[RC-Monster Mike]

I am technically from a business/management background, but have been "The Monster" exclusively for 10+ years. My machinist skills are self-taught - I was a hobbyist for years before I started RC-Monster(initially the thought was to hopefully fund my obsession with the hobby, but it ultimately became my way of life). I have always preferred electric power and started out importing brushless motors(Lehner, Hacker, Feigao, etc.) and controllers(MGM, BK Electronics, Quark) - mostly for the Maxx trucks, which were hugely popular at the time. Castle Creations was relatively new and did not offer any car/truck systems at the time - Novak was the only "car" game in the US, but they didn't have any 1/8 sized systems(still not much in this size from Novak). From there, I was picked up(sponsored) by GorillaMaxx and raced a fair amount and helped develop the brand. I started selling parts in addition to motors and escs(Integy, RDLogics, GorillaMaxx, FastLane Machine, Unlimited Engineering, etc.) around this time as well. When GorillaMaxx was transitioning from the G2 to the G3 line, there was about 3 months when there were no "Gorilla" parts available - GorillaMaxx parts accounted for over 20% of my gross sales at the time, so I started to develop my own parts to insulate myself(and supplied GorillaMaxx some shafts, etc. as well). Over the years, my parts offerings and machinist skills have grown - my strength is more on the creative/idea side in reality.