Pam Oakes has been embedded within the automotive industry – for almost 30 years – as an automotive applications engineer, instructor/course developer (for several, international companies), 609 instructor/test proctor, automotive business expert/strategist, 20-year original start-up shop owner/multiple auto business owner, ASE Master automotive & Medium/HD truck technician-trainer, Diesel Class 8 instructor, automotive author, syndicated radio host and automotive-consumer news media commentator. And she still "turns-wrenches" for fun