2024 Industry Awards Winners
Installer of the Year
Phil Cantu – Mobile Toys, Inc – College Station, TX
Retailer of the Year – Single-store
Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Retailer of the Year – Multi-store
Columbus Car Audio & Accessories – Central, OH
Sales Pro Award Winner
Yamil Widy – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Trusted Tech Award Winner
Nicholas Frazier – iNNovative Concepts – Wilbraham, MA
Rookie of the Year
Cameron King – Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Most Improved Store or Chain
Sudbury Car Audio – Val Therese, ON
Best Online Presence
Freeman’s Car Stereo – Cornelius, NC
Best Customer Retention Program
Columbus Car Audio & Accessories – Central, OH
Best Customer Experience
Titan Motoring – Nashille, TN
Best Store Culture
Freeman’s Car Stereo – Cornelius, NC
Customer Choice Award – Installer
Conrad Leduc – Sudbury Car Audio – Val Therese, ON
Customer Choice Award – Sales
Jeremy ‘Taco’ Patterson – Speakerbox Autosound & Accessories – Huntsville, AL
Customer Choice Award – Retailer
Volunteer Audio – Oliver Springs, TN
Lifetime Achievement Award
Todd Ramsey – Ramsey Consulting Group
Expeditor of the Year
Titan Motoring
Distributor of the Year
GoFast Solutions – Middletown, CT
Rep Firm of the Year
12-Volt Specialists
Rep of the Year
Team Progressive
Top Vendor Support Tech
Josh Bowen – JVCKenwood
Vendor of the Year
JVCKenwood
Top Vendor: Autosound & Processing
JL Audio
Top Vendor: Security, Safety and Driver Assistance
Firstech (Compustar & Momento)
Top Vendor: Accessories and Materials
Metra Electronics
Top Vendor: Infotainment & Multimedia
SONY
Top Vendor: Marine
JL Audio
Top Vendor: Motorcycle & Powersports
HKI USA (SounDigital)
Top Vendor: OEM Integration
ADS (iDatalink Maestro)
Top Vendor: Lighting
Lucas Lighting
Top 12 Installers & Alternates
Adam Devine – Devine Concepts Automotive Design – Naples, FL
Ben Freeman – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Carlos Parra – Audio Addiction – Temecula, CA
Chase Beaujean – Sound Evolution LLC – Houston, TX
Dalton Trainer – Car-Tunes, Inc. – Greenville, MS
Dan Wilson – Columbus Car Audio & Accessories – Reynoldsburg, OH
Dave Koz – Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Michael Bischoff – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Nicholas Frazier – iNNovative Concepts – Wilbraham, MA
Phil Cantu – Mobile Toys Inc. – College Station, TX
Steve Ledford – Cartunes of Atlanta – Atlanta, GA
Terry Dawson – CarTronics – Madison, TN
Alternates:
Conrad Leduc – Sudbury Car Audio – Val Caron, ON
Dylin Ray – Ultimate Innovations – Kemah, TX
Top 12 Retailers & Alternates
CarTronics – Madison, TN
Cartunes of Atlanta – Atlanta, GA
Columbus Car Audio & Accessories – Reynoldsburg, OH
Devine Concepts Automotive Designs – Naples, FL
Freeman’s Car Stereo– Cornelius, NC
iNNovative Concepts – Wilbraham, MA
Sanford Sound – Sanford, ME
Sound Evolution LLC – Houston, TX
Sudbury Car Audio – Val Caron, Ontario
Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Ultimate Innovations – Kemah, TX
Alternates
Kartele Mobile Electronics – Waterbury, CT
NET Audio – Wichita Falls, TX
Top 5 Sales Pros
John Brettle – Pro Audio 4×4 – Provo, UT
Johnny Bouldin – Earmark Car Audio & Tint – Plano, TX
Kimberly Trainer – Car-Tunes, Inc. – Greenville, MS
Parker Lopez – Car Stereo One – Toledo, OH
Yamil Widy – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Top 5 Technicians
Adam Devine – Devine Concepts Automotive Design – Naples, FL
Ben Freeman – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Dave Koz – Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Nicholas Frazier – iNNovative Concepts – Wilbraham, MA
Phil Cantu – Mobile Toys Inc – College Station, TX
Top 5 Rookies of the Year
Cameron King – Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Chris Lawson – Custom Audio Reimagined – Cutler, IN
Dade Makarrall – Sound Connection Inc – Brainerd, MN
David Brewer – Solar Pro Tint n Tunes – Warrensburg, MO
Isaac Schertzer – Devine Concepts Automotive Design – Naples, FL
Top 3 Expeditors
American Radio – Georgia / Florida
Sound FX – Delaware
Titan Motoring – Tennessee
