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Stephen Passy
Stephen Passy
President

Stephen Passy, President and Founder, has over thirty-two years of experience in the industry. He was Vice President of the Construction and Trucking Division of Max Rouse & Sons, Inc. where he oversaw a national and international staff of salesman, auctioneers, appraisers and support personnel. During his tenure at Max Rouse & Sons, Inc. Stephen was involved in over 3 billion dollars in auction sales around the globe. These auctions included Interstate Freight Systems, ANR Freight Systems and Murphy Trucking.

Stephen formed an auction and appraisal firm in 1991, conducting auction sales in the Western United States. This company attained gross sales receipts in excess of 60 million dollars. The firm also performed appraisals for banks, finance companies and many construction companies. The scope of these appraisal projects included companies with assets that had an auction value of over sixty five million dollars.

In 1997 Stephen was hired by Forke Auctioneers - Lincoln, Nebraska, and took on the task of developing a thirteen state sagging and under performing division. In less than three years Stephen's efforts produced annual gross revenues of $59,000,000. and during this period Forke Auctioneers realized the highest net profit single transaction in its 78-year history.

On April 1, 1999 Forke closed its doors and Stephen reactivated the company he founded in 1991 - Stephen Passy & Associates, Inc. This firm specializes in the auctioning and appraising of construction equipment, cranes, trucks & trailers, mining equipment, crushing & aggregate equipment, etc. In its first twenty months of operation Stephen Passy & Associates, Inc. produced gross revenue in excess of 55 million dollars.


   

Chris Ingagiola
Chris Ingagiola

Vice President CFO

Chris Ingagiola, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been in the business over twenty years. He has an Accounting Degree from Northwood University. He has a diverse background in Construction/Heavy Equipment auctions and liquidations, as well as numerous years of experience in Industrial Machine Shop and Trucking auctions. He has coordinated multiple day auction sales involving thousands of lots. He is well versed in UCC law, bankruptcy and creditor workouts as well as the laws relating to transfer of motor vehicle titles. Chris can be contacted at cingagiola@passyauctions.com

   
Larry Brandenburg
Larry Brandenburg
Vice President-Auctioneer
(909) 800-6260

Larry Brandenburg, Vice President-Auctioneer, started in the auction business with Miller & Miller in 1977. He has served in all phases of the business from Make Ready - Auction Site Superintendent to Regional Supervisor. After working with Miller & Miller & Forke Auctioneers Larry accepted a position with Stephen Passy & Associates in March of 2000.


   
Don Duncan
Don Duncan
Sales Manager
(417) 825-2290

Don Duncan, Sales Manager, started in the business in 1980 with Miller & Miller as a Make Ready/Site Superintendent and after several years progressed to a Regional Sales position. When Forke acquired Miller & Miller, Don took a position with another major auction company. In July of 2000 he came on board with Stephen Passy & Associates, Inc as the Sales Manager. Don can be contacted at dduncan@passyauctions.com.


   
Monte Garner
Monte Garner
Sales Representative
(817) 412-1528

Monte Garner, Sale Representative, started in the auction business with Miller & Miller as Regional Manager in 1980. Monte continued his employment with Forke Bros. as Regional Manager when they bought out Miller & Miller in April 1995.  After working for Ritchie Bros. as Area Manager from 1999 to 2004 Monte accepted a position with Stephen Passy & Associates in November of 2004.


   
Tim Probert
Tim Probert
Sales Coordinator
(417) 214-0639

Tim Probert, Sales Coordinator, Tim has been in Construction Equipment Sales for 25 years. He started with Murrell Case in 1979. In 1984 he joined Victor L. Phillips Company. For the past six years Tim has been covering outside sales in the South Central Missouri area. Tim accepted employment with Stephen Passy & Associates in May of 2005.

 

 
Ned Burleigh
Ned Burleigh
Staff Accountant
Ilyana Passy
Ilyana Passy
Human Relations/IT Director
Austin Passy
Austin Passy
Advertising/IT & Internet Bidding Coordinator
 
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