Management
Ron Peterson
Chief Executive Officer
Ron Peterson is Chief Executive Officer and serves as a Board Member. Mr. Peterson has nearly 20 years experience in the car wash industry. Prior to CWP, Mr. Peterson founded STS Ventures dba Blue Coral Systems (BCS) in 1986. He served as the Company's CEO until it was sold to Ecolab in January of 1999. Prior to BCS, Mr. Peterson was employed at Ecolab for 18 years, where he worked in many capacities. During that time, Mr. Peterson started up four (4) additional companies which are operating successfully today.
Lawrence J. Minich
Chief Financial Officer
Lawrence Minich serves as the Chief Financial Officer for CWP and is responsible for overall management of Accounting, Bank and Finance activities, IS, Human Resources and other Administrative functions. In addition, Mr. Minich is responsible for Investor Relations and Board Communications.
Prior to CWP Mr. Minich worked as an independent consultant to various privately held companies advising management on business strategy, profit planning and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that Mr. Minich served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Blue Coral, Inc in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Minich is a CPA.
John Lai
Chief Operating Officer
John Lai serves as Chief Operating Officer overseeing all matters
involving Operations and Marketing for the company. He joined Mister
Car Wash as Vice President of Market Development in June of 2002.
Previously,
Mr. Lai was Vice President of Sales for FinanCenter Inc. a software
company. Prior to that, he was President of Blue Coral Systems Inc, a
specialty chemical company. Mr. Lai began his career with Nestle S.A.,
a global food company, where he held a variety of Sales Management
positions. Mr. Lai has a Bachelor of Science from University of Arizona
and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the International
Car Wash Association.
Michael P. Hogan
Regional Vice President of Operations
Michael Hogan is Vice President of Operations and is responsible for all aspects of operations for the 24 units in the Texas Region, which represents approximately 60% of CWP's revenue generation. Mr. Hogan's first position with the company was Manager Trainee in 1980. Other positions he has held include: General Manager and Area Manager. Mr. Hogan has increased revenue for the company and improved production during his tenure with the company.
Dave Hail
Vice President of Facilities Management
Dave Hail is Vice President of Facilities Management and his areas of responsibility include Facilities Management, CPC Chemical Program, Dispensing and Application systems, Facilities Construction, and Store Retrofits.
Prior to joining CWP, Dave began his career working for the Octopus Car Wash chain and spent over 11 years in various aspects of Operations Management. He then spent 6 years as the Managing Director at Washmates/Kar Kleen, a car wash equipment and chemical company, where he led the equipment design and chemical compounding. He then worked for Ecolab/Blue Coral for 6 years as the Manager of Dispensing and Applications where he created an in house manufacturing facility for custom chemical application systems.