Progressive Basics - Meet Tim Deese
Tim Deese is Owner/Chairman of Progressive Basics, Inc. located in Orange Park, Florida. He started selling cars in 1971 on an independent used car lot. He was then picked up by a new car dealership as the Sales Manager in 1973. In 1975 Mr. Deese became the General Manager for one of the largest new car dealership in Atlanta. In 1977 he bought his first New Car Franchise at the age of 28 and was one of the youngest self-made dealers in our industry. Subsequently he sold his new car stores in 1981 to concentrate on Progressive Basics, Inc. and training of Used Car Managers. Mr. Deese currently provides training seminars monthly in Jacksonville Beach, Florida as well as quarterly training seminars in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also provides and maintains In-House training programs at many dealerships located across the United States and Canada. He is also extensively involved in speaking engagements for various 20 Groups around the nation as well as National, International, and State Associations.

Progressive Basics, Inc. trains professional dealerships used vehicle managers for complex trading, purchasing, and retailing in today's market. Dealership monitoring is also provided. Mr. Deese's training accomplishments include:

• Chevrolet Dealer Academy: Taught at the GM Training Center for four years, Mr. Deese received the highest score ever attained.

• Lexus Division of Toyota: Helped design from the inception, the used vehicle marketing program for all Lexus Dealerships within the United States.

• Honda and Acura of Canada: Designed and implemented the used vehicle training program.

• Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America: Took Mitsubishi Motors from .45 to .73 used to new in less than one year.

• BMW of North America: Designed the BMW used vehicle training program.

• Subaru of North America: Took Subaru from .5 to .7 used to new in less than one year.

• SAAB Cars USA: Designed and implemented the used vehicle training program.

• BMW of Middle East: Implemented used vehicle training program for 17 Arab Nations BMW Dealer Bodies.

• Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc.: Designed and implemented used vehicle management training programs.

• Volvo Cars of North America: Designed and implemented used vehicle management training programs for dealers.

• Volkswagen/Audi of America: Progressive Basics currently provides used vehicle management training for dealers and corporate personnel.

• Ford Motor Company Dealer Development: Designed and implemented the used vehicle training program for Dealer Development.

• Chrysler Corporation - Mexico: Designed used vehicle management pilot programs and implemented this program for Chrysler Corporation.

• Australian New Car Dealers Association: Presentation on "Why Are We New Car Dealers Talking About Used Cars."

• BMW Caribbean: Designed and implemented Pre-Owned Sales Tactics.

• Ford Motor Company of the Middle East with 14 Arab Nations: Developed Pre- Owned Program and assisted in disposal of over-aged inventory.

Mr. Deese was one of the three top rated speakers at the 1987 and 1990 NADA conventions. Moderated a panel of dealers at the 1994 NADA convention and conducted three workshops at the 1996 NADA, where Mr. Deese was in the top ten rated speakers. Mr. Deese was also the number one speaker at the 1989 and 1992 FADA conventions in Quebec and Hong Kong, as well as the Canadian Auto Dealers Association Convention in Hong Kong, along with Ford Motor Company of the Middle East. Mr. Deese was also one of the top rated speakers at the 2001 Australian Automobile Dealers Association Convention. During 2005, Mr. Deese was a speaker at the NADA convention held in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has also had speaking engagements for Chrysler of Mexico and Volkswagen of Brazil as well as more than 20 US New Car Dealer Associations, some on more than one occasion. In 2009 was a speaker at the Fenabrave Congress in Brasilia, Brazil.

Progressive Basics has trained more used car managers than any other company in the US industry, including management recognition programs for Hendricks Automotive Group, Holler Automotive Group, Ed Morse Automotive Group, Hitchcock Automotive Group, Dah Chong Hong (DCH), Duncan, Auffenberg Automotive Group, Apple Automotive Group, Max Holmes Automotive Group, Stallupi Automotive Group, and March Hodge Automotive Group.

Mr. Deese did a series on CBS with Dan Rather relating to the positive side of the New Car Dealer in America. He is the founder of the import SUV and the Automotive Tent Sale. He designed and manufactured the original Pathfinder for Nissan. Mr. Deese writes articles for many trade journal magazines and has been on the cover of the majority of the trade publications within the automotive industry.

Progressive Basics Canada - Meet Todd Campbell
I've been in the car business for 38 years, 25 of those as a new car dealer. Although a new car dealer, my concentration was on the used car department. I have trained sales consultants across Canada and have held every position in the dealership. I am still a regular attendee at Auctions in Ontario and have kept up continually on market trends and pricing.