Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Roush Yates and How They Utilize ProShop ERP

Presenter 1:

Paul Van Metre

Founder, ProShop ERP

Presenter 2:

Production Manager, Roush Yates Manufacturing Solutions

Jennifer LaFever's passion for vehicles and how things worked came at a young age, which fueled her dream to be part of a NASCAR team. That dream encouraged her to obtain her degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in managerial economics from the University of California, Davis. Obtaining that degree lander her a job in Silicon Valley working on semiconductor tooling. It was there that she was introduced to the intriguing world of quality assurance, quality control and quality engineering. However, she felt compelled to fulfill her dream of being on a NASCAR team and left the Silicon Valley job to enroll at Universal Technical Institute where she obtained the hands-on mechanical experience to compliment her mechanical engineering degree. Determined to follow her dreams, she moved from California to North Carolina where she completed a NASCAR internship. Upon completion of this internship in quality control at Roush Yates Engines and graduating in 2011, she was offered a position to manage the quality control department. In 2019 Jennifer was promoted to director of quality for all Roush Yates facilities and named the SEMA Businesswomen's Network Woman of the Year. Jennifer's project management abilities and passion for investing in people was recognized by her leadership, which prompted her most recent promotion to production manager at Roush Yates Manufacturing Solutions where she manages a staff of 48 machinists, assemblers, leads and supervisors along with 63 machines and over 600 active work orders.

Presenter 3:

Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Partnerships; Roush Yates Engines

Todd English is the vice president of marketing and strategic partnerships for Roush Yates Engines. In this position, he is responsible for all aspects of Roush Yates Engines and Roush Yates Manufacturing Solutions marketing, branding, community engagement and strategic partnership development. Working with his team, he is responsible for building brand awareness across internal and external channels as well as developing leads for the manufacturing division. This includes all external corporate communications as well as partnership and community relations activities. He has a deep experience in sales and marketing as well as process engineering for optimizing material flow and traceability. Since joining the company in 2007, he has held a number of positions within the organization. Among these. he has led business development in military projects and general manager for the Roush Yates Performance Parts retail store. English was previously emplyed at Philip Morris USA. English attended Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in industrial distribution engineering and an executive MBA.