Hi, I'm Steven Ryan, the other partner of Budget Brakes.
Like Michael, I was born and raised in the metro Detroit area, and am a licensed pilot who enjoys flying. My wife and I have two daughters and live in Brentwood, Tennessee.
I'm a very active athlete and compete in many outdoor events, ranging from the Nashville Marathon and Chattanooga Stump Jumper 50K to a variety of expedition-length Adventure Races.
So, Michael and I have quite a bit in common besides being the the brake repair business.
I attended Northwood University in Michigan on a basketball scholarship and earned a degree in accounting. I also have an M.B.A. in finance from Walsh College in Troy, Michigan.
My first job after graduating from college was as a payroll coordinator, where I processed payroll checks for The Genesis Group, a payroll and human resource service provider. Within a year, I was running the Payroll Division.
Seeking to broaden my experience, I took a job as Director of Operations for the Personnel Department. My role was to clean up the Finance/Operation Department in preparation for selling the company, which then was successfully sold to a publicly traded company out of Columbus, Ohio.
This experience sparked a vision to create my own company, the Rockmor Group, which provided payroll and human resource outsource services.
After six years and more than $40 million a year in sales, I sold the Rockmor Group to a venture capital group in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Now that Michael and I have teamed up to run Budget Brakes, we're looking forward to continuing to grow our business as we serve the brakes and alignment needs of our customers.
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Welcome to Braking the Mold
We're Michael Palazzolo and Steven Ryan, co-owners of Budget Brakes.
Each week we'll bring you relevant news about and insights into our business, along with helpful tips about brake work, maintenance, alignments and anything else we think you'll find of interest related to the auto industry.
We'll talk about our stores, what we do and who you'll see when you walk in the doors of the Budget Brakes store in your community.
We'll also brag a bit about the communities and people we serve, and don't be surprised to see updates now and then as to how the local baseball, football and soccer teams we sponsor did in their most recent games.
Our commitment at each Budget Brakes store is to provide the best possible service and "go the extra mile" for our customers. From time to time, we'll give you a behind-the-scenes look at what we do both in our stores and in our communities, and we'll also share humorous real-life stores that have actually taken place on our property.
We'll also discuss some of our challenges as business owners, what we've learned about the industry over the years and how we live out our values day in and day out.
If you have questions, please send them to us! We'll answer as many of them as we can right here. Whether you are a Do-It-Yourselfer with a technical question or a novice who'd like an expert opinion on something related to your brakes, we want to hear from you.
We'd also like to hear what you want to learn about, whether it's how to know when your car needs new brakes, ways you can extend the life of your brakes, how to tell when your brake pads are shot -- or something elsel.
Beyond brakes, we'll blog about some of the other things we really care about -- things like running, biking, flying (we're both licensed pilots), adventure sports and interesting people who are involved in these activities.
We'll share more about ourselves in our next two posts. Thanks for stopping by.
Each week we'll bring you relevant news about and insights into our business, along with helpful tips about brake work, maintenance, alignments and anything else we think you'll find of interest related to the auto industry.
We'll talk about our stores, what we do and who you'll see when you walk in the doors of the Budget Brakes store in your community.
We'll also brag a bit about the communities and people we serve, and don't be surprised to see updates now and then as to how the local baseball, football and soccer teams we sponsor did in their most recent games.
Our commitment at each Budget Brakes store is to provide the best possible service and "go the extra mile" for our customers. From time to time, we'll give you a behind-the-scenes look at what we do both in our stores and in our communities, and we'll also share humorous real-life stores that have actually taken place on our property.
We'll also discuss some of our challenges as business owners, what we've learned about the industry over the years and how we live out our values day in and day out.
If you have questions, please send them to us! We'll answer as many of them as we can right here. Whether you are a Do-It-Yourselfer with a technical question or a novice who'd like an expert opinion on something related to your brakes, we want to hear from you.
We'd also like to hear what you want to learn about, whether it's how to know when your car needs new brakes, ways you can extend the life of your brakes, how to tell when your brake pads are shot -- or something elsel.
Beyond brakes, we'll blog about some of the other things we really care about -- things like running, biking, flying (we're both licensed pilots), adventure sports and interesting people who are involved in these activities.
We'll share more about ourselves in our next two posts. Thanks for stopping by.
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