RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. – Elite Worldwide has announced that Douglass Kirchdorfer, a recently retired award-winning shop owner, has joined the company as its newest business development coach.
 
In his new role, Kirchdorfer will utilize his more than 30 years of experience as a successful shop owner to provide one-on-one business-building guidance to other shop owners throughout the U.S.
 
Starting in 2002, Kirchdorfer’s shop, Downing Street Garage, was voted among the top five AAA Approved Repair Shops in Colorado. In 2003, the shop won the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics from the Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau and in 2004, went on to win the International BBB Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics as well as the coveted Colorado Ethics in Business Alliance Award. His shop was also named as one of the top 10 shops in America in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in a national trade publication.
 
In addition, Douglass served on the board of directors for the Colorado Automobile Service Association (ASA) for 10 years, starting in 1994 and was board president in 2004. He also was one of the founding members of the Denver chapter of the NAPA Auto Care advisory board, the Delphi Tool Advisory Board, the Denver BBB Torch Award Selection Committee and served four years on the Mechanical Operations Committee of the national Automobile Service Association. He currently serves on the Grievance and Standards Committee of the Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau.
 
“I couldn’t be more excited to add someone like Douglass Kirchdorfer to the Elite family. Not only does he have a brilliant business mind, but he received numerous awards for ethics throughout his career as a shop owner, and truly enjoys helping people” said Bob Cooper, president of Elite Worldwide.