Automotive Parts Associates (APA) announced the hiring of Lee Rodgers as product director.
Rodgers will assume the position effective June 20.
Rodgers previously worked for NAPA Auto Parts and has been in the automotive industry for 10 years.
“We are pleased to have Lee join us,” said Steve Tucker, president of Automotive Parts Associates. “We are very impressed with him and think he will make a fine addition to the staff here at APA.”
Rodgers can be reached at [email protected].
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After graduating from Northwood University in 1988, Neal worked with Triad Systems, CCI/Triad and Activant Solutions and most recently joined MAM Software in 2009.
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