Meet the Team

Name: John Butler

Title: Sales & Marketing Manager

Born & Raised In: Cincinnati, Ohio

Vehicles You Own: ’95 BMW M3, '17 GMC Sierra, '20 VW Jetta R

Dream Car: Porsche 991 GT3

Started at Hawk Performance: 2019

Before Hawk Performance: Technical Sales in Motorsports

Hobbies Outside of Work: Wrenching, Time Trial Events, Endurance Racing, Hiking, Hanging out with dogs

Name: Edwin Mangune

Title: Sales Manager

Born & Raised in: Quezon City, Philippines / Los Angeles, CA

Vehicles You Own: '84 Toyota 4x4 Pickup Truck, '95 Toyota 4Runner, '97 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo, '05 Mercedes Benz E55 AMG, '73 Honda ST90, '74 Honda CT90, '85 Yamaha RZ350, '94 Harley Davidson Fat Boy

Dream Car: Porsche GT3 RS

Started at Hawk Performance: 2009

Before Hawk Performance: Performance Parts Sales & Marketing Manager.

Hobbies Outside of Work: Motorsports, Powersport and BMX racing; tinkering in the garage (modifying stuff); car, motorcycle, and bicycle enthusiast; MMA fan.

Name: Kevin Duong

Title: Technical Support and Customer Service

Born & Raised in: Cleveland, Ohio

Vehicles You Own: '96 Ram 1500 with a 390 Stroker, '13 Ram 2500 6.7L tuned

Dream Car: '96 Dodge Viper or '69 Charger R/T

Started at Hawk Performance: 2017

Before Hawk Performance: USMC, Diesel Mechanic and Custom Lift Truck/HE fabrication

Hobbies Outside of Work: Off Roading, Fishing, Wrenching, Fish and Reptile Hobbyist.

Name: DJ Alessandrini

Title: Technical Support and Customer Service

Born & Raised in: Livonia, MI

Vehicles You Own: F-150, 8th Gen Civic race car

Dream Car: A perfectly reliable racecar

Started at Hawk Performance: 2022

Before Hawk Performance: Medical Equipment Technician, Driving Coach

Hobbies Outside of Work: Racecar driving, Trumpet playing, Esports competing

Name: Mitchell Bloom

Title: Inside Sales Representative

Born & Raised in: Columbus, Ohio

Vehicles You Own: '03 Toyota Camry, '99 C5 Corvette FRC

Dream Car: 2005 Ford GT

Started at Hawk Performance: 2020

Before Hawk Performance: Automotive Technical Support

Hobbies Outside of Work: High Performance Instruction / Teen Advanced Driving Instruction / HPDE

Name: Annie Last

Title: Application Guide & Communications Manager

Born & Raised in: Wisconsin, lives in Utah for the past 20 years

Vehicles You Own: 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88, 2004 Chevrolet Malibu (I know. I know.), 2008 Jeep Liberty

Dream Car: Jeep Gladiator

Started at Hawk Performance: 2015

Before Hawk Performance: Retail inventory management and accounting

Hobbies Outside of Work: Gardening; reading; watching movies; avid band mom; lifelong Cat Person learning to be a Dog Person

Name: Jack Sawyer

Title: New Product Engineer

Born & Raised in: Akron, OH

Vehicles You Own: 15’ Ford Fiesta ST, 93’ Honda Civic CX (k-swap project car)

Dream Car: 1990-2005 NSX (K-swapped + Supercharged)

Started at Hawk Performance: 2018

Before Hawk Performance: IT

Hobbies Outside of Work: Racing, Photography, 3D design & Aerodynamic Simulation, Sim Racing, Wrenching