History

Prentice St. Clair has been involved in the detail industry full-time since 1995 and ten years previous to that as an avocation. In addition to being certified every six months by one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of detailing supplies, he is a Professional Detail Member of the International Carwash Association (ICA) and the Western Carwash Association. He is an instructor at several local detailing seminars each year, is regularly invited to speak at the ICA’s annual convention, sits on the ICA’s Detailing Advisory Board and Education Committee, and is a regular contributor to leading industry trade publications.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2003-present President, Detail in Progress, Inc.
  • 1999-present Independent Consultant to the automotive reconditioning industry.
  • 1999-2003 Professional Trainer (External), Rightlook.com, San Diego, California.
  • 1995-2002 Owner-operator, Detail in Progress . . . Full-time detailing operation.
  • 1996-2003 Attendance at multiple workshops, seminars, and educational programs in automotive detailing.
  • 1994 (Jul-Sep) Senior Administrative Analyst, Office of Student Research and Information, University of
  • California, San Diego, California
  • 1989 to 1994 Personnel Research Psychologist, Organizational Systems Department, Navy Personnel Research
  • and Development Center, San Diego, California.
  • 1988 to 1989 External Research Analyst, Organizational Effectiveness Department, Kaiser Permanente Health
  • Maintenance Organization, Los Angeles, California.
  • 1988 to 1989 Instructor and Program Coordinator, Claremont Colleges Emergency Medicine Education
  • Program, Claremont, California.
  • 1989 M.A., Applied Research Psychology. The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California.
  • 1986 B.A., Social Psychology. University of California, Los Angeles.

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