Richard Perry is the OEM and strategic account sales manager for Chief Automotive Technologies. He got his start in the collision repair industry more than 30 years ago as a body technician and joined Chief in 1996 as a training instructor. Perry currently sits on the International Board of Directors for I-CAR, serves as a SkillsUSA collision advisor, and represents Chief at Collision Industry Conference (CIC) and National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) meetings. He can be reached at [email protected].