Announcement for Internal Release on: November 20th, 2018

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO – Leeds West Groups (LWG) is pleased to announce the promotion of James Gould to the newly created position of Director of LW Big O Tire Store Operations, reporting directly to Tim Moran, Vice President of LW East Coast and Big O Tires Store Operations. In this new role, James will oversee total operations of ten of the Big O Tire stores in the Colorado market.

James has been in the industry for 15 years, the last 6 which have been working within LWG. As a Store Manager and then a District Manager for the LW Big O Tires group, has continually improved in Top Line Sales and Gross Profit Dollars, in large part due to his unique understanding and implementation of the LWG process.

In his new role, James will continue to oversee the successful growth and profitability of the Big O Tires with the assistance of three newly promoted Senior Store Managers who will report directly to him.

Rod Murphy of Castle Pines

Bryan Peregrine of Broomfield

Dalibor “D” Dzajic of Arvada

In their new roles, these three gentlemen will manage not only their own stores, but will now oversee the profitability of several other Big O stores, focusing on Topline Sales, Gross Profit and Payroll.  They will oversee inventory control, perform Repair Order audits, onboard new employees, offer support with Account Payable discrepancies, environmental and safety compliance and overall performance within their assigned stores.

Rod Murphy will oversee the Centennial and Highlands Ranch in addition to the Castle Pines location.  Bryan Peregrine will supervise Boulder, Lakewood, and 6^th Ave. in Aurora in addition to his home store in Broomfield. And D will oversee Littleton/Bowles and Chatfield in addition to his Arvada location.

Each of these gentlemen have a proven record of success and growth within the LW tire stores and will no doubt help to continue that upward trend.  James and this dynamic team will be a force not only within the LW organization, but also within the entire Big O franchise.

Congratulations to all!

Announcement for Internal Release on: November 12th, 2018

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO – Leeds West Groups (LWG) is pleased to announce exciting changes in the Information Technology arena that will provide the LW and ASE divisions with greater daily support and advancement for all IT initiatives as we continue to grow!

As of Monday, November 12th, Chris Tracy the current Director of IT for the ASE division, has been promoted to Vice President of LWG Information Technology overseeing the whole IT department of both divisions. In this new role, Chris will oversee all of the IT initiatives and projects for all of the LWG organizations. Chris will now report directly to Kathy Bray, the Senior Vice President of LWG Operations Solutions.

For the past two plus years, Chris has made great strides with the ASE division, upgrading the infrastructure and standardizing systems and processes to improve that division’s capabilities. His proven broad career experience is key to help guide our fast growing organization into the future. Congratulations Chris!

Jordan McDonald currently the Sr. Director of Leeds West Information Technology will now be the Sr. Director of LWG Information Technology, reporting directly to Chris. Jordan will primarily oversee implementation and support all of the company’s network and hardware infrastructure and design. Jordan’s successful experience and knowledge of LW, positions our organization to meet any technological changes and challenges we will face in the future, head on.

Connie Crosby-Sifrit will assume the newly created role of Sr. Director of LWG Data Analytics and Reporting for the whole LWG organization. Connie will also report to Chris, with the primary concentration on our BOSS initiative and the deployment of our robust in-house reporting solutions. Connie’s broad experience with the ASE division for over the last 40 years offers a unique insight into store and office operations. Her vast experience with the ROWriter POS system, along with accounting and other reporting solutions combined with her operational understanding will be a tremendous asset to developing the informational reporting needed to continue our national expansion and daily tracking matrix’s.

In the coming weeks and months’ you will see big advances in our IT development, support and communication. This increase in support will take time to implement. There is no immediate change in who you currently communicate with for any IT issues. As the IT department continues to build out we will keep everyone updated if any contacts should change for your IT company needs.

Chris and Connie will continue to office out of the Davenport office with Jordan and Kathy continuing to office in Denver. This unique department design will allow us to better serve the needs of stores located in the Eastern, Central and Mountain Time zones, and provide the technological redundancy a successful organization of our size demands.

This is an exciting step toward creating the industry leading in-house aftermarket automotive IT department. Congratulations to all!

Announcement for Release on: October 16th, 2018

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO – Leeds West Groups (LWG) is proud to announce the acquisition of its newest aftermarket automotive repair location and retail store in Aurora, CO, and has assumed operations effective on Monday, October 15^th, 2018.

This is LWG’s 100^th automotive location Nationally, and 30^th location in the State of Colorado.

“All store openings are exciting, but obviously this location has a very special meaning, and is a special milestone for the company. I could not be more thrilled to announce LWG’s 100^th automotive location, and I could not be more ecstatic with LWG’s automotive growth pattern over the last 106 months and our growth objectives over the next 100 months.”

