service Advisor
Hometown: Springfield, MA
Years in the auto business: 12 Years
Most memorable experience: helping customers
Hobbies: Golfing, Boating
Craig Zierer
Title: Service Advisor
Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Years in the auto business: 2 Years
Most memorable experience: The day I was promoted to service advisor. I had been working at it for a year and a half.
Awards: GM Training
Hobbies: Car Models, Freestyle BMX, Bowling, Slot Car Racing, Fishing, Drag Racing, Reptiles, Football
Cindy Bingham
Title: Warranty Administrator
Hometown: Auburn, NY
Years in the auto business: Started as a night time receptionist cashier at 14 years old for the dealership my father worked in
Most memorable experience: To given life back after cardiac arrest almost five years ago. It’s made me appreciate my life and other around me much more.
Awards: All GM warranty certificates since 1984, Mazda Warranty Certified last year and will be Mazda Master Certified this year.
Hobbies: Beach, boating, spending time with my family and friends, shopping!
Brian Arnold
Title: Service Technician
Hometown: Spurgeon, Indiana
Years in the auto business: 27
Most memorable experience: My kids Amanda and Dillon
Awards: Stacks of papers of courses completed
Hobbies: Coach little league baseball for my son and follow my daughters competitive cheer team
Robert Davison
Title: Service Technician
Hometown: Bannerelk, NC
Years in the auto business: 12 Years
Awards: Master Automotive Technician, Professional Service Guild
Hobbies: Firearms, Motorcycles
Mike Furphy
Title: Service Technician
Hometown: Haworth, New Jersey
Years in the auto business: 22 Years
Most memorable experience: Cleaning up after the hurricanes hit Vero Beach
Hobbies: Boating and Fishing
Eric Hass
Title: Service Technician
Hometown: Denver, CO
Years in the auto business: 4 Years
Most memorable experience: Portering at another dealership earlier in my career. I learned a lot about different parts of the car business.
Hobbies: Working on my truck, building up my truck it can go to bigger and better places, fishing, hunting….If it says Redneck, then I’m doing it.
Todd Maxted
Title: Service Technician
Hometown: Madison, Connecticut
Years in the auto business: 31 Years
Most memorable experience: When we as a group at the dealership raised the American Flag after the hurricanes
Awards: Master Chevrolet Certification, Master ASE Certification
Hobbies: Coach Travel and High School baseball
Robert Munni
Title: Service Technician
Hometown: Butler, New Jersey
Years in the auto business: When I was 16 years old.
Most memorable experience: When I was in a “fix it right the first time” contest and got to go on a fully paid weekend vacation with my family
Awards: ASE, GM Training
Hobbies: Motorcycle Road Racing on weekends
Brian Roth
Title: Service Technician
Hometown: Sebastian, FL
Years in the auto business: 12 Years
Most memorable experience: My wife and children
Awards: ASE Certified Master Technician, 100% GM Certified
Hobbies: Drag Racing, High Perforance Installs, Working on Cars, Fishing, Hanging out with my boys
Andy Thorne
Title: Service Technician
Hometown: Albany, GA
Years in the auto business: 4.5 Years
Most memorable experience: Going to the Lightening hockey game with the Dyers and other coworkers
Hobbies: Music, Automotive performance, helping people, water sports, sports in general, theme parks, going out with friends
John Williams
Title: Service Technician
Hometown: Illinois
Years in the auto business: 32 Years
Most memorable experience: I had to repair air brake system for a youth group. Their bus broke down on the way to Disney. They had been saving money for 2 years to go.
Awards: ASE Master Certification, Cadillac Craftsman League, Chevrolet Mark of Excellence
Hobbies: Enjoy spending time with my family
Additional Team Members
Eric Brown
Title: Lot Attendant
Hometown: Vero Beach, FL
Years in the auto business: 4 Years
Most memorable experience: When I was approved to buy an automobile on the eve of July 4th, 2006.
Hobbies: Weight training, auto detailing, and lawn maintenance; hope to open my own motorcycle shop in Vero
Ken Davenport
Title: Service Shuttle Driver
Hometown: Morris, FL
Years in the auto business: 54 Years
Awards: Elected Vice President of Illinois Automotive Trade Association in 1982, Voted Used Car Manager of the Year by Ford Motor Company Orlando District 1986.
Most memorable experience: Becoming a Ford Dealer in Illinois, the day I married my wife Joan
Hobbies: Fishing, Kayaking
Gary Miller
Title: File Clerk
Hometown: Blue Point, Long Island
Years in the auto business: 17 Years
Most memorable experience: my military career – 28 years of active duty. Vietnam Vet
Hobbies: Traveling in our motorhome.
Brent Schrecongost
Title: Service Shuttle Driver
Hometown: West Islip, NY
Years in the auto business: 3.5 Years
Hobbies: Nostalgic Cars, Kayaking, Fishing, Golf
Parts Staff
Steve Wallen
Title: Parts Manager
Hometown: Lakeland, FL
Years in the auto business: 34 Years
Most memorable experience: rebuilding after the hurricanes. All the employees put in a lot of time and effort to keep the store open so we could service our customers.
Awards: Mark of Excellence, GM Training
Hobbies: Bowling, Golf, Camping, and Spending time with Family
swallen@dyerauto.com
Jarett Lang
Title: Assistant Parts Manager
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Years in the auto business: 16 Years
Most memorable experience: my children being born and watching them grow up
Awards: GM Training Parts Consultant, Hazardous Materials Training for Dealers
Hobbies: Fishing, Boating, and Softball, and Family
jlang@dyerauto.com
Steven Coburn
Title: Parts Counterman
Hometown: Vero Beach, FL
Years in the auto business: 5 Years
Most memorable experience: Receiving my black belt in karate
Awards: Hazmat Certified
Hobbies: Creating, writing, composing music. Guitarist, Singer/Songwriter
Billy Testa
Title: Parts Counterman
Hometown: Fort Pierce, FL
Years in the auto business: 30 Years
Most memorable experience: Helping people in tough situations to get them back on the road
Awards: GM Training
Hobbies: Spending time with my family, Exercise, Bible Study
btesta@dyerauto.com
Tommie Lee Wells
Title: Parts Driver
Hometown: Milan, Georgia
Years in the auto business: 2 Years
Most memorable experience: learning parts and how to work on vehicles
Hobbies: playing basketball, playing video games, traveling
Body Shop Staff
Wayne Borchardt
Title: Body Shop Manager
Hometown: Vero Beach, FL
Years in the auto business: 23 years
Most memorable experience: Seeing the sunrise from 20 miles offshore
Awards: Certified in Auto Body, PPG and DuPont refinished certified
Hobbies: Sport fishing, Motorcycling, Leader in my son’s Cub Scout Pack.
wborchardt@dyerauto.com
Lenore Harp
Title: Body Shop Coordinator
Hometown: Vero Beach, FL
Years in the auto business: 32 years
Most memorable experience: The day my son was born and feeling the joy of being a mother. Also the day my son returned from Iraq (2X).
Awards: DuPont Automotive Finish Certification
Hobbies: God, Family, Friends, Scrapbooking, Fishing, Riding Motorcycles, Camping, Running / Long Walks, Beach, Outdoors, Hiking in the Woods, Boating, and Car Shows.
lharp@dyerauto.com
Rick Campbell
Title: Body Technician
Hometown: Worchester, MA
Years in the auto business: 37 years
Most memorable positive experience: The birth of my children and the first car I worked on that made a magazine
Awards: ASE Refinishing Certified, ASE Body Certified, PPG Certified, DuPont Certified, Cycle time Certified,
Hobbies: Motorcycles, Building scale models, Classic Cars and Hot Rods.
Artie DeCosa
Title: Body Tech
Hometown: Vero Beach, FL
Years in the auto business: 25+ years
Most memorable experience: Making a damaged car look like new. It’s a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.
Awards: I Car and GM Certified
Hobbies: Music, Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, and Guitars
Trevor Farr
Title: Body Technician
Hometown: Fort Pierce, Florida
Years in the auto business: 24 years
Most memorable positive experience: I love working on cars.
Hobbies: Playing Basketball
Joe Lavarine
Title: Auto Body Painter
Hometown: Northern Virginia, Va
Years in the auto business: 41 years
Most memorable experience: Winning best custom paint in a car show
Awards: ASE Certified
Hobbies: Boating, Playing Guitar
Office Staff
Tracy Bock
Title: Office Manager
Hometown: Pinckney, Michigan
Years in the auto business: 23 years
Most memorable experience: Seeing how all the employees worked together after the hurricanes, showing up to help with the cleanup. It made me realize how we are one big family.
Awards: Employee of the Year, GM Accounting Professional, GMAC Controller Seminar
Hobbies: Reading, Swimming, Relaxing with Family and Friends
tbock@dyerauto.com
Patty Stiles
Title: Assistant Office Manager
Hometown: Smithtown, NY
Years in the auto business: 11 years
Most memorable experience: On my first day of work with Janie Dean Chevrolet, I was two hours late because I got lost in Vero beach and couldn’t find my daughter’s day care. I came to work with my daughter and everyone said that it was ok – “Don’t worry. We’ll help you find it.” I knew then that the people I would be working with were/are good people.
Hobbies: Reading, Puzzles (jigsaw, word, etc).
pstiles@dyerauto.com
Jessica Breijak
Title: Billing Clerk
Hometown: Hell, Michigan
Years in the auto business: 7 years
Most memorable experience: Getting to know my co-workers and customers
Hobbies: Spending time with my 3 beautiful kids, family, and friends.
Kelly Furphy
Title: Title Clerk, Accounts Payable/Receivable
Hometown: Bergen County, New Jersey
Years in the auto business: I’ve been around cars my whole life, but my first dealer job started in 2004.
Most memorable experience: The day I started work at Chevrolet is when I learned that all the employees were like a family that welcomed anyone in.
Awards: 2007 Employee of the Year, GM Warranty Certifications.
Hobbies: Cooking, Kids, Fishing, Boating, Reading
kfurphy@dyerauto.com
Jill Lee
Title: Cashier, Receptionist, Mazda/Subaru accounts Payable/Receivable
Hometown: Fellsmere, FL
Years in the auto business: 26 years
Hobbies: Fishing, Movies, Gardening
jlee@dyerauto.com
Detail Department
Clint Walker
Nate Armstrong
Title: Auto Detailer
Hometown: Fort Pierce, FL
Years in the auto business: 13 years
Most memorable experience: seeing a smile on a customer’s face
Hobbies: Fishing, Detailing Cars
Walt Walton
Title: Auto Detailer
Hometown: New Castle, DE
Years in the auto business: 1 year
Most memorable experience: seeing a smile on a customer’s face when I finish their car
Hobbies: Fishing, Bowling, Spending time with family, Detailing Cars
Kerry White
Title: Auto Detailer
Hometown: Fort Pierce, FL
Years in the auto business: 22 years
Most memorable experience: Making people happy on the job
Hobbies: Fishing, Detailing Cars
