2135 Hilton Drive
Gainesville, GA 30501
Tel: 770-531-1771
Fax: 770-531-0155
John Davis
Purchasing Manager
john@southernautocolor.com
John is the purchasing manager based out of our Gainesville location . He started with the company in 2013 as a part time delivery driver. In 2015 John became an inside sales representative and quickly moved into the manager position. John attended North Metro Technical School and is ASE Certified. John worked in restoration for three years and did paint and body work for several years prior. He is very knowledgeable in our products. John is married and they have two children together. In his spare time John enjoys the outdoors, building anything with wood or steel, 4x4’s and rock crawling.
Maggie Kenimer
Operations Manager/ Marketing Executive
maggie@southernautocolor.com
Maggie joined the Southern Auto Color team in late 2016. She is the daughter of owners David and Tammy. Maggie graduated from Western Carolina University in 2015, where she studied recreational therapy. Maggie has already attended training through PPG. She has attended Envirobase HP, Basic Pinstriping, and Accelerated Distributor Development Series classes and plans to attend more in the future.
Corey Reed
Inside Sales Associate
reed@southernautocolor.com
Corey goes by “Reed” and is the newest addition to our Southern Auto Color team. He is currently working as an inside sales associate and has already taken one training class through PPG which was Leadership Sales and Service. Reed has had eight years of warehouse management and over twenty years of customer service experience. In his spare time, he spends it with his wife, and his four dogs.
Mark Dunahoo
Inside Sales Associate
Mark joined the Southern Auto Color team for a second time in May 2018. Having previously been a delivery driver for Southern Auto Color for 11 years, Mark has had some significant experience in paint industry. We are happy to have Mark back as an inside sales associate at our Gainesville location. He is eager to learn the ins and outs of inside sales and plans on attending PPG training courses in the future. Mark also operates a lawn care business on the side, which he enjoys. In his spare time he also enjoys spending time with his family and tending to his dogs as well as his farm animals.
Dusty Kenimer
Sales Representative
dusty@southernautocolor.com
Dusty is the son of owners David and Tammy Kenimer. He started out as a part time transfer driver in 2004. After graduating high school in May 2005, he became a full time inside sales associate and assisted with inventory purchasing. In 2009 he became an outside salesman for our Gainesville and Cumming locations. Dusty has attended many PPG classes and seminars including countless color and software classes. Along with many classes that have certified him with our products, such as Deltron and Envirobase, making him very familiar with the new waterborne products. In 2010 he married our office assistant, Amanda Kenimer, and they have two children. In his free time Dusty enjoys both hunting and fishing.
Mark Hutchins
Industrial Sales Representative
mark@southernautocolor.com
Mark is our Industrial Salesman and has been since he was hired in 2007. Mark completed a year at Lanier Technical College in the machine and tool department. He has also completed the Commercial Performance Coatings Technology Training at the PPG Training Center. Before he came to Southern Auto Color, Mark painted electric motor castings. Mark enjoys spending time with his wife, Jeri Lyn and his children Caleb and Savannah. In his spare time he enjoys deer and turkey hunting.
Jim Bennett
Tech Representative
jim@southernautocolor.com
Jim joined the Southern Auto Color team in the summer of 2017 as a Technical Representative. Jim has grown up in the automotive collision industry and is a third generation technician. Jim has worked in some of the more demanding shops since moving to North Georgia in 1999. His experience has given him insight to streamlining the production process and honed his color matching skills. Jim also has experience in “ground up” type restoration work. Jim enjoys fishing, knife making, and spending time with his family.