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Dan Oriesko - March 2011 Employee Spotlight

Dan Oriesko - Toyota Technician
Handy Toyota - March 2011 Employee Spotlight of the Month

For this month's employee spotlight, we're going to take a look at one of the nicest guys to grace our St. Albans Toyota dealership's facility in a long time, Mr. Dan Oriesko.

Dan was born in Virginia, but don't think if you meet him you'll ever hear any southern twang!  Just after his birth, Dan moved to Vermont and has remained here ever since.

Dan's favorite pastimes include all forms of outdoor activities:  snowmobiling in the snow, swimming and fishing at Lake Champlain in the summer, and everything between.  In his words:  "I love it here.  Every season, the very fact that the seasons change; it's all great!"  Dan also enjoys four-wheeling, jet skiing, and basically traveling at a high rate of speed on any automotive craft there is.

When I asked Dan what his dream vehicle was and what he was most like in our current or past Toyota stable, his answer was that of someone that recently found the first half of this question.  "Well as you know when I started here I purchased that Subaru WRX STI; that is my dream car.  I love it.  It's great in winter, wicked fun in the summer, and in between.  Well, it's just a blast to drive.  And I bought it courtesy of handycars!" he laughed.  


 
Regarding which Toyota vehicle he's most like, Dan's argument was perhaps the most amusing in my time doing employee interviews.  "I'd have to say the 2012 Toyota Corolla Sport, five-speed."  I looked at him, puzzled, and told him the 2012 wasn't quite out and the 2011 had only just been released days earlier.  Dan smirked at me and said "you heard me!" and laughed again, "that's right.  I'm a year ahead of the curve!"  I thought this was a more than ample explanation, and on we went with the interview.

Finally, Dan's passion for vehicles really runs deep.  When he's not at Handy Toyota working on our customers' service needs, he's tinkering on his Subaru, four-wheeler, or jet ski, or some other motor craft of which he's fond.  He also states that a personal goal of his is to earn his Master Technicians degree from Toyota University, at which point he'll not only be one of the prime technicians in our facility but personally fulfilled.

Would you like to know more about Dan?  Check out his staff bio on our staff page by clicking here, send him a message by emailing me at cdugan@handycars.com and I'll hand deliver it, or just bring your vehicle in for a service or auto repair appraisal today and see how even after 19 years in Vermont that southern hospitality just bleeds through Dan Oriesko.
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