Russ Parks

Russ Parks currently serves as a Mazda Brand Academy Performance Coach at Mazda North American Operations since March 2024. With extensive experience in the automotive industry, Parks has been the Vice President at Parks Projects, Inc. since June 2008 and has held various roles as a freelance Automotive Facilitator, Trainer, and Product Specialist since 1989. Additional positions include Automotive Facilitator/Trainer at Precision Dynamics International, Maritz, AMCI Global, Jackson Dawson, and automätik. Parks also worked as a Sales Consultant at Mercedes Benz of Bloomfield Hills and Lithia Motors, Inc. Parks holds an Associate’s Degree in Radio, Television, and Digital Communication from Specs@LTU and completed high school education at Wayne State University in Liberal Arts and Sciences.