Mr. Ken Dowler of Liqui Moly USA has been appointed to CAWA’s Manufacturers' Advisory Council. During the appointment process, Michael Rukov, Chair of the Board of Directors, commented: “We are pleased to have Ken re-join our leadership team and contribute to our discussions of current and future industry issues”. “We look forward, once again, to his participation which will assist the Association in achieving its goals as an effective automotive aftermarket industry organization”, continued Rukov.

Mr. Dowler graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara and has been in the automotive industry for 15 years, starting with Shell Oil selling branded lubricants such has Pennzoil, Quaker State and Rotella into the Southern California market. He spent several years at a multi-branded bulk distributor in Southern California as a territory sales manager and 5 years at Idemitsu Lubricants America as the deputy division manager of its aftermarket division. His focus there had been on key national and regional distributor partners throughout North America and is where he first got involved with CAWA. Dowler is now the Key Account Manager at Liqui Moly USA focusing on growing their aftermarket business in bulk oil distributors and key warehouse distributors nationally.