Nominated for the SEMA Gen-III Innovator of the Year Award

SEMA's Gen-III Innovator of the Year Award identifies young leaders whose work is reshaping how the automotive aftermarket operates. For the third annual award, SEMA nominated candidates who have demonstrated measurable impact through novel approaches to building, fixing, or improving within the industry. The winner was honoured at the 2015 SEMA Show Banquet on Thursday, November 5, 2015.

Jason Kencevski, CEO of Speedmaster

Jason Kencevski, 33, was nominated for the award on the strength of the business model he implemented after taking the reins at Speedmaster in 2005. Within a year of assuming leadership, that model made Speedmaster Australia's top online reseller of automotive spare parts.

The same approach drove Speedmaster's expansion into the United States, where the company now operates a 75,000-square-foot facility with more than 400 staff. That growth was built on two things: a team aligned around a shared standard, and products engineered to perform in the real world.