"Bringing balance and choice
back to the auto auction industry."
"Bringing balance and choice
back to the auto auction industry."
Acacia Automotive, Inc. is fortunate to have the expertise of an experienced industry veteran as its CEO. With decades of management experience in the automobile, truck and automotive auction industries, Mr. Sample possesses all the leadership qualities, skills, and experience necessary to take this company to a position of prominence.
Steve "Junior" Sample - President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board
With more than 30 years of successful management experience in the automobile and truck business, more than 20 of which have been in auto auction management, Mr. Sample brings strong sales and operations experience to the forefront. With extensive experience in sales, service and operations management with automobile and heavy-duty truck dealerships and leasing companies, he is still best known for his successes in the auto auction industry where he specialized in sales and business development. He served in a number of capacities including sales manager, operations manager, and general sales manager with several large auction companies, including Anglo-American Auto Auctions (and its name successor ADT Automotive Auctions), Manheim Auctions, and ADESA Auctions, before founding Acacia Automotive. Mr. Sample is credited for the major turnaround of a failing auction, accomplishing an EBITDA profit swing of nearly two million dollars in his first ten months, mostly as a result of instituting his management practices and initiating the influx of nearly ten thousand rental fleet vehicles from his clients. His award-winning management style has won the favor of clients for many years and remains one of his unique trademarks.
Before founding Acacia Automotive, Mr. Sample spent the final two years of his auction career as Executive Director of Sales for ADESA Corporation. He resigned that position at the end of 2005, to avoid any conflict of interest in pursuing the fulfillment of this effort.
Augusta Auto Auction is proud to have as its General Manager a young man who has already proven himself in the industry for many years. Dan Dorsey is a high-energy, talented, results-producing auction professional with a proven record of accomplishment at both the corporate and independent auction levels.
Daniel C. Dorsey, Jr. - General Manager, Acacia Augusta Vehicle Auction, Inc.
Graduating from California State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1997, Mr. Dorsey quickly became certified as a Professional in Human Resources in that same year. In 1998, Mr. Dorsey began his auction career as Human Resources Manager and Systems Coordinator at ADESA Sacramento Auto Auction, a facility with over 115 employees. After two years of successful management service there, Dan was promoted through a transfer to ADESA Houston Auto Auction in 2001, where he continued his service as Human Resources Manager. In 2002, Mr. Dorsey was promoted to Fleet-Lease Manager at ADESA Houston. In that position, he was responsible for an ever-changing inventory of some 600 vehicles scheduled for sale, leading his staff to provide superior service to the auction’s clients, while simultaneously building sales volumes from such major accounts as Bank One, Capital One, Drive Finance, Household Finance, Arcadia Financial, Mike Albert Leasing, PAR North America, RSA, Remarketing Solutions, and Wheels, Inc. In late 2003, Mr. Dorsey was recruited to become Sales Manager for Augusta Auto Auction in North Augusta, South Carolina. Dan’s talents helped drive the auction’s sales upward, but it was not until Acacia Automotive acquired the auction in July of 2007 that his talents were truly unleashed. Commensurate with Acacia’s 2007 purchase of the auction, Mr. Sample quickly determined that Dan Dorsey was the right person to lead that operation as Auction Manager. Under Acacia’s ownership and direction and Dorsey's leadership, the auction has registered unprecedented success. Augusta Auto Auction continues its year-over-year double-digit growth in 2011, proving the auction is on the right track with Dan at the helm.
Mr. Sample and Mr. Dorsey share a common goal to foster new excitement in the auto auction industry while simultaneously contributing strongly in guiding the Company to new heights by providing the finest service in the industry today. We believe that “competition is good”, and that it will bring balance and choice back to the auto auction industry.