December 27, 2007 -

When AEV decided to open a new conversion facility in Detroit, there was an obvious problem, who do you hire to make sure the quality of the vehicles stays on top? The answer was simple, get the guy who made sure the vehicles were engineered and built correctly at Jeep itself.

A graduate of GMI with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Dave was a lifelong Jeep enthusiast when he attended the first Camp Jeep event in 1995 as a paying customer and asked event organizers: “When are you going to hire some cool engineers?” So they did. Dave spent the next 11 years working for Chrysler in Jeep Vehicle Development. In 2000 Dave helped to develop the first prototype for a bigger, badder Jeep, springing it on his bosses during a management ride on California’s famed Rubicon Trail. In 2003 the vehicle became Jeep legend when the first Wrangler Rubicon rolled off the line. Dave joined AEV in 2007. Among his seven Jeeps are an original AEV long wheelbase TJ, and his HEMI-fied Blue Brute with Dynatrac Pro Rock 60 axles, Nth Degree Long Arm suspension, and 39″ BFG Krawlers.