Our Guests for the June 24th/25th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:
Chris Wilkes, President & CEO, Sigmetrix
Travis Rilat, President, All Star Auto Reconditioning & All Star Wheel Repair
Join us Friday afternoon at 3:00 and Saturday afternoon at 2:00 for an Encore Presentation on 770 KAAM (KAAMRadio.com)
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Chris Wilkes, President & CEO, Sigmetrix
Since 2013, Chris Wilkes has been the CEO of Sigmetrix, a global expert in GD&T (geometric dimension and tolerance) and mechanical variation. The Sigmetrix software is used to analyze the design of products from medical devices to Rolex watches to ensure it’s a robust design that can be manufactured time and time again.
With over 25 years of research and development, Sigmetrix designs, develops, markets and globally supports tolerance analysis solutions used to unite the “ideal” world of product design with the “real” world of manufacturing and assembly.
Formerly Executive VP of Sales and Marketing for Sigmetrix, Chris has over twenty-five years of industry experience building successful software companies and he has led the company to successive years of double-digit revenue growth.
Phone: (972) 542-7517
Travis Rilat, President, All Star Auto Reconditioning & All Star Wheel Repair
Travis Rilat established All Star Auto Reconditioning in October of 2007 as the sole employee and technician. Today, All Star Auto Reconditioning services primarily franchised Pre-Owned car dealers in Dallas, Tyler, Austin, Killeen, Waco, San Antonio and Houston.
All Star makes cosmetic repairs to the customers’ inventory that ranges from one to four-year old cars up to 75,000 miles. Services include paint correction, buffing, headlight brightening, PDR (pointless dent removal), Interior repair, glass repair and alloy wheel repair. Currently All Star has 45 technicians with annual sales of $5,000,000.
All Star Wheel Repair (formerly Spec Wheels) was acquired December 30, 2013. This facility remanufactures alloy wheels for the automotive industry with 18 employees servicing Dallas, Ft Worth, Tyler, Longview, Texarkana and Sherman. All Star Wheel serves car dealers, body shops, service drives and retail customers with annual sales of $1,500,000. All Star Wheel is also an Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists franchisee serving DFW.
Phone: (972) 564-1610
Host, Steve A Klein, Travis Rilat, Chris Wilkes