Mark Chollett
Mark Chollett
Cometic Gasket
http://www.cometic.com/
I have been interested in engines as long as I can remember. My grandfather was a mechanic at a car dealership and quickly began giving me tools for birthday and Christmas presents to foster my interest. I have several pictures of me around the age of 5 sitting in a scattered mess of lawn mower engine parts. To my parents frustration, I was very good at taking them a part but not so good at getting them back together. Growing older, I became better at putting things back together and was interested in anything mechanical or electrical
My interest in engines continued into high school where I met Tom Kipp, a former AMA roadracing champion. Tom and I became good friends and I worked with him and his dad on their Superbike efforts all through high school. Tom’s grandfather was the founder of Wiseco Piston and his family ran the business. This provided access to all kinds of parts and equipment. When not working on race bikes, we always had a car, motorcycle, snowmobile, or go-kart in pieces trying to make it go faster.
I pursued a mechanical engineering degree at the University of Cincinnati and always took electives that had anything to do with engines or vehicles. I graduated in 1992 and was offered an engineering position at Wiseco. I worked for Wiseco through many transitions and eventually became director of Technology for Performance Motorsports (Performance group of Wiseco, JE, ProX, Vertex, Perfect Bore, and K1). Along the way I became interested in business and earned an MBA from Case Western Reserve’s Weatherhead School of Business.
Tired of the corporate side of the performance industry, I left Wiseco / PMi in 2008 and pursued several projects on my own. Eventually I landed at Cometic Gasket. Today I work with Cometic Gasket on engineering, testing, and product development efforts. I also work with the Modotek line of electronics. I can usually be found with a hood up or in the middle of a mess of motorcycle parts (some things never change). I’m a self-proclaimed geek and have to have the latest gadget, tool, or electronics.
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