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Meet an Expert: Brian McDermott

Tyler Nestvedt | Aug 14, 2024 8:00:00 AM

Brian McDermott's career with Zip's began with a humble summer job washing trucks between his sophomore and junior years of high school. Little did he know that this job would set the stage for a ...

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Meet an Expert: Mike Bucknell

Cameron Hanson | May 14, 2024 8:00:00 AM

Mike Bucknell knows a thing or two about wreckers. A 30-year Zip’s employee, he started working on them in 1994, and since 2001, he has served as a ...

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Meet an Expert: Brittany Rymas

Tyler Nestvedt | Apr 11, 2024 8:00:00 AM

This month’s 'Meet an Expert' highlights Brittany Rymas. Brittany began working at Zip’s AW Direct in April 2021 as a Retail Store Clerk at our ...

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Meet an Expert: Brian Fisher

Cameron Hanson | Mar 20, 2024 8:00:00 AM

Brian Fisher has a knack for solving problems. Often from memory, he can walk a customer through a ...

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Meet an Expert: Pat "Ferchee" Ferch

Cameron Hanson | Feb 9, 2024 8:00:00 AM

Pat Ferch knows the wrecker body business inside and out. As a 32-year employee at Zip’s, he spent ...

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Meet an Expert: John Kuhn

Tyler Nestvedt | Dec 7, 2023 8:00:00 AM

After over forty years of putting in work, you notice the changes and similarities in a place. ...

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Meet an Expert: Ruth Egan

Zip's | Jun 20, 2023 8:00:00 AM

Ruth Egan Manages Zip’s Store in Michigan In 2012, Zip’s opened a second location in the Detroit ...

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Meet an Expert: LeRoy Gossling

Zip's | Mar 10, 2023 8:00:00 AM

This Month’s ‘Meet an Expert’ at Zip’s AW Direct is LeRoy Gossling, a professional truck sales ...

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Meet an Expert: Randy Gilbert

Zip's | Jan 10, 2023 8:00:00 AM

Seeing the country and meeting great customers makes Randy Gilbert’s job pretty rewarding.

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Meet an Expert: Tierney Lensing

Zip's | Sep 27, 2022 8:00:00 AM

Helping Others Comes Naturally for Tierney Lensing

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Meet an Expert: Heavy installer Steve Hoeft

Zip's | Aug 30, 2022 8:00:00 AM

Steve Hoeft grew up on a farm between New Hampton and Charles City in northeast Iowa. Like most ...

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Meet an Expert: Avery Sassman

Zip's | Jul 28, 2022 8:00:00 AM

When Avery Sassman first joined Zip's AW Direct 18 months ago, he said he was pretty familiar with ...

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Meet an Expert: The Tenge Family

Zip's | Jul 11, 2022 8:00:00 AM

Good pay and benefits, including paid time off and generous profit sharing, are key ingredients to ...

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Employee Profile: Jimmy Geerts

Zip's | Jun 17, 2022 8:00:00 AM

Zip’s team member Jimmy Geerts operated large, eight-wheeled recovery trucks in the military and ...

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Employee Profile: Steven Kurash

Zip's | May 23, 2022 8:00:00 AM

You can’t spell car carrier without care, and you can’t build one without it, either. That’s what ...

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Employee Profile: Brice Schissel

Cameron Hanson | Apr 1, 2020 8:00:00 AM

If you’ve ever received an order from Zip’s AW Direct, chances are Brice Schissel played a role in ...

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Employee Profile: Tiffany Fisher

Cameron Hanson | Feb 25, 2020 8:00:00 AM

More than 30 employees team up to fulfill close to 400 orders each day in the Distribution Center ...

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Employee Profile: Randy Wickman

Cameron Hanson | Jan 28, 2020 8:00:00 AM

Randy Wickman joined Zip’s AW Direct five years ago as a service writer and warranty rep. He was ...

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Employee Spotlight: Carrick Johnson

Cameron Hanson | Sep 23, 2019 8:00:00 AM

Carrick Johnson serves as our equipment sales order entry manager at Zip’s AW Direct in New ...

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Meet an Expert: Kevin Einck

Brittany Bierle | Aug 13, 2019 8:00:00 AM

Having started nearly two decades ago, Kevin Einck has seen Zip’s with only 60 people grow into ...

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