Meet the Team

Ryan Vanderwel
General Manager
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Ryan came to Park Place after graduating from the University of Western Ontario as a Business Finance Major. He is as passionate about customer service as he is about cars. "If we provide our customers with the highest level of service for all their automotive needs, they will be our customers for life.”

Brian Groudle
Service Center Manager
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Brian is an Eastside native and has been an employee of Park Place for over 20 years, he has an extensive knowledge of our customers' cars. Brian is quick-witted and brings enthusiasm and positivity to Park Place daily.

Victor Kirilenko
Finance Manager
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After being honorably discharged from the Army in March 1994, I decided to follow in my father's footsteps and get into the career of automotive sales. Since 1994, I have held numerous positions from sales associate, business manager, used car manager, sales manager, and general sales manager. I am proud to be part of the sales staff here at Park Place and I enjoy using my experience and positive attitude in helping people purchase their dream car.

David Bruski
Sales Consultant
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Dave Bruski started his automotive career locally in 1980, which eventually led him to Park Place LTD in 1991, making him the longest tenured employee in Park Place's history.

Hunter Ross
Sales Consultant
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Hunter Ross started out as a lot porter and worked his way up through the Consignment Department and onto the Sales Staff in 2011. Hunter is consistently very highly rated by our customers for his warm, friendly, non-pushy personality.

David Khazai
Sales Consultant
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David started his automobile career in 1987 at Olympic Auto Mall in Chicago. Prior to Park Place Ltd, David worked for Phoenix Mercedes Benz in Arizona. David believes in building long term relationships based on trust and integrity, and "customer hospitality".

Rick Burrell
Sales Consultant
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Rick started in the auto industry in 2007 with Acura of Bellevue and has subsequently been a sales consultant for Audi of Bellevue, Infiniti of Kirkland, Lexus of Bellevue, Landmark Motors, and now with Park Place Ltd. He has been building relationships in the auto industry business with a focus on assisting the customers in achieving their goals and aspirations while making their car buying experience affordable, pleasant and enjoyable.

Alan Grana
Sales Consultant
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Alan served in the US Army for 6-1/2 years. His love of cars and the great outdoors brought Alan from the San Francisco area to Washington.

Blake Daquila
Sales Consultant
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Blake's ambition for greatness started before he left high school, working 40 hours a week after classes to save up and purchase a BMW E36 as his first car.

Michael Refvem
Sales Consultant
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Michael is also a classically-trained pianist, having received advanced training at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City and has performed music throughout North America and Europe. He also received his bachelors degree at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.

Jason Rinne
Senior Marketing Specialist
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With years of varied marketing experience, Jason is finally able to merge his career talents with his enthusiasm for exotic and specialty cars. Born in Bellevue and having lived all over the Pacific Northwest, joining the team at Park Place has been a bit of a homecoming and a perfectly natural transition to the greater Seattle area. When not in the garage handling light service and repair on his families' BMWs, you can find him turning laps at the local kart track in one of his 4-stroke ItalKarts with his son.

Michael Morozov
Photo Marketing Specialist
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Michael typically drives at least 3,000 miles each month and put 50,000 miles on his car last year, even with it being out of commission for three months. Michael loves the tranquility to be found on an open road where he can focus on 'finding the line'. He swapped an engine into the Audi and immediately took the car on a 1,000 mile road trip.

Vlad Masek
Social Media Specialist
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Kevin Michellich
Parts Department Manager
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Jake Nilson
Service Advisor
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Erik Barton
Technician

Eric worked at Audi for six years after doing his automotive training in Avondale Arizona at UTI. He works on almost anything, but has extra expertise with Lotus, Porsche, Audi, Ferrari or Maserati.

Scott Robinson
Technician