Erick Bickett

Erick Bickett started in collision repair driving a tow truck, owned a shop within about four years and grew his business to six locations. An early adopter of shop management computers, he formed a performance group of AutoTec users in 1988, and around 1989 he joined Jack Fallucca, Al Estorga, Randy Stabler and others in forming Caliber Collision Centers. He was a founder of the Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association, created in 1994 through a Collision Industry Conference resolution to set data standards that let estimating and shop systems share information. He chaired CIC in 1997 and 1998. He later co-founded and led ACAB Automotive Group and Fix Auto USA.