Meet Our Staff

Elena is a Hood River, OR native and has been in the automotive industry since 2019.

Her favorite hobbies include playing soccer, riding ATVs with her husband and sons, traveling, and spending time with her family.

Gold Level Certified Porsche Technician from Los Angeles, California. Professional Technician since 1999 and Porsche technician since 2002. Enjoys working on the Porsche brand that is always evolving and advancing. Moved family to Oregon in March 2017 to join Porsche Beaverton team. When not at work, enjoys family time with beautiful wife, daughter, son and enjoying the Oregon way of life.

Mike graduated in 2006 from Universal Technical Institute.He went on to take part in the Porsche Technology Apprenticeship Program in Atlanta, which he completed in 2007. Mike worked from 2007 to 2011 in a Porsche Dealer, and from 2011 to 2013 at a Ferrari Dealer. He began at Porsche Beaverton in August of 2013.

Keaton started working on cars when he was just 13 years old. He would restore classic muscle cars after school. He took up automotive in high school and got a job in a small garage in New Jersey. After graduation he attended UTI in Orlando where he worked as a technician for Volkswagen. He then went to PTAP class 43 in Pennsylvania. He is currently a Silver Level Technician and is persuing his Gold Level Certification.

April is a California native, moving to Oregon in 2018.  Her passion for cars began when she moved to Oregon, and she has been on a fast track to her Porsche certification ever since.  April is a graduate of the Clark College School of Automotive and is excited to be a part of the Porsche Beaverton team.  In her off time, April enjoys working on her own vehicle and spending time with friends.

Brent has received training in the automotive field at South Seattle Community College and WyoTech. He has 8 years of Acura experience, working in both Seattle and Portland. Brent has been with Sunset Porsche since 2012.

Corey is originally from Chicago, Illinois. He started working on cars for fun in high school and has been hooked ever since. Corey is a 10 year Honda & Acura master technician, and is excited to continue his technical education at Porsche Beaverton. In his free time, Corey enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, camping, riding motorcycles, and doing track events in the summer.

Joe Brucken grew up in Sherwood, Oregon and spent four years serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. For the last 15 years, Joe has worked in the construction trade driving equipment. Outside of work, Joe likes to spend time with family, coaching baseball, and camping. Joe looks forward to meeting new people and being apart of the Porsche Beaverton team.

Joey graduated from UTI Sacramento in 2011. Him and his family made their way to Oregon, where he has made his career working on highline vehicles such as BMW, Ferrari, Maserati, and most recently Audi. He came to Porsche Beaverton to be on the cutting edge of new technology and is working towards Porsche certification.

Kyle was born and raised in Southern California. He has been an Master automotive technician for 17 years.

Aside from building performance racing vehicles, Kyle is also a certified Toyota technician, and working toward his Gold certification in the Porsche brand.

In his free time, he enjoys finding new Korean food restaurants, building performance Porsche race vehicles, and spending time with friends.

My name is Nathan, I moved from France in late 2016 and am pursuing my automotive dream in Oregon. I am currently finishing the automotive program at Portland Community College. My passion has always been to learn how to rebuild things that are broken or modifying them. On my days off I enjoy writing music and going to the studio, drifting cars with my friends and drawing. My goal is to gain as much knowledge about Porsche as I can and apply my skills at work. I firmly believe that there is nothing someone can’t do unless they try it.

Nick was born and raised in the Portland area. He has been with Porsche Beaverton since March 2019, and previously worked at Porsche Cars North America Headquarters while attending the Porsche Technology Apprenticeship Program. Prior to working at Porsche Headquarters, he attended Universal Technical Institute in Sacramento CA, where he graduated top of his class.

Born in Los Angeles California, Ramon moved to Oregon at a young age and grew up locally to Beaverton. He went to Portland Community College for the Automotive Service program and began working at Porsche Beaverton immediately after graduating in 2018. Ramon always had a love for cars and enjoys working on his own project truck whenever he has time. He mainly loves being at home or going on trips with his wife, twin baby girls, and dog Bruce.