AMY FITZGERALD

Happy March everyone! This month’s Member Spotlight is dedicated to ARMO Select Committee Member Amy Fitzgerald of Cool Hand Customs. Check out Amy’s Q&A with SEMA and the SBN below:

The best advice I ever received was…

"You never want to be the smartest person in the room. Always be open to learning more". I absolutely live by this advice, and it has served me well.

This keeps me in the industry:

The daily challenges of my shop. I love the problem solving, the research, the communications of a build as much as I love cutting and grinding, body work, painting and sewing. And, most definitely the people. There is not another industry like this one. We are a huge, but close family.

On a Saturday, you can find me…

During SEMA build crunch time you'll definitely find me in the shop, the family packs up and "camps out" for a few crunch months on most weekends. The rest of the time we close up at 6 and hang with our daughter. We have a standing date night with her.

When going into an important meeting I am always…

My important meetings would often be with a potential customer. I am always excited to talk about a new project. It is fun to brainstorm ideas with them and develop the build. I am always open to their ideas and finding a way to make the project go from paper to true form.

If I could go to lunch with one industry leader, living or dead, it would be…

Gigi Carleton. She is an inspiration. She started out with a small idea and made something huge. She has literally dedicated her life's work to the industry.