Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Roush Yates and How They Utilize ProShop ERP

Jennifer LaFever's passion for vehicles and how things worked came at a young age, which fueled her dream to be part of a NASCAR team. That dream encouraged her to obtain her degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in managerial economics from the University of California, Davis. Obtaining that degree lander her a job in Silicon Valley working on semiconductor tooling. It was there that she was introduced to the intriguing world of quality assurance, quality control and quality engineering. However, she felt compelled to fulfill her dream of being on a NASCAR team and left the Silicon Valley job to enroll at Universal Technical Institute where she obtained the hands-on mechanical experience to compliment her mechanical engineering degree. Determined to follow her dreams, she moved from California to North Carolina where she completed a NASCAR internship. Upon completion of this internship in quality control at Roush Yates Engines and graduating in 2011, she was offered a position to manage the quality control department. In 2019 Jennifer was promoted to director of quality for all Roush Yates facilities and named the SEMA Businesswomen's Network Woman of the Year. Jennifer's project management abilities and passion for investing in people was recognized by her leadership, which prompted her most recent promotion to production manager at Roush Yates Manufacturing Solutions where she manages a staff of 48 machinists, assemblers, leads and supervisors along with 63 machines and over 600 active work orders.