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Mitch Williams is the Division General Manager of StopTech, the best in high performance brakes and part of the First Brands Group. He has led several iconic performance industry brands including Hella, APR, Restoration Parts Unlimited, and today at StopTech. Mitch has raced sports cars on an amateur and professional level and has run the Baja 1000. He served six terms on the SEMA Board of Directors and was SEMA Chairman of the Board from 2005-07. Mitch was selected “SEMA Person of the Year” in 2001. He founded the SEMA International Task Force and was instrumental in SEMA’s engagement in the EV market. He still enjoys track days as time permits. Mitch has driven cross-country 40 times – and once drove almost coast to coast in 40 hours – by himself. He has owned more than 75 cars, has flown in the Goodyear Blimp, and took aerobatic flying lessons.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • American Collectors Insurance • Autogeek • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
Theodore Roosevelt – “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
Henry Ford – “Nothing is particularly difficult if you break it up into small jobs.”
CHALLENGES
Every company has born leaders in it and there are a lot more people can develop into being leaders. The best leaders are servant leaders.
SPECIAL VEHICLES
2007 Ford GT
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
The Machine That Changed the World by James P. Womack
Lean Thinking by James P. Womack
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.
WHERE TO FIND MITCH
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