National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence President Dave Johnson to Deliver Keynote at 2025 Conference | FenderBender and ABRN
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Dave Johnson, president and CEO of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, will be the keynote speaker at the 2025 ASE Instructor Training Conference, July 21-24 in St. Louis.
Johnson will cover a variety of pertinent topics with conference participants including ASE’s strategic plan, educators’ critical role in that plan, the increasing demands on vehicle service education in the future, and how technology will continue to grow as an integrated instructor assistant in that future.
“Since arriving at ASE, Dave has been at the helm of developing innovative solutions to address the technician shortage and increase the number of ASE accredited educational programs,” said Mike Coley, president of the ASE Education Foundation. “With this in mind, we felt the conference attendees would benefit from hearing about the many ASE initiatives directly from Dave.”
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Education tech visionary Robin Cowie will join Johnson on the stage to share some integrated technology examples. Johnson will also share student survey results and tactics employed to grow the number of students attending ASE accredited programs and increase the number of ASE entry-level tests taken by students.
Johnson will touch on the introduction of G1 equivalency where students in ASE accredited programs can earn a professional G1 certification at no additional cost by passing eight ASE entry-level automobile tests. He will also update attendees on the ASE Education Foundation’s successful partnership with WrenchWay and its “School Assist” program.
The ASE Education Foundation’s instructor training conference is the premier national training event and offers more than 20 hours of technical update training with separate tracks for auto, medium/heavy truck and collision repair instructors.
To learn more and register for the ASE Instructor Training Conference, click here.
