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Adam Martinez
Adam puts stuff in boxes and sends it to you.
This makes him one of your favorite people.
He's also a volunteer EMT and a fireman, so he's a good guy to know if things go wrong.
Here he is rescuing a fish.
From: Grand Junction, Colorado
Start date at FM: 2007-04-24
Department: shipping Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Amber DeBoer
Amber is our newest phone wrangler and may be the first person you talk to when you call us.
When she's not taking orders for Miata parts, she's known as Internal ComeBustYa of the Grand Junction Roller Girls. This means she's probably tougher than you, so behave.
From: Grand Junction, CO
Start date at FM: 2012-11-09
Department: sales Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Bill Cardell
Miata guru, top-flight tuner and a little too fond of horsepower, Bill is the big cheese dog at FM. He started The Dealer Alternative back in 1983, got into Miatas in 1989, changed the name of the company a decade later and just look at what happened. You can read more about that adventure in our history. He's responsible for creating Flyin' Miata.
When he's not playing with cars, he's playing with motorcycles. 10 years of endurance road racing does that to you. He also spends as much time as possible up at his cabin with his wife Teri. If his stories are to be believed, he spent his childhood trying to blow up New Jersey.
If you're looking for solid technical assistance and the ability to solve the most baffling problems, Bill's the man.
From: New Joisey
Start date at FM: 1983-11-10
Department: tech Cars: the FM Westfield, Whoosh Upcoming events: Miatas at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Miatas in Moab V, Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Brandon Fitch
Brandon is an engineer, so the first thing we had him do is assemble desks. That went well.
When he's not building furniture, he's trying to ride every mountain bike trail in the area. When he's done that, he'll move on to road bikes. Then motorcycles.
Brandon is one of our technicians, working to design, develop and support our products. If you call up for technical support, you just might end up talking to him.
From: Atlanta, Georgia
Start date at FM: 2006-09-29
Department: tech Cars: the super robot locost, Brandon's pretty white car Upcoming events: Miatas at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Deb McGlynn
Deb McGlynn is our bookkeeper and assistant office manager. She helps make FM run under budget despite the best efforts of the boys.
If you're talking to her on the phone, do not call her "Debbie". Seriously.
From: Northern Minnesota. Definitely not Southern Minnesota.
Start date at FM: 1999-10-01
Department: admin Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Eric Anderson
Eric is our full-time mechanic. He's the one that turns dreams into reality for our customers, from timing belts to V8 swaps.
You have to respect anyone who shows up for work in a Porsche 928.
From: Made In Japan (he's JDM, yo!)
Start date at FM: 2011-11-28
Department: shop Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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James Brooks
James has worked for Flyin' Miata longer than anyone else other than Bill. He specialises in really bad puns, cartoons and trivia. You have been warned.
If you order something from FM, it'll arrive packed to survive anything short of high explosives. You can thank James for that. He's our shipping manager.
From: Grand Junction, Colorado
Start date at FM: 1997-02-20
Department: shipping Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Jeremy Ferber
Jeremy is the best surfer at Flyin' Miata. He also has some sort of rotary problem and used to own a truly fearsome RX-7. His 280 rwhp 1994 R was a real monster too.
When he's not tuning Miatas, he's fishing or snowboarding - or cursing the Lucas components in his Land Rover Discovery, probably while hub-deep in mud.
Jeremy is an engine management master. He's also been known to obsess over turbo compressor charts. If you call looking for help on tuning your car, you'll probably end up talking to him.
From: Encinitas, California
Start date at FM: 2004-10-22
Department: tech Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Keith Tanner
Keith seems to enjoy playing with cars. An old Cadillac, a classic Land Rover, an old Mini, his little Lotus Seven replica, a turbo Miata, a rally Miata, the LS1-powered MGB - nobody's sure just what he's going to drag home next. He also has a tendency to take on really big projects. When he's not playing with cars, he rides bicycles and skis.
Keith is our webmaster, graphic designer, represents FM in various online forums and does tech support. He and Bill build many of the competition cars that come out of Flyin' Miata. He also wrote How to Build a High Performance Miata,How to Build a Cheap Sports Car, Mazda Miata MX-5 Performance Projects, Mazda Miata: Find It. Fix It. Trick It. and contributes to Grassroots Motorsports. And yes, he says "aboot". We imported him from Canada.
From: Ottawa, Canada
Start date at FM: 2001-08-20
Department: tech Cars: Targa Miata, Janel's car, the Seven, The MGB GT, the Mini Upcoming events: Miatas at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Miatas in Moab V, Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Kyle Tigar
Kyle runs our salvage operation. This means he has to answer the most incredible detailed trivia questions about Miata parts. He might not be able to answer right away, but he'll find out for you.
For fun, he drag races a Camaro.
From: Grand Junction, CO
Start date at FM: 2011-07-06
Department: salvage Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Rob Flenard
Rob works in our shipping department, wrapping gifts for our customers. When he's not playing with boxes, he coaches high school ice
hockey.
From: New Joisey
Start date at FM: 2010-03-12
Department: shipping Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Sharilyn Campbell
Sharilyn takes care of our customers,
following up on orders and keeping our mailing list accurate. She usually deals with a different type of horsepower - she and her husband raise them on their farm.
From: Grand Junction, Colorado
Start date at FM: 2009-01-26
Department: sales Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Tami Brown
Tami Brown has been with us forever. While she doesn't always answer the phone - you can thank Solomon and Maggie for that - she does a lot of work behind the scenes to keep FM running smoothly. Thanks to her, the boys don't get away with anything.
In case you're wondering, she used to drive the ex-Miata Magazine project car, "Stinky".
From: Colorado
Start date at FM: 1998-12-28
Department: sales Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Teri Rawlins-Cardell
Teri is married to Bill and works as our office manager. It's up to her to keep the rest of the team under control. Not an easy job. But nobody messes with her. Her interview process is legendary.
Teri's also a big horsepower fan. She complains that everything is too slow. If you let her out on the track in a Miata, she'll keep running laps until it runs out of gas. Then she'll take your Miata and do the same thing. Hide the keys.
From: From all over
Start date at FM: 1997-08-01
Department: admin Upcoming events: Flyin' Miata Summer Camp! |
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Turbo Dog
For nearly 14 years, Turbodog was a big part of Flyin' Miata. Unfortunately, he is no longer with us but his enthusiasm and tireless energy are still an excellent example to us all.
Turbodog's Facebook page
From: Palisade, Colorado
Start date at FM: 0000-00-00
Department: sales |
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