– Judd Kyle Shader, Chief Executive Officer/Board Member

“We are thrilled with our current growth trajectory and strategy. Our growth over the last 9 years shows our level of commitment to the industry and our chosen brands.”

– Joshua Weinreich, Chairman of the Board

LWG was founded in 2009 by CEO Judd Shader and headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO. LWG is a management platform that is capitalized by PE and Family Office funds that acquires, owns, and manages National Automotive Repair Franchise brands across the Continental United States including a National real-estate portfolio and other National investment opportunities. LWG employs over 850 team-members with now over 100 automotive retail locations, operating in 16 states across the Continental US.

For more information, contact LWG Senior Marketing Manager: Hanna Jerde at Hanna.Jerde@LeedsWest.com or (720) 473 – 6676.

Announcement for Release on: September 14th, 2018

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO – Leeds West Groups (LWG) has announced Peter J. Derschang, CPA, MBA as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Advisory Board of Directors Member of LWG on September 10^th, 2018.

Mr. Derschang has over 30 years of industry senior financial management experience. Prior to joining LWG, Mr. Derschang was the Chief Financial Officer at Full Speed Automotive (Grease Monkey International, Speedee Oil, Havoline Express Lube, and Lube Pros) 2018, Brakes Plus, LLC a Division of Mavis/STS and Tire Engineers from 2011-2017. Prior to shifting into the aftermarket automotive sector, Mr. Derschang was the CFO at The Cable Center in Denver, CO, Vice President of Finance at First Data Corporation, and public accounting at Yale & Seffinger, P.C.

Mr. Derschang is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and is a member of both the AICPA and the Colorado Society of CPA’s. Mr. Derschang is additionally on the School of Accountancy Advisory Board at the University of Denver, and has taught various accounting courses at the Daniels College of Business since 2006 as an Adjunct Professor. Mr. Derschang has been a CFO at various national non-profits organization and is a graduate of the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business with both his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (’82) and his MBA (’92).

“Peter is a fantastic addition to our Senior Leadership team and an incredible resource to the Board of Directors. His industry knowledge, leadership experience and financial expertise will be tremendous resources for LWG, his team-members, our Board of Directors, and myself over the LWG financial infrastructure into our next chapters. I am honored to welcome Peter and his family to the LWG team.”

 

– Judd K. Shader, LWG Chief Executive Officer & Board of Directors

 

About Leeds West Groups

Leeds West Groups (LWG) was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO. LWG is a management platform that is capitalized by PE and Family Office funds that acquires, owns, and manages National Automotive Repair Franchise brands across the Continental United States including a National real-estate portfolio and National investment opportunities. LWG employs over 850 team-members with over 99 automotive retail locations, operating in 16 states across the Continental United States.

For more information, contact LWG Senior Marketing Manager: Hanna Jerde at Hanna.Jerde@LeedsWest.com or (720) 473 – 6676.

Announcement for Release on: August 27th, 2018

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO –  Leeds West Groups (LWG) has finalized a 50 – 50 Joint Venture Re-development Deal with Neibur Development that is based out of Colorado Springs, CO, with 100% of the project already leased to Nationally recognized design and Architect Firm Gould Evans that is based out of Kansas City, MO. Gould Evans will re-locate their corporate HQ to occupy the entire project.

4200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64111

The project will be a substantial renovation with approximately 25,000 square feet of historic office space on two floors with 68 parking spaces. The location of the project is in the highly desirable area of Historic Westport in Kansas City, MO near St. Luke’s Hospital and Country Club Plaza.

About Leeds West Groups

Leeds West Groups is an investment and management platform that is capitalized by PE and Family Office funds that acquires, owns, and manages National Automotive Repair Franchise brands across the Continental United States including a National Real Estate portfolio.

About Neibur Development

Neibur Development founded by Joe Neibur is a Colorado Springs, CO based commercial development firm with a national presence. Since being founded in 1986, Niebur Development has completed a portfolio of successful projects across all real-estate asset classes including medical office, multi-family, industrial, retail, single-family and golf assets.

About Gould Evans

Gould Evans is a nationally recognized Architecture firm based in Kansas City, MO with a diverse National project portfolio. Their portfolio includes work that encompasses education buildings, civic spaces, cultural institutions, athletics facilities, workplaces, wineries, residences, environmental branding and urban planning.

For more information, contact LWG Senior Marketing Manager: Hanna Jerde at Hanna.Jerde@LeedsWest.com or (720) 473 – 6676.

Announcement for Release on: August 27th, 2018

Leeds West Groups (LWG) is proud to announce the acquisition of its newest automotive repair shop location in Appleton, WI, and will assume operations effective on Monday September 10th, 2018.

