Randy Tuggle

Ronny Ullrich

Gerhard Leimbach

In 2003 in Europe, corporate executive Gerhard Leimbach did something he hadn't done in nearly three decades.
  He shed all the corporate perks, vehicles, the big salary and globe-trotting itinerancy, and stepped off the corporate ladder, landing with his wife and son in Edwards. He now sells cars for a living in Glenwood Springs.
  A native of Germany, Leimbach, 59, was in charge of marketing for Volvo Europe. He flew around the globe on business, amassing 180,000 air miles a year. He had three offices across Europe and spent time in South America and South Africa.
  When his company offered him another job, which meant another move, he did something he hadn't done before: He didn't take it.
  It was a case of too much. Too much travel, too many corporate political battles and too little personal time. He decided to make a change.
  Now this automotive advertising executive who started his career with J. Walter Thompson sells Volvos in Glenwood Springs.
  That first step.
  Leimbach made what he calls a "lifestyle" decision and hasn't looked back. It was the gradual change in the culture of the business that nudged him off the ladder.
  His love of the creative side of the advertising business kept him there, but that began to erode as the ad business became more and more corporate and less and less enjoyable.
  "We started to see people in the business who have only numbers on their mind," he says. "It really takes a bit of the fun out of it."
  He gave his employer the traditional European six-month notice that he would be leaving, sold his property and moved to Edwards. He, wife Tricia and their two sons had always enjoyed the Vail area, so finding a place to land was not a problem.
  So what would he do next? With the so-called "pine cone differential" in pay scales and responsibilities in the mountains, he wasn't likely to duplicate his salary or the prestige he enjoyed in the corporate world.
  "I knew what I did in the past I couldn't do here," he says. "I answered an ad in the Vail Daily."
  Where before he could pick up a phone and delegate, now as a commissioned salesman it was entirely up to him. His first sales job required him to convince his interviewer to hire him. He sang exactly the right song.
  "I knew I was overqualified for the position," he says. "I knew the product and had a passion for it and liked to be around people."
  Next, he slowed his pace a bit and shed the suit and tie. He was used to 55-hour work weeks, jetting between offices in London, Gothenburg, Sweden, and elsewhere, with the responsibility of keeping the wheels of the automobile company turning.
  "I stressed out for too many years. Here in the valley everything is a little slower and laid back," he says. "It's so much more casual. What it does is to make people much more pleasant. Now I enjoy the drive through the canyon."

Vail Dail News, Cliff Thompson
November 18, 2004

Matt Fullenwider

Matt brings 15 years of experience to our team.  Having set up internet departments in Spokane for a Volvo, BMW and Subaru store, in Tucson for Volkswagen, Acura, Honda, Mercedes, Porsche and Audi, we are excited to have him on our team. "I came to Glenwood to ski and Randy (Tuggle) showed me how Centre of the Rockies approaches they're commitment to customers and the community is second to none and it was easy to buy in.  From Vail to Grand Junction and up valley to Aspen, I hope to serve Volvo buyer's for a long time. Very exciting!" 

Rusty Tuggle

Michael Gallucci

Marcel Degraaf

Brian Blankenship

Chris Coble

Kristin Kramer