Sam Valenzuela

President at National AutoBody Research (NABR)

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

About

Independent research, technology & business consulting company serving the automotive collision repair industry, working to enable an industry-wide rational pricing model for labor rates, a level playing field for payment of necessary but not-included repair procedures and operations, and much greater transparency of repair estimate market data, all for the ultimate care and safety of the consumer. Through its innovative and proven PowerPak™ online software (comprising LaborRateHero, BillableGenie, and NumberNerd), NABR collects and reports public and hard to find labor rate and collision repair estimate market data.

Experience

  • President at National AutoBody Research
    Oct 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 9 mos

    NABR is an independent research, technology, and consulting company serving the automobile collision repair industry, committed to restoring the free market to labor rate pricing and to leveling the playing field for payment of not-included procedures, all for the ultimate care and safety of the consumer. Through the innovative Variable Rate System (VRS) technology, NABR provides: - to collision repairers, the tools they need to determine the right labor rate for their individual shop, and collect for more of the not-included procedures and operations they perform on repairs - to both insurance companies and collision repairers, near real-time labor rate pricing data to understand the true range of labor prices in any market - to highline shops, the tools to help set market labor prices for luxury and special vehicles The VRS is the auto collision repair industry standard source and system for market-based labor rates, enabling a new paradigm for labor rate pricing in the industry.

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors at StreetLightUSA
    Feb 2013 - May 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    A residential and care facility serving girls age 11-18, specializing in the care and healing of victims of child sex trafficking and sexual trauma, helping them transition from trauma to triumph.

  • President at LeadPile.com
    Sep 2010 - Jun 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    LeadPile is the World's Largest Online Exclusive Lead Marketplace, offering the lead generation industry the first ever secure, online centralized location where Buyers and Sellers of leads come together to exchange exclusive leads. Leadpile's marketplace technology allows lead originators and lead buyers themselves to set their selling and buying prices, as well as the way in which lead delivery takes place.

  • Corporate Strategy at CenturyLink
    Apr 2008 - Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • President / Owner at YourHouse.com
    Sep 2005 - Sep 2008 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Via its website www.YourHouse.com, the company provides high quality matching service for consumers to connect with rigorously pre-screened, high-integrity, professional residential real estate agents. Company also offers a suite of Internet-based products for real estate agents, which address many of their day to day operational and customer facing needs.