Patrick Reakes

Background

About Patrick Reakes

As an industry veteran with more than 20 years in the forklift and industrial repairs field, I bring a unique vision to Van-Centre Forklift's business model. My goal is to guide the business forward, while at the same time not becoming the face of the company, as Van-Centre Forklift is far more then myself. Vcf is a group of individuals who all have come together with knowledge and experience from various aspects of life to make this company a competitive option in the material handling industry. At the end of the day I know I've done my job if Van-Centre Forklifts customers don't ask for Patrick when calling, but instead those who do their service, write their invoices or sell them their products, as those are the people who make this company what it is and set it apart form the competition. I ask anyone who follows me and who truly is interested in what we do to not just follow myself but those at VCF and the company as well on LinkedIn, Instagram and FaceBook about me. I am a Red Seal certified automotive service technician, with additional certifications in- Automotive air conditioning - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)- Transportion of Dangerous Good Program (Part 6, TDG Regulations)- Spectrum Fuel Management Training - Natural Gas fuel systems for vehicles - fortis fuel systems - tier fuel systems and management -air care certified (remember that)- ev100 Curtis and sevcon control systems -well over hours logged as a technician I took over ownership of VCF in 2010, building it from a small company with just myself as a technician to what we are today. Special interests include gardening, bee keeping and chickens (I don't have chickens yet)