This will be LWG’s 4^th Midas location in the State of Wisconsin and 99^th automotive location Nationally.

This new location will be under the management of District Manager Dustin Pokorny out of the LWG Milwaukee, WI Midas region and under the Leeds West store management umbrella of Leeds West Division Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Genuario. This location will offer the full brand of Midas services.

“We are thrilled to be adding another Midas location in the State of Wisconsin. Not only in the realm of growth as a team, but in continuing to create synergy with our existing locations in the Wisconsin area now with our 4^th location in the state. We look forward to serving the Appleton community for many years to come, and continuing our growth projections within Wisconsin.”

– Judd Kyle Shader, Chief Executive Officer/Board Member

For more information, contact LWG Senior Marketing Manager: Hanna Jerde at Hanna.Jerde@LeedsWest.com or (720) 473 – 6676.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10^th, 2018  

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO – Leeds West Groups (LWG) Chairman of The Board Joshua Weinreich was announced by E*TRADE Financial on August 8, 2018 to their company’s Board of Directors.

[Source: E*TRADE Financial Corporation] NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) – August 8, 2018 – E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) today announced that Joshua Weinreich has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors and its Compensation and Governance Committees. Mr. Weinreich has also been appointed to the E*TRADE Bank board.

A career financial services executive, Mr. Weinreich previously served in a number of senior roles at Deutsche Bank, including Global Head of Hedge Funds and Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Asset Management Americas. Prior to these roles, Mr. Weinreich held several senior positions at Bankers Trust, including Chief Investment Officer and Co-Head of Bankers Trust Private Bank.

Mr. Weinreich holds a BA in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves as an independent director for Skybridge Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC and as Chairman of the Board for Leeds West Investment Group. He is also the current Chairman of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey board, Trustee and Chief Investment Officer of the Overlook Foundation, and a member of the Summit, New Jersey Board of Education. Mr. Weinreich previously served on the Board of Directors of Alliance Bernstein, as a member of the Newark Academy Board of Trustees, and as a member of the Cornell University Endowment Hedge Fund Subcommittee.

“Josh is a fantastic addition to our Board. His high energy is a natural complement and a great fit. His leadership experience, broad industry knowledge, and financial services expertise will be tremendous resources for our firm, and will serve our Company, our customers, and our shareholders well.”

– Rodger Lawson, Executive Chairman of E*TRADE Financial Corporation

Mr. Weinreich is joining the Company’s Board following the unexpected passing of Frederick Kanner, and was selected as part of the Board’s ongoing director succession planning process.

About E*TRADE Financial

E*TRADE Financial and its subsidiaries provide financial services including online brokerage and banking products and services to retail customers.

Announcement for Release on: July 31st, 2018

Leeds West Groups (LWG) is proud to announce their first long-term secured capital investment into Auto Service Experts (ASE), a 42 store Midas Auto Service chain founded in 1957. LWG’s first capital investment comes exactly 180 days after LWG’s purchase of ASE on January 2^nd, 2018.

ASE a Division of LWG has officially acquired the real estate of ASE’s three Wichita, KS Midas locations into the ASE portfolio, on Tuesday July 31^st, 2018.

“I am very excited to announce the first capital investment into the ASE portfolio and the ASE family. Coming only 180 days after the acquisition, this investment secures the ASE Wichita, KS Midas locations for the long-term future for the ASE family. It also reflects our commitment to securing the future of each ASE market and the continued long-term growth of ASE across the Mid-West.”

– Judd Kyle Shader, Chief Executive Officer/Board Member

This capital investment into ASE is the first of many, continuing to secure ASE’s strong footprint and market presence across the Mid-Western region of the United States.

For more information, contact LWG Senior Marketing Manager: Hanna Jerde

Announcement for Release on: July 23rd, 2018

Leeds West Groups (LWG) is proud to announce the acquisition of it’s newest automotive repair shop location in Thornton, CO, and will assume operations effective on Monday July 23rd, 2018.

This new location will be under the Management of District Manager Ian Gnadt out of the LWG Denver, CO Midas region. Transforming this location will be approached using our precise LWG process – revolving around our focus on customer service, ensuring the customer is always the priority. This location will offer the full brand of Midas services.

“We are incredibly excited to be adding another Midas location in our home market of Colorado. Not only in terms of growth, but in continuing to create synergy with our existing Colorado team members and customers. We look forward to serving the Thornton community for many years to come.”

– Judd Kyle Shader, Chief Executive Officer/Board Member

This will be LWG’s 17^th Midas location in the Colorado region, 29th automotive service location in the State of Colorado, and 98^th location nationally.