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CAREER PROFILE
Mark’s primary responsibility as strategic partner developer involves helping Fix Auto franchises grow in their success.
Eventually, Mark’s older brother Paul began helping him cultivate his auto painting skills, which he quickly discovered he had an affinity for. “My brother would let me go in and put the first coat of paint on. Once I got good at that, he let me do the second coat.” And so it went. In adulthood, the business Mark had spent so much of his life in transformed—a change that would heavily influence the course of Mark’s career in ways he, at the time, would have never expected. In the years leading up, Mark managed the business and painted vehicles. “I loved laying down a nice coat of paint. I have a lot of pride and passion for what I do. I didn’t just want to be a painter. I wanted to be the best painter.” In 2008, the change arrived, and Mark and his family became the first collision repair facility in Atlantic Canada to join Fix Auto. Wanting to make the most of this new arrangement, Mark took up various responsibilities within the Fix Auto sphere. He sat on the advisory board and the national marketing board. In doing this, he fostered an early relationship with the current president, Steve Leal.
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Having the perspective of someone who started on the shop floor, Mark has a deep understanding of the partners he works with.