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Mike Davidson Joins Elite Worldwide as Business Development Coach

In his new role, Davidson will utilize his years of experience as a shop owner in Little Rock, Ark., and the information he's attained while serving on numerous industry boards and panels, to help shop owners throughout the U.S. build more profitable businesses.

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. – Elite Worldwide has announced that Mike Davidson, an award-winning shop owner, has joined the company as its newest business development coach.

In his new role, Davidson will utilize his years of experience as a shop owner in Little Rock, Ark., and the information he’s attained while serving on numerous industry boards and panels, to help shop owners throughout the U.S. build more profitable businesses.

In addition to owning and operating one of the most successful auto repair shops in the U.S., Davidson is a graduate of the Automotive Management Institute, was the recipient of Arkansas’s NAPA Technician of the Year Award for seven consecutive years and is a winner of the coveted Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. Davidson has an affinity for helping others, and currently does so by providing viewers with car care tips in local CBS segments.

“Elite is always looking for business development coaches who not only have a history of success as shop owners, but who have a genuine commitment to ethics as well. For an individual like Mike Davidson to join our team, who not only runs one of top shops in the country, but who has won the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, is an absolute honor. I’m excited to work with Mike, and know he’ll do an excellent job of helping shop owners build more successful businesses through his one-on-one guidance," said Bob Cooper, president of Elite Worldwide.

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