Michael Barich, known as the “Fixed Ops Doc,” is a service department trainer and coach.
First car: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
First concert you attended: Foreigner with Joe Walsh
Name a pet peeve: Tardiness
Most thrilling/adventurous thing you’ve done: Ziplining in the Costa Rica jungle
Your personal hero (and why): My grandfather was tough as nails, great family man and hard worker.
First job: Dishwasher at the Rib Exchange in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Something on your bucket list: Golf trip in Ireland
One thing you learned on the job you never forgot: Winning is important.
If you could pick up a new skill, what would it be? To respond as fast as AI
3 people you’d invite to dinner, living or dead: Author Grant Cardone, motivational speaker Tony Robbins and Elon Musk
What did you want to be when you were a kid? Police officer
What’s your Netflix binge show? “Yellowstone”
First album/CD you bought: REO Speedwagon’s “Greatest Hits”
The most important room in your house: My deck
Favorite line from a movie: “You can’t handle the truth.” Col. Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson) to Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) in “A Few Good Men”