Vincent B. Waterhouse (Vin) is the president and founder of The Waterhouse Group, (TWG), an automotive accounting, training and consulting company. He has over thirty years of experience in the automotive aftermarket, and has written several manuals on asset management for jobbers, dealers and machine shops. In addition, he has written several magazine articles and authored private label courses for NAPA and another well known national chain.
Waterhouse has attended numerous financial and management schools, and has conducted many profit management seminars and workshops sponsored and supported by several major parts manufacturers, WD chains, jobbers, dealers, and machine shops. He has conducted seminars nationwide from Boston, Massachusetts to Fairbanks, Alaska.
He is a pioneer in his field, and as author of The Labor Factory ™ The Three Mile Survey ™ and several sales courses targeted for jobber owners, store managers, and factory representatives. His workshops have revolutionized the way professional technicians interact with their parts suppliers. He is rated as an excellent instructor whose past personal experience helps attendees succeed at their businesses. A master motivator who is able to relate to his audience, he is a sought-after speaker at conventions and professional group meetings on topics such as sales, marketing, operations and finance.
Prior to founding AACG in 1986, and The Waterhouse Group, Inc., in 1997, he held positions as Sales representative, Warehouse Manager, Operations Manager, Marketing Development Manager, General Manager, and Regional Manager, with profit and loss accountability, for NAPA, ITT Automotive Distributors Division, and CARQUEST.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting from the Plymouth State College of the University of New Hampshire. In 1973, he cut short his pursuit of a law degree to work full time in the automotive field.
Beginning with year 2000 he has made an arrangement with NAPA to work in the NAPA system on an exclusive basis as a consultant and trainer to NAPA store owners and repair shops across the U.S.A.
Vin Waterhouse THE WATERHOUSE GROUP Lynn, Massachusetts 01904 tel 888-592-4369 |
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