The Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) announced that Joe Lacy of GEICO and Keith Manich of KEIMAN Business Consultants have been elected to CAPA’s technical committee. The committee monitors and updates CAPA’s quality standards.
Lacy is the director of claims for GEICO’s home office in Washington, D.C., where he monitors the performance of all auto damage associates. He’s also responsible for helping to develop auto damage claims handling policy. Lacy has been with GEICO for 37 years. He’s also affiliated with the Write it Right Committee and the I-CAR Education Foundation.
Manich has been in the collision repair industry since 1978. He spent 10 years in the field as a line technician, shop manager and director of operations before being hired by Allstate to work field claims in Virginia. Manich also has been an I-CAR trainer and supervised the redevelopment of the auto training group at Allstate’s Tech-Cor research facility. Manich left Allstate in 2001 to work for Entela (now Intertek) as business development manager prior to establishing KEIMAN Business Consultants.
“CAPA is fortunate to have such a broad range of industry expertise represented on our technical committee,” said Jack Gillis, executive director. “Their insight into issues facing the repair parts industry and guidance with the program are extremely important to CAPA’s continuing success.”
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