Top 5 Vendor Support Techs
Brian Murphy – ADS
Chris McNulty – elettromedia-USA
Doug Dobson – HKI USA
Josh Bowen – JVCKenwood
Matt Mergenthal – JL Audio
Top 3 Distributors
Davis Distribution Systems
DOW Technologies
GoFast Solutions
Top 5 Rep Firms
12 Volt Marketing Group
12 Volt Specialist
Momentum Marketing
Team Progressive
The Progressive Group / M.A.G. Sales
Top 5 Sales Reps
Bill Freeman – Progressive
Chris Brinkley – AAMP Global
Elias Ventura – HKI USA
Jonathan Mercado – GoFast Solutions
Lord Phil Chartier – The 12Volt Specialists
Top 3 Vendors – Autosound & Processing
elettromedia USA (Audison, Hertz)
JL Audio
SONY
Top 3 Vendors – Accessories & Materials
Metra Electronics
Mobile Solutions
Stinger Solutions
Top 3 Vendors – Infotainment & Multimedia
AlpsAlpine
Kenwood
Sony
Top 3 Vendors – Security, Safety & Driver Assistance
Firstech (Compustar, Drone Mobile)
Stinger Solutions (Echomaster)
Voxx Electronics (Directed, Code Alarm, Prestige, Advent, CarLink)
Top 3 Vendors – Marine
elettromedia USA (Hertz)
JL Audio
Kicker
Top 3 Vendors – Motorcycle & Powersports
elettromedia USA (Audison, Hertz)
HKI USA (SounDigital)
JL Audio
Top 3 Vendors – OEM Integration (New for 2022)
ADS (iDatalink Maestro)
RDVFL
Stinger Solutions (PAC)
Top 3 Vendors – Lighting (New for 2022)
Lucas Lighting
Metra (Heise)
RaceSport Lighting
Top 50 Installers*
Adam Devine – Devine Concepts Automotive Design – Naples, FL
Alan Lindgren – Speed of Sound LLC – Memphis, TN
Andrew Buchok – Audiocraft – Lubbock, TX
Andrew Woodward – Elevated Audio, Inc. – Denver, CO
Angel Rivera – Laketown Speed and Sound – Draper, UT
Archie Speaks – Savannah Custom Car Audio – Savannah, GA
Arturo Ceballos – Audio by Art – San Antonio, TX
Austin Duprey – NET Audio – Wichita Falls, TX
Austin Moore – Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Austin Thorne – Tunes-n-Tint – Lakeland, FL
Ben Freeman – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
BJ Curcio – Broken Silence Custom Car Audio – Greenwich, CT
Bryan Turvaville – 806 Autoworks – Amarillo, TX
Callum Martin – AV-DC Pty Ltd – Panorama, S. Australia
Carlos Parra – Audio Addiction – Temecula, CA
Chad Schreiber – Schreiber Automotive Design – San Diego, CA
Chase Beaujean – Sound Evolution LLC – Houston, TX
Christian Herrera – NOLA Sound Solutions – New Orleans, LA
Colton Wadley – Pro Audio 4×4 – Provo, UT
Conrad Leduc – Sudbury Car Audio – Val Caron, ON
Cory Vaillancourt – DC Car Audio – Sarni, Ontario
Dalton Trainer – Car-Tunes, Inc. – Greenville, MS
Dan Castro – The Car Audio Shop – St. Louis, MO
Dan Wilson – Columbus Car Audio & Accessories – Reynoldsburg, OH
Daniel DiCampli – Westminster Speed & Sound – Westminster, MD
Dave Koz – Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
David Taylor – Rogers Stereo – Greenville, SC
Dylin Ray – Ultimate Innovations – Kemah, TX
Isaac Wood – Speakerbox Autosound & Accessories – Huntsville, AL
John Hernandez – Cartoys – Fort Worth, TX
Joshua Thaxton – DES of Wilmington, Inc. – Wilmington, NC
Justin Hosek – Hi-Pro Audio – Victoria, TX
Leon Winchester – Vernon’s Signature Audio – Lubbock, TX
Mark Blake – Platinum Motorwerks – Pittsburgh, PA
Master-Chin – Blvd Customs of Lakeland – Lakeland, FL
Melinton Benavides – Speed of Sound Technologies – Milford, CT
Michael Bischoff – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Michael Hungerford – Kartele Mobile Electronics – Waterbury, CT
Mike Wilkins – Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Nicholas Frazier – iNNovative Concepts – Wilbraham, MA
Paul Morgan – NET Audio – Wichita Falls, TX
Phil Cantu – Mobile Toys Inc. – College Station, TX
Ryan Oxenhorn – Ox Audio – Cheltenham, PA
Scott Eisner – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Scott Miller – Music in Motion – Boyne Falls, MI
Seth Conroy – Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Steve Ledford – Cartunes of Atlanta – Atlanta, GA
Terry Dawson – CarTronics – Madison, TN
Tyler Brown – Sound Connection Inc. – Brainerd, MN
William Persall – DES of Wilmington, Inc. – Wilmington, NC
Javier ‘Jr’ Gutierrez – Audio Systems – Montclair, CA
*There are 51 in the Top 50 list as two installers tied in their scoring.
Top 50 Retailers
360 Automotive Designs – Dagsboro, DE
806 Autoworks – Amarillo, TX
Audio Source – New Braunfels, TX
Blvd Customs of Lakeland – Lakeland, FL
CarTronics – Madison, TN
Cartunes of Atlanta – Atlanta, GA
Clear Vibrations Inc. – Quakertown, PA
Columbus Car Audio & Accessories – Reynoldsburg, OH
Custom Audio Reimagined – Rossville, IN
DES of Wilmington– Wilmington, NC
Devine Concepts Automotive Designs – Naples, FL
Elevated Audio, Inc – Denver, CO
Extreme Car Audio LLC – Marrero, LA
Freeman’s Car Stereo – Cornelius, NC
Gregs Custom Audio & Video – Pikeville, KY
Hi-Pro Audio – Victoria, TX
iNNovative Concepts – Wilbraham, MA
J’s Tint and Audio – Dallas, Tx
JC Audio – Jackson, TN
JML Audio of St. Louis – Fenton, MO
Kartele Mobile Electronics – Waterbury, CT
Kartunes Auto Stereo and Alarm – Seaside, CA
Laketown Speed and Sound – Draper, UT
Mad Marks – Bradenton, FL
Mobile Music Unlimited – Burlington, WA
Mobileworks Tintworks – Santa Maria, CA
NET Audio – Wichita Falls, TX
Next Level Car Audio, Inc – Orlando, FL
NVS Audio LLC – Roselle, NJ
Ocala Car Audio – Ocala, FL
Platinum Motorwerks – Pittsburgh, PA
Precision Audio – Bainbridge, GA
Pure Energy Audio – Lufkin, TX
Real Audio LLC – Erie, PA
Sanford Sound – Sanford, ME
Solar Pro Tint n Tunes – Warrensburg, MO
Sound Connection Inc. – Brainerd, MN
Sound Evolution LLC – Houston, TX
Sound Master – Owensboro, Ky
Sound of Tristate – Wilmington, DE
Speakerbox Autosound & Accessories– Huntsville, AL
Sudbury Car Audio – Val Caron, Ontario
Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Traffic Jams Motorsports– Buford, GA
Tunes-n-Tint – Lakeland, FL
Ultimate Innovations – Kemah, TX
Unexpected Creations – Edison, NJ
Vernon’s Signature Audio – Lubbock, TX
Volunteer Audio – Oliver Springs, TN
Westminster Speed and Sound – Westminster, MD
Top 20 Sales Professionals
Ben Turansky – Clear Vibrations Mobile Audio – Quakertown, PA
Brandon Gasmund – Tunes-n-Tint – Lakeland, FL
Brett Payne – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Chris Mustico – Absolute Electronix – Rockville, MD
Corbin May – Echo Audio Video Unlimited – Grande Prairie, Alberta
Jeremy ‘Taco’ Patterson – Speakerbox Autosound & Accessories – Huntsville, AL
John Brettle – Pro Audio 4×4 – Provo, UT
Johnny Bouldin – Earmark Car Audio & Tint – Plano, TX
Jon Lackey – Blvd Customs of Lakeland – Lakeland, FL
Josh Crain – Freeman’s Car Stereo – Hickory, NC
Josh Landau – JML Audio – Fenton, MO
Junior Rivera – Laketown Speed & Sound – Draper, UT
Kimberly Trainer – Car-Tunes, Inc. – Greenville, MS
Kristin Bouldin – DES of Wilmington, Inc. – Wilmington, NC
Michael ‘Ace’ Truong – Extreme Car Audio LLC – Marrero, LA
Nate McConahay – Horizon Audio – N. Canton, OH
Parker Lopez – Car Stereo One – Toledo, OH
Taylor Widmer – Speakerbox Autosound & Accessories – Huntsville, AL
Te’Vonn Bailey – Exotic Sound & Tint – Salisbury, MD
Yamil Widy – Traffic Jams Motorsports – Buford, GA
Top 5 Rookies
Cameron King – Titan Motoring – Nashville, TN
Chris Lawson – Custom Audio Reimagined – Cutler, IN
Dade Makarrall – Sound Connection Inc – Brainerd, MN
David Brewer – Solar Pro Tint n Tunes – Warrensburg, MO
Isaac Schertzer – Devine Concepts Automotive Design – Naples, FL