Dr Harry (Harry Anderson) has over 35 years of "frontline" experience in Retail and Wholesale sales in the Automotive Aftermarket.
Born and raised in Southern California, and being an avid "Car Guy", was the perfect place to start in the automotive aftermarket industry. However, Dr Harry initially started his working career in the Cable TV industry at 18 years of age. He quickly impressed upper management with his "people skills" and became the Marketing Supervisor of SCI Cable TV, a major cable company in Southern California at 19 years of age. It was there he learned the basics of "Direct Sales and Marketing 101". Moving on from there in 1976, Dr Harry became a counter salesman at his favorite place to shop... a 50,000 sq.ft. Hi-Performance and Off Road Center in Southern California's San Fernando Valley called... "Autocessories Wholesale". A now life long friend who worked Autocessories at the time, (John Mazzeralla who became one of his best sales mentor's, too) mentioned one day "you are here so much, why not just come to work here?", and so Dr Harry did exactly that. He convinced Stan Alexander, the owner, to give him a chance. Within 6 months time, Dr Harry became the #2 salesman there out of 7, only to be out done by the Stan's protege' of 6 years. Dr Harry then later became Autocessories' first "Wholesale Director" and... wrote the very first successful radio ad commercial for the company as well . Dr Harry's experience there at Autocessories, led him into the vast world of automotive aftermarket retail and wholesale sales, of most everything imaginable! From VW Bug Baja Kits to Blowers; Van Interior Kits to Speed Boat Parts; Wheel and Tire Combo's to Engine Swap Kits; Low Rider Chevy's to Hi Ridin' Ford 4x4's parts; Hot Rod to Street Rod parts, and so on, and so on, and so on! This initial experience lead Dr Harry on a path to the front door (and employment) by some of the most successful automotive aftermarket company's of their times. Names like... Galpin Ford, Keystone Wheel Co., Appliance Wheel Co., Western Wheel Co., Super Shops Automotive Performance Centers, BFGoodrich Tire Co., Big O Tire Co., Competition Parts Warehouse (CPW), Speed Merchant, Economy Imports, Winston Tire Co., Heafner Tire Group, AmPac Tire Distributors, American Tire Distributors (ATD). Dr Harry's first love in business has always been "Relationship Selling Techniques" in all these endeavors and has built successful business on that foundation, then and now! |