Robert Farago – Publisher
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Robert Farago is TTAC’s full-time publisher, editor and writer. His media background started at CNN (back in the day), then proceeded to a procession of media gigs including newspapers, magazines, radio, TV and advertising. In ‘88, Farago moved to the United Kingdom, where he began freelancing for The Robb Report, Autocar, The San Francisco Chronicle, evo, and more. In ‘02, Farago returned stateside and turned his columns on pistonheads.com into The Truth About Cars website. |
Mike Solowiow – Road Test Editor
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Hailing from Roswell, New Mexico, Mike’s first word was “Audi” and it went downhill from there. With flying matching his automotive interests, he graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2003 with a law degree and a minor in German so he could fix his Audi properly. Stationed in places ranging from swampy Florida, to glitzy Las Vegas, to Oklahoma City, the good Captain tries to keep busy by organizing outlandish road trips, back country hikes and raids at the local car dealer, racing his Porsche, and fixing his original Audi Quattro. |
Justin Berkowitz – Writer
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Justin Berkowitz was recently voted “Who the heck is that guy?” in an unofficial poll of his classmates at Columbia Law School in New York City. Although automotive infatuation is Justin’s primary interest, he also procrastinates by heading the New York Pub Tour, a project to catalog and review Irish and English pubs in Manhattan. The rest of the time he can be found in the kitchen unsuccessfully attempting to prepare South and Southeast Asian delicacies or catching up on hyper-nerdy science fiction television shows. |
Sajeev Mehta – Writer
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Sajeev Mehta wears the comment “you are completely obsessed with cars” as a badge of honor. His higher education featured an automotive twist: Mechanical Engineering, Fine Art, Industrial Design and Operations Management. These days, if Sajeev’s not studying for his MBA there’s a good chance he’s restoring, modifying or racing one of his obscure Hot Rods somewhere in the Lone Star State. |
William C. Montgomery – Writer
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Writing about cars diverts William C. Montgomery from his day job as a financial controller for one of the world’s largest credit card companies. His career rivals that of Forrest Gump, working jobs ranging from general construction to accountancy. He has an undergraduate degree in psychology and MBA in eBusiness. He and his family currently reside northwest of Dallas, Texas, in the shadow of the Texas Motor Speedway. |
Edward Niedermeyer – Writer
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Edward Niedermeyer’s auto obsession started at an early age, with hour-long conversations with his father, Paul. Memory banks well-stocked with paper napkin diagrams of carburetors and engine cycles, he went on to discover blogging in college as Editor-in-Chief of the Oregon Commentator. When he’s not scouring the wires for the latest in car news, he writes and edits on a freelance basis from his home in Northeast Portland, Oregon. Which explains why, despite eating and breathing cars, he can’t even afford to own one. In the meantime he makes do with a Peugeot roadbike and a smug sense of self-satisfaction. |
Paul Niedermeyer – Writer
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Paul Niedermeyer grew up thinking he was a car, because they were easier to understand than people. Moving to the US from Austria at age seven without knowing English reinforced and prolonged his confusion. Eschewing formal education for magazines, books and the open road, Paul eventually fell into a (short) career in television, where he co-founded the Telemundo Spanish-language network. Since 1993, he and his family have lived in Eugene, Oregon. He’s still a little confused about cars (and people), but has found it therapeutic to write about them. |
Jay Shoemaker – Writer
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Jay Shoemaker is the CEO of Francis Coppola’s food, wine and resort companies based in the Napa Valley. Shoemaker’s passions include his Chinese wife, cameras, computers and his Chihuahua. Shoemaker’s alliteratively-consistent interest in cars has led to his one vice: buying them. At last count, 117 mostly-German vehicles have passed through his expert hands (he only keeps four or five at a time). Shoemaker favors luxurious high-performance cars that don’t distract or annoy him. |
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