Meet Our Team

Gary Lewis is the President and Founder of AutoCareerPro.
With over four decades of hands-on automotive experience, Gary has built a reputation for transforming dealership performance through a relentless focus on company culture, modern technology, and tailored staff development.
Gary has served as an operational leader, strategic advisor, and motivational speaker for top dealerships and dealer groups nationwide—specializing in process evaluations, executive management, and skills training.
In 2009, Gary acquired an established Northern California automotive staffing firm with roots dating back to 1989 and rebranded it as AutoCareerPro. Under his leadership, the firm has evolved into a premier partner for automotive retailers, providing high-value recruiting, onboarding, and long-term talent development. Gary’s mission is simple: leverage deep operational insight to connect dealerships with the high-performing talent essential to their long-term growth and fiscal health.

Bob Jacinto

Vice President of Financial Services

Bob Jacinto serves as Vice President of Financial Services for AutoCareerPro and is the

founder of Legacy Partners, an independent financial education and insurance organization. He

brings a rare combination of automotive retail leadership, corporate human resources

experience, and financial-services expertise to dealership owners, executives, employees, and

their families.

Bob’s automotive career progressed through Fixed Operations, Sales Management, General

Management, dealer-group partnership, and ultimately dealership ownership as a General

Motors dealer. He later oversaw operations throughout the Western United States for a leading

F&I development agency. This firsthand experience gives Bob a practical understanding of the

financial challenges faced by automotive professionals—including variable income, demanding

schedules, career transitions, business continuity, retirement planning, and the need to protect

both personal and family assets.

Before entering the automotive industry, Bob led a 200-store specialty retail division and served as Director of Human Resources for an international retail organization employing

approximately 35,000 associates.

Through AutoCareerPro’s partnership with Legacy Partners, Bob leads financial education

initiatives focused on:

●Protecting income and family assets with Living Benefits

●Building tax-advantaged financial reserves

●Creating supplemental retirement income

●Understanding retirement-account rollover options

●Managing retirement income and market-loss risk

●Protecting dealerships and closely held businesses

●Business succession and legacy planning

●Financial education for dealership employees and leadership teams

Bob holds a bachelor’s degree in Business and Human Resource Management from George

Mason University. He completed the NADA Dealer Candidate Academy and professional

certificate programs through the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a former member of the

National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers and the General Motors Minority Dealers

Association.

Bob’s mission is straightforward: help automotive professionals apply the same discipline to

their personal financial futures that they bring to operating successful dealerships.

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