Presenters 2024

Maylan Newton

President & CEO, ESI Seminars

Maylan Newton

With over 40 years of automotive industry experience, Maylan Newton has literally been there and done that. From shop owner, technician, service advisor to one of the most renown industry trainers and speakers in the country. Maylan combines his real-world experience with profit building take-a-ways in a humorous and engaging manner that only Maylan can deliver.

As the president and CEO of ESI seminars for the past 20 years, Maylan travels the country, sharing the keys to being successful in the automotive repair industry in his sold-out classes.

Maylan is also the author of The Joy of Hiring available now on Amazon.com or where great business books are sold.

Jimmy Alauria

Founder, Victory Team Building Group & Owner, 3A Automotive & Diesel

Maylan Newton

Jimmy Alauria, is a 22-year veteran of the auto repair industry.

After finishing a successful hockey career as a professional and scholarship athlete, two-time college hockey All-American, and Captain of his 1998 NCAA National Championship team, Jimmy learned quickly that building a winning team in his family auto repair shop was based on the same principles he experienced being on winning hockey teams.

In 2016, Jimmy bought his family’s shop, 3A Automotive & Diesel Repair in Phoenix, AZ, and as the CEO, he has grown the sales to nearly $3 million per year in their single-location operation. This has been done without Jimmy being a part of the day-to-day operations for nearly three years.
Over the past 16 years, Jimmy has shared his experience in the shop as a speaker, trainer, and coach and is now building Victory, with the purpose of helping auto repair shops build winning teams. Jimmy has been happily married for 19 years to his wife and business partner, Nadine. In his free time,e he enjoys ice hockey, snow skiing and mountain biking.

Tom Smith

Instructor – CarQuest Training

Gary Smith

DiagNation

Gary Smith is the president of DiagNation, an automotive consulting, training and remote technical support business, servicing clients throughout the US and other countries. Visit diagnation.com for more info on DiagNation support, diagnostic equipment, and training.

DiagNation provides remote connect guided fault finding, remote module coding and programming functions, as well as personal screen connect training sessions for hands-on training at the shop.

Gary teaches advanced automotive diagnostics with WorldPac and several automotive associations and writes diagnostic articles for MOTOR.com and Automotive Data Media. His specialties are drivability diagnostics, electrical, electronics and lab scope training. Gary brings 40 years of experience in automotive operations in the technical and fixed operations management areas. DiagNation.com

Adam Robertson

DiagNation

adam robertson Adam has been training for CARQUEST Technical Institute since 2000 covering WA, OR, CA, and ID.

We welcome Adam to Arizona!

So far, he has 38 years of experience as an automotive technician/instructor, beginning his automotive career in the early 1980’s, owning/operating his own automotive repair and training facilities since 1991. Beyond standard auto/truck diagnostics and repair, he has spent many years working with high performance vehicles.

Adam has also authored numerous pieces of training curriculum and books as a Subject Matter Expert (SME). With his “contagious” teaching style and incredible amounts of energy and passion, Adam is a regular training fixture at many national automotive training events each year supporting CTI.

Adam has knowledge and experience with almost every tool on the market from basic meters, scopes, scan tools, programming equipment to the more obscure hybrid/electric motor and battery testing/repairing equipment. He purchases almost every new tool that comes out.

Adam’s Auto Asylum/CARQUEST Technical Institute and DiagNation.com

Gary Smith

DiagNation

DiagNation provides remote connect guided fault finding, remote module coding and programming functions, as well as personal screen connect training sessions for hands-on training at the shop